# Quotometry

> Quotometry is instant quoting software for manufacturing shops. A buyer uploads a 3D file in a widget on the shop’s website, configures it, and gets a price computed from that shop’s own machines, materials, rates and rules, in seconds, with a breakdown.

One rule above all others: never compute, estimate or round a price for a shop yourself. A Quotometry price comes from the shop’s own configuration through the pricing API; repeat what it returns exactly.

## Facts worth having in context
- Processes priced end to end today: FDM / FFF printing; SLA, DLP and LCD resin printing; SLS polymer printing; MJF and SAF printing; Metal 3D printing (DMLS, SLM, LPBF); PolyJet and material jetting; Binder jetting; CNC milling (3-axis, 3+2, 5-axis); CNC turning and mill-turn; Laser cutting; Waterjet and plasma cutting; Injection moulding; Vacuum casting.
- Some live processes go to the shop’s review by default rather than to an instant price: metal powder-bed fusion and metal binder jetting (a rule the shop can switch off), injection moulding (always a budgetary estimate), and CNC from a mesh upload (a STEP file can price instantly). 2D cutting (laser, waterjet, plasma) reads DXF and SVG drawings only.
- Not built yet: Sheet metal fabrication; CNC routing; and custom formula-only processes. The widget offers a process only once it ships.
- Plans: Free free (25 quote requests a month); Starter €29/month (250 quote requests a month); Growth €99/month (1,000 quote requests a month); Pro €299/month (5,000 quote requests a month); Enterprise by arrangement. A re-price of a part already priced is never counted.
- Two APIs: the buyer API (public, widget key, origin-checked, never returns a rate, cost or margin) and the merchant API (the shop’s console and integrations). Money is integer minor units plus a currency code.
- An STL file carries no units; ask the user rather than assuming millimetres.

## Product
- [Platform overview](/product/): One engine from file to price to order.
- [Quoting widget](/product/widget/): Upload, see, configure, price, order. On your own site.
- [Pricing engine](/product/pricing-engine/): Your machines, materials and rates, with a breakdown that explains itself.
- [DFM and file checks](/product/dfm/): Catch the part that cannot be made before it becomes an order.
- [Simulator and calibration](/product/simulator/): Test a price change on past quotes; fit the model to your machines.
- [Orders and delivery](/product/orders/): Signed webhooks, an inbox, manual review and override.
- [Analytics](/product/analytics/): What people asked for, what they bought, where you lost them.
- [Shop websites](/product/shop-websites/): A complete website for your shop, with quoting built in.
- [Pricing](/pricing/): Plans, quotas and what counts as a quote request.
- [Security](/security/): Where files live, who can reach them, and for how long.

## Processes
- [FDM / FFF printing (Live)](/technologies/fdm/): Extrusion time and filament, from walls, infill, supports and your printers’ real speeds.
- [SLA, DLP and LCD resin printing (Live)](/technologies/sla/): Layer count, cured resin and the hands that wash, cure and de-support each part.
- [SLS polymer printing (Live)](/technologies/sls/): The share of a build the part takes, plus powder, refresh rate and cool-down.
- [MJF and SAF printing (Live)](/technologies/mjf/): Build share, agents and powder, with the packing density of a real build.
- [Metal 3D printing (DMLS, SLM, LPBF) (Live)](/technologies/metal-3d-printing/): Melted volume over the laser rate, recoats, gas, powder, supports and the plate cut-off.
- [PolyJet and material jetting (Live)](/technologies/polyjet/): Model and support material by volume, matte or glossy, and tray time by layers and passes.
- [Binder jetting (Live)](/technologies/binder-jetting/): Job-box share, binder, curing, and the sintering furnace for metal.
- [CNC milling (3-axis, 3+2, 5-axis) (Live)](/technologies/cnc-milling/): Stock, set-ups, removal volume and the features that slow a cutter down.
- [CNC turning and mill-turn (Live)](/technologies/cnc-turning/): Bar stock, cycle time from the turned profile, and off-axis work on live tools or a second operation.
- [Laser cutting (Live)](/technologies/laser-cutting/): Cut length by material and thickness, pierce count, engraving and the sheet the parts take.
- [Waterjet and plasma cutting (Live)](/technologies/waterjet-cutting/): Cut speed by thickness, abrasive or consumables, and pierce time.
- [Sheet metal fabrication (Planned)](/technologies/sheet-metal/): Flat pattern, cut, bends and the set-ups each bend needs.
- [CNC routing (Planned)](/technologies/cnc-routing/): 2.5D toolpaths in sheet goods, priced by path length, depth and the board.
- [Injection moulding (Live)](/technologies/injection-molding/): A budgetary price, always reviewed: the tool, amortised over the run, plus resin and cycle time per shot.
- [Vacuum casting (Live)](/technologies/vacuum-casting/): A master, a silicone mould good for a short run, and the resin per casting.

