Free · no account · 5 estimates per day
Short answer: the tool reads your PDF, DXF or STEP drawing, writes the manufacturing routing and costs every step with the machine next to it. It only asks what the drawing does not say: the quantity and the batch size.
Price as of 5 October 2026. Not included: anodising, dedicated tooling, shipping.
Dimensions, material, mass, holes, threads and tolerances, with the source of each value.
Every step in plain language, the machine, the time, the cost and the running price.
Change a rate, a material, a quantity: everything is recalculated, and the gap with your quote shows up.
A machining quote usually takes several days: the supplier reads the drawing, plans the routing, estimates the times, applies hourly rates and adds overheads. RFQdecoder follows the same reasoning in a few moments, and above all it shows it. You do not get a single number: you get the full recipe behind that number.
The result reads like a till receipt. On the example housing in 6082 aluminium, 200 parts, you read the material (€7.72), saw cutting (€1.58), the two machining setups (€2.34 and €2.42), drilling, tapping and reaming (€2.84), deburring and inspection (€0.80), then scrap, overheads and margin, for €22.62 (price as of 5 October 2026) per part.
Whatever is not included is written out: on this example, dedicated tooling, subcontracted anodising and shipping. A price that hides what it leaves out looks lower than it is; a price that names it can be compared fairly with a quote.
Eleven families: machining (milling, turning, drilling, tapping, reaming), sheet metal (cutting and bending), stamping and blanking, forging, casting, extrusion, plastic injection moulding, welding and welded assemblies, printed circuit boards, cables and harnesses, and surface treatment on a separate line.
The estimate is indicative. It replaces neither the supplier request for quotation nor the supplier’s commitment on a price. It gives you a detailed basis for the discussion: where every euro comes from, the forgotten step, the rate that is too high, the batch that costs.
A drawing is often confidential. An uploaded drawing is used only to produce the estimate you ask for. It is not published, not resold, and not sent to a manufacturer without an action on your part. The free trial asks for no name, no e-mail address and no phone number.
PDF, DXF and STEP drawings, with one or several views. The title block is read separately.
No. The free trial gives 5 estimates per day, without an account.
Machining, sheet metal, stamping, forging, casting, extrusion, plastic injection moulding, welding, circuit boards, cable harnesses and surface treatment.
No. It is an indicative estimate: every line shows its assumption, and whatever is not included is named. It helps you understand and discuss a supplier quote.
The routing is written in plain language precisely so that a missing step is visible. You can edit the lines and the price is recalculated at once.
Upload a drawing you are currently sourcing and compare the result with your quote.