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mold estimating software

Mold estimating software helps tool and die shops and injection mold makers work out what a mold will cost to build and how long it will take, by calculating materials, machining hours, design effort, and finishing steps from a part drawing or 3D model. It is opened by a quoting estimator or engineer at a mold-making shop who needs to turn a customer's part geometry into a fixed-price bid. It replaces the spreadsheet-and-experience method where a senior mold maker estimated hours and steel cost by hand, a process that is slow and hard to check when a customer changes the part design.

Screened in United States · one of 250 markets on record

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