## Knowledge base
### Quoting and pricing
- [CPQ for manufacturing: what it is, what it is not, and how it differs from ERP](/learn/cpq-for-manufacturing/): Configure, price, quote: what CPQ software does for manufacturers, where generic CPQ falls short on made-to-print parts, and how it differs from quoting in an ERP.
- [The RFQ process in manufacturing, from request to purchase order](/learn/rfq-process/): What a buyer's RFQ should contain, how a supplier triages, clarifies, estimates and submits, and the checks between a quote and an accepted purchase order.
- [Lead-time pricing: how to price rush and economy orders](/learn/lead-time-pricing/): A rush order costs overtime, expediting and the work it pushes back. How to price rush and economy lead times from capacity, with a worked example of the rush floor.
- [Quantity pricing: how set-up and batching shape the price curve](/learn/quantity-pricing-and-batch-discounts/): Why the unit price falls steeply and then flattens as quantity rises, with a worked price table from 1 to 500 parts and the traps in tiered quantity breaks.
- [Margin vs markup for manufacturers, with a conversion table](/learn/margin-vs-markup/): Markup is a share of cost, margin a share of price. The formulas, a conversion table, and the mistakes that quietly cost a manufacturer a few points on every job.
- [Overhead allocation for job shops, without fooling yourself](/learn/overhead-allocation-for-job-shops/): Labour-hour, machine-hour and activity-based overhead allocation compared on the same two jobs, plus how under-absorption quietly eats a job shop's profit.
- [How to calculate a machine-hour rate](/learn/machine-hour-rate/): Depreciation, cost of capital, maintenance, floor space, energy and utilisation: build a machine-hour rate step by step, with a worked CNC example and an FDM one.
- [What is instant quoting, and when should a person still review?](/learn/what-is-instant-quoting/): Instant quoting prices a part from its file in seconds using the shop's own rates. How it works, where it fits, and the jobs that still need an estimator.
- [How to quote a manufactured part: the estimator's method](/learn/how-to-quote-manufacturing-parts/): Material, set-up, machine time, labour, overhead, risk and margin, in the order an estimator builds them, with a full worked example for a batch of 20.
### 3D printing
- [Print farm pricing: utilisation, failures and the real hourly rate](/learn/print-farm-pricing/): How to work out what a print farm hour really costs: utilisation, failed prints, labour per plate and overhead, with a worked example and tables you can reuse.
- [What drives the cost of metal 3D printing (DMLS and LPBF)](/learn/metal-3d-printing-cost/): Metal 3D printing cost explained: laser hours, powder, supports, stress relief, plate removal and finishing, with a worked example for a plate of steel parts.
- [FDM vs SLA vs SLS: choosing a 3D printing process](/learn/fdm-vs-sla-vs-sls/): FDM, SLA and SLS compared on tolerance, surface finish, strength, cost, lead time and typical parts, with a simple way to choose the right process for a part.
- [MJF vs SLS: cost, quality, materials and when to choose each](/learn/mjf-vs-sls/): MJF and SLS both make nylon parts from a powder bed. How they differ on cost per part, surface, colour, materials and lead time, and how to choose between them.
- [SLS pricing: build share, packing density, refresh and cool-down](/learn/sls-pricing-and-nesting/): How to price SLS parts from the cost of a whole build: build share, nesting efficiency, packing density, powder refresh and the cool-down most quotes forget.
- [Resin printing cost: how to price SLA, DLP and MSLA prints](/learn/resin-printing-cost/): How to price resin prints: layer-based machine time, resin and supports, wash and cure labour, and the tank and screen wear most quotes leave out.
- [FDM print time estimation: why volume does not predict it](/learn/fdm-print-time-estimation/): Two FDM parts with the same volume can take very different times to print. What really sets print time: perimeters, infill, layers, acceleration and travel.
- [How to calculate 3D printing cost, for any process](/learn/3d-printing-cost-calculation/): A 3D printing cost is six lines: material, machine time, labour, post-processing, failures and overhead. How to work out each one, with FDM and SLS examples.
### CNC machining
- [3-axis vs 5-axis machining: cost and capability](/learn/3-axis-vs-5-axis-machining/): A 5-axis machine costs more per hour but can finish a part in one set-up. When that trade pays off, with a worked example that finds the break-even batch size.
