The AI Quoting Tool Built for CNC Machine Shops
Most CNC quoting software was built for engineers with 3D models and ERP budgets. Zenith was built for the job shop that gets a flat 2D print by email and needs a number out the door before the competition answers.
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Why Machine Shop Quoting Software Usually Fails Small Shops
The typical CNC quoting platform assumes you have STEP files, an ERP to integrate, and a month for onboarding. A 5-50 person machine shop has none of that, you have a customer's emailed PDF, an estimator who's also running a machine, and an RFQ stack that grows faster than you can quote it. Zenith skips the software problem entirely: there is nothing to install, nothing to log into, and nobody to train. If your shop can forward an email, it can use an AI quoting tool.
What the AI Actually Quotes
Zenith's computer vision reads the 2D print the way your estimator does: overall envelope from the orthographic views, material callout, holes and threads, tolerance and surface-finish flags. It then builds the quote the way a shop does, barstock weight times market material rate, machining minutes times your shop rate, setup as a one-time line, margin on top. Every number is itemized and auditable. Share your real rates and setup times, and your quotes move toward your numbers.
The Math on Quote Speed
A shop that quotes the same day instead of days later wins more work, not because the price is different, but because the first credible number on the buyer's desk frames the decision. If your estimator handles eight prints a day at forty-five minutes each, that's six hours of skilled labor spent on takeoff math. An AI quoting tool turns those same eight prints into eight reviews of finished numbers, and your best machinist goes back to making chips. Try it against a job you already quoted, benchmark our number against yours. It is free while we're in beta.