Engineer-to-order · one guided flow · a defensible tooling estimate in minutes, not a week

The estimator's logic, out of one head and into a repeatable quote.

You build tooling nobody else can — one of the four largest nickel-vapour-deposition ops on the planet, on the Project Arrow shortlist, Boeing- and Bell-approved. But every bespoke mould quote is still hand-built by an estimator, and the reasoning behind it lives in memory. Here's what that reasoning looks like as a guided flow: pick a tool type, set the envelope and process, and watch a priced estimate and a costing rationale assemble themselves. Sample numbers — try it.

STEP 1–3

Configure the tooling estimate

1 · Tool type

Injection mould tool

Multi-cavity, production steel

from $28,000

Compression / RTM mould

Advanced composites layup

from $22,000

NVD nickel shell tool

Nickel-vapour-deposition form

from $46,000

Trim & bond fixture

Assembly / inspection fixture

from $9,500

2 · Part envelope & cavitation

part envelope

cavities / stations

3 · Process & compliance 5-axis CNC finishing (tight-tolerance) +18% Aerospace traceability pack (Boeing / Bell) +$3,400 ITAR / controlled-goods handling included Expedited schedule +12%

Today these live in the estimator's judgement. Here they're captured in the estimate.

LIVE

Your estimate

Estimated tooling cost

$0 CAD

Controlled-goods aware. Illustrative build keeps ITAR / CGP data in-jurisdiction — no wrong-cloud routing. Data-handling posture is set before a single number moves.

Costing rationale captured. Every estimate also writes down its own logic — tool type, cavity count, NVD hours, compliance flags, envelope multiplier — so the next quote starts from the last one, not from scratch or from one person's memory.

Why this exists: on ~$40M of engineer-to-order tooling, the estimate is the margin. Right now it's hand-built and estimator-bottlenecked, with no visible quoting system between the RFQ and the shop. A 2–4 point swing on that book is $800k–$1.6M. This tool is the seam: a guided estimate that's faster, more consistent, and — critically — captures the reasoning so it survives any one person leaving. Sample pricing shown; a real build wires to your own cost model, NVD chamber time, and CGP data rules.