Werk24 Improves Instant Quote of 2D Drawings
Do you have a pricing engine that works with 3D models? Great! But how do you incorporate all the price drivers that are provided in the 2D technical drawings? As a manufacturer, you may consider the following concerns:
Does your pricing engine account for situations where the tightest tolerance requires an additional CNC finishing step? What if it even requires a subsequent polishing step? Do you consider postprocessing steps like hardening?
All this information is specified on the 2D drawing but are rarely defined in the 3D CAD Models. If neglected, you might accept RFQs that do not match your machine specifications. How are you going to get your hands on all that information? Sit back, relax, and keep reading to discover the most straightforward solution: integrate the Werk24 API, which automatically converts PDF/TIFF drawings into usable information for your pricing engine.
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), the Werk24 API provides a low-cost way to read and extract information from (scanned) technical drawings. The extracted information is well structured and always adheres to a consistent data structure. This allows you to instantly integrate the results into your pricing calculation.
Major online manufacturers such as Kreatize (Case Study) and Laserhub are already on board, and the Werk24 API integration accelerates their business. Laserhub automates the internal process of instant quoting, and Kreatize uses Werk24 to decide whether an incoming RFQ can be processed automatically. These customer stories demonstrate that processes can be automated by any company or platform for processing RFQs like production feasibility checks, anonymization, and instant pricing.
So, if you are developing an instant quote software, the Werk24 API gives you instant access to the data imprisoned in CAD drawings, improves the quoting and thus reduces your time-to-market and increases your focus on what really matters in your business: increasing the quoting accuracy.