Quoting software for fabrication shops

From RFQ package to priced draft quote.

Draftsheet reads the prints, line list and buyer email, pulls every spec with its source, flags what's missing and prices each line from your own rates. Your estimator reviews and approves.

Request a Demo 30-minute call · a sample RFQ first, then one of yours

Fictional drawing WF-500, a tube base frame weldment

Specs pulled from drawing WF-500, each with its source

Missing info

WF-500 · Detail A
Foot-to-tube weld size is blank. Question drafted for the buyer.

ReadsPDF prints, BOMs, line lists and the buyer's email

PricesFrom your rate sheet and your past jobs, not a black box

ApprovesYour estimator, on every line, before anything is sent

The problem

Every quote starts with an hour of reading.

Before anyone can price a part, someone opens each print, reads the BOM, checks the notes against the buyer's email and builds the cost line by line. On a multi-line fabrication package that is where the day goes, and the costly misses hide in the notes.

1
Weld size left blankDetail A gives no foot-to-tube weld size. Flagged as missing; a question for the buyer is drafted.
2
Stress relieve before coatingNote 3 adds an outside heat-treat step. Flagged as an outside process that adds lead time.
3
Bill of materials2 tubes at 36.00, 3 at 20.00, 4 tapped foot plates. Read as 132 inches of tube and 4 plates.
4
Finish in the title blockPowder coat RAL 7016, 2 to 3 mils, mask the tapped holes. Priced by area.

Fictional drawing WF-500 with four marked call-outs — A fictional part from the demonstration RFQ. The four marks are what Draftsheet caught on this one drawing.

How it works

Seven steps from the buyer's email to an approved quote.

Draftsheet does the first six. The last one stays with your estimator. Every screen below is the prototype on a fictional RFQ.

RFQ received: RFQ 24117 in the queue: three drawings, due date, status and open questions.

Documents read: The buyer's email, the attachments and drawing WF-500 side by side.

Specs extracted: Each value marked from drawing, from email, computed, conflicting or missing.

Gaps flagged: Four open questions on this RFQ and the draft email to the buyer.

Past jobs reviewed: The three closest past jobs for WF-500, won and lost.

Cost built up: Material, operations and outside processes for WF-500, with markup and margin.

Estimator approves: The estimator sets 295.00 on WF-500 and approves. Nothing is sent by Draftsheet.

What comes back

A draft quote your estimator can check in minutes.

For every RFQ: a quote PDF, an editable quote sheet, an import file for your ERP and the questions for the buyer. All marked draft until a person approves.

Quote PDF Quote_RFQ-24117_DRAFT.pdf

Draft quotation PDF for RFQ 24117, marked draft for estimator approval

Customer-ready layout with the assumptions listed, generated by the prototype.

Quote sheet .xlsx

Part	Rev	Qty	Unit cost	Draft price	Extended
MB-2201	C	250	$3.92	$4.79	$1,196.98
MB-2201	C	500	$3.55	$4.34	$2,168.48
GP-310	-	60	$21.32	$26.01	$1,560.75
WF-500	A	20	$237.41	$289.64	$5,792.88

Draft prices at 22% markup over unit cost, with a column for the estimator's price and approval. A CSV with the same lines imports into your ERP.

Buyer questions draft email

Hi Dana,

Thanks for the RFQ. We're working on it and will have pricing to you before Nov 12. A few things we need to confirm:

- MB-2201: Drawing finish says SEE PO; email says zinc clear. Confirm spec (e.g. ASTM B633 type and thickness).
- GP-310: No revision letter on drawing. Confirm current revision.
- GP-310: Hole spacing not dimensioned ('equally spaced as shown'). Request hole locations or a DXF.
- WF-500: Foot-to-tube weld size is blank in Detail A. Request weld size.

We'll quote with our assumptions noted if we don't hear back.

Not sent. Your estimator edits it and sends it from your own email.

Real outputs of the prototype run on the demonstration RFQ. Shop, customer, rates and prices are fictional.

Designed for manufacturing

Built around how job shops quote.

For multi-process shops that quote from customer prints: laser, punch, brake, weld, machine, finish, assemble.

Shops

Sheet metal and fabrication
Weldments and structural frames
Laser, punch and press brake work
CNC machining with outside processes
30 to 300 people, 40 or more RFQs a month

What it reads

PDF prints title block, views, notes
BOMs and line lists XLSX, CSV
Buyer emails quantities, due dates, terms
DXF and STEP kept as reference
Your rate sheet rates, markup, capabilities

Where it fits

Beside JobBOSS2, E2, Global Shop or Excel
Exports an import-ready CSV
No ERP replacement, nothing new to learn on the floor
Not for ITAR or export-controlled work

Trust and control

Your estimator approves every number.

Every quote moves through clear states. Only a person can approve one, and Draftsheet never sends anything to your customer.

DraftNeeds clarificationUnder reviewAwaiting approvalApprovedSent

Your drawings and prices stay yours

In place today

Mutual NDA before any file moves
Files used only for your quotes
Access limited to the founder
Deleted within 30 days of a trial, or on request
No ITAR or export-controlled drawings

Not yet

No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification
No customer portal: files move by email or a folder you control
No direct ERP connection

Ask how files are stored and processed before you send any. We'd rather tell you than let you assume.

Estimator approval screen with editable prices and the approved state

RFQ queue with status, estimator and missing-information counts

Bring an RFQ you quoted last month.

We run it through Draftsheet with you and put the draft next to what you actually sent. Thirty minutes on a video call.

Request a demo

Draftsheet is an early-stage company in Quebec City, building for US manufacturers.