Quotes take too long
Estimators may re-measure parts, check material requirements, and build prices manually. Meanwhile, customers may accept the first clear response.
Fabrication & Job Shops
Turn a supported DXF into a structured quote—without rebuilding it by hand.
Quoting, nesting, and job-tracking software built for custom metal fabricators. Upload a supported part file, apply your shop's material and machine rates, prepare a quote, and move accepted work into production.
- Founded 2017
- US entity in Florida
- 30-person engineering team
- C#/.NET
The Problem
Why Quoting Is Where Job Shops Lose Time
Custom fabrication work often starts with a customer drawing, but the information needed to quote and produce the job is spread across files, spreadsheets, and shop systems.
The same data is entered repeatedly
Part information may move from a design file into a spreadsheet, then into an ERP, job traveller, or production record. Each re-entry creates an opportunity for error.
Secondary operations are hard to price consistently
Deburring, tapping, hardware, welding, finishing, and delivery can be estimated from memory. Small inconsistencies across many jobs affect margins.
Quotes and jobs are not connected
When an accepted quote does not flow cleanly into a job, teams may need to re-create job details, travellers, or production instructions.
How It Works
From Part File to Quote and Job
The workflow is designed around the way fabrication shops already work: receive a customer file, apply shop-specific rules, prepare a quote, and track the accepted job.
01
Upload
Add supported DXF, DWG, or STEP files along with job details such as material, thickness, quantity, and required operations.
02
Assess
The system reads available geometry and part information, flags items that need review, and prepares the inputs required for estimating.
03
Estimate
Apply your own material costs, machine rates, setup times, bend rules, and secondary-operation pricing to build a consistent quotation.
04
Quote
Generate a branded quote with per-part and per-quantity pricing. Revisions can be reviewed against the original job and quote.
05
Track
Move accepted quotes into jobs with travellers, production status, and delivery visibility.
What It Includes
What the System Does for Your Shop
Start with the capabilities that match your current workflow. Scope and supported file behaviour are validated against representative customer files and expected outputs.
CAD file import
Process supported 2D and 3D part files, including DXF, DWG, and STEP where agreed. Identify geometry that needs review before it reaches production.
Nesting and material planning
Arrange prepared flat parts on sheet sizes to support material planning. Nesting uses prepared flat geometry; results depend on parts, sheet specifications, and nesting rules.
Machine-based estimating
Use rate tables for lasers, punches, press brakes, and other equipment, including setup, cycle, pierce, and bend-related inputs where applicable.
Secondary operations
Price deburring, tapping, hardware, welding, finishing, and delivery using agreed shop rules instead of manual assumptions.
Quote-to-job workflow
Convert accepted quotes into jobs and carry approved information into travellers, status tracking, and production records.
Integrations
Assess connections with the ERP, accounting, and CAD-related systems you already use. Integration scope depends on the product, version, interfaces, and permissions.
Built For
Built for Job Shops, Not Large Plants
This solution is designed for custom fabrication businesses that quote customer-specific work and need a clearer path from drawing to production.
Who it is for
- Custom sheet-metal fabricators
- Laser and plasma cutting shops
- Press-brake and forming shops
- Job shops with roughly 10–200 employees
How it runs
- Your data stays yours—on-premise or private cloud
- Windows desktop and web access
- No third-party quoting service in the loop
- Built in C#/.NET by a 30-person engineering team
Proof
What It Looked Like in a Working Shop
A laser-cutting and bending shop in Western Canada was quoting from spreadsheets and CAD screenshots. eSquall built a CAD-driven quoting and production workflow in C#/.NET: supported part files are read automatically, nesting and cut-time inputs come from the shop's own machine rates, and accepted quotes flow into jobs on the floor.
Quote turnaround
On request
Quotes handled per estimator per week
On request
Re-keying errors
On request
Before-and-after figures are available on request.
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