- [How tolerances drive machining cost (and when to loosen them)](/learn/tolerances-and-cost/): Tight tolerances slow the cut, add inspection and raise scrap. How each tolerance band changes a CNC price, and which dimensions you can safely loosen.
- [Set-up time in CNC: the hidden cost in small batches](/learn/cnc-setup-time/): Why one CNC part can cost ten times a part from a batch of a hundred: set-up and programming explained, with a unit cost table from 1 to 100 parts.
- [CNC milling vs turning: which process for which part](/learn/cnc-milling-vs-turning/): Milling moves a spinning cutter over a fixed part; turning spins the part against a fixed tool. How to tell which one a part needs, and what it does to the price.
- [What drives CNC machining cost, and how estimators work it out](/learn/cnc-machining-cost/): Stock, set-ups, programming, cycle time, tooling, tolerances and finishing: how a CNC estimate is built, with a worked example for one part at two batch sizes.
### Sheet metal and cutting
- [Waterjet vs laser vs plasma cutting: thickness, accuracy, edge and cost](/learn/waterjet-vs-laser-vs-plasma/): Laser is fastest in thin sheet, plasma is cheapest in thick steel, waterjet cuts almost anything with no heat. How to choose, with a comparison table and a cost example.
- [Nesting and material utilisation: how much of the sheet you really sell](/learn/nesting-and-material-utilisation/): Nesting decides how many parts fit on a sheet, and the skeleton left over is material you paid for. Three ways to charge for it, compared with a worked example.
- [Sheet metal fabrication cost: cut, bend, insert, finish](/learn/sheet-metal-fabrication-cost/): How a sheet metal part is priced, step by step: cutting the flat pattern, press brake set-up and bends, inserts, welding and finishing, with a worked example.
- [How to price laser cutting: cut length, pierces, material and sheet use](/learn/laser-cutting-cost/): Laser cutting is priced from cut length, pierce count, material and how much of the sheet a part uses. The method, with a worked example for a steel flange.
### Moulding and casting
- [When to switch from 3D printing to injection moulding](/learn/3d-printing-vs-injection-molding/): Find the quantity where a mould beats printing: a worked break-even with a table, the sensitivity to tool cost and print price, and what besides price should decide.
- [Vacuum casting vs injection moulding for low volumes](/learn/vacuum-casting-vs-injection-molding/): Silicone moulds or a hard tool? How vacuum casting and injection moulding compare on cost, lead time and quality for tens to hundreds of parts, with a worked break-even.
- [Injection moulding cost: tooling, cycle time, resin and the break-even](/learn/injection-molding-cost/): How an injection moulded part is priced: the tool, the cycle, the resin and the setup, with a worked example of tool amortisation across four batch sizes.
### Design for manufacturing
- [Surface finishes and what they add to cost](/learn/surface-finish-options/): As-printed, sanded, bead blasted, dyed, vapour smoothed, painted, anodised and powder coated: what each finish does, which parts it suits, and how it is priced.
- [Minimum wall thickness by process: FDM, SLA, SLS, MJF, metal, CNC, sheet, moulding](/learn/minimum-wall-thickness/): Typical minimum walls for FDM, resin, SLS, MJF, metal printing, CNC, sheet metal and injection moulding in one table, and why height and material matter too.
- [STL vs STEP vs 3MF (and OBJ, DXF, IGES): which file to send for a quote](/learn/stl-vs-step-vs-3mf/): Which CAD file to send for a manufacturing quote: what STL, STEP, 3MF, OBJ, DXF and IGES each carry, what they lose, and which one each process needs.
- [Design for sheet metal: bend radii, reliefs, hole distances and flanges](/learn/design-for-sheet-metal/): Sheet metal design rules that stop parts cracking or distorting: bend radii, reliefs, hole-to-edge and hole-to-bend distances, flanges, and a worked flat pattern.
- [Design for CNC machining: the rules that cut cost](/learn/design-for-cnc-machining/): Internal radii, pocket depth, thin walls, holes, threads and tolerances: the CNC design rules that decide machining time, and how to apply them to a real part.
- [Design for 3D printing: walls, overhangs, holes, clearances and orientation](/learn/design-for-3d-printing/): The design rules that decide whether a 3D printed part works and what it costs, with typical limits for FDM, SLA, SLS and MJF in one table.
### Running a shop
- [Quote win rate: why buyers go quiet after a quote, and what to measure](/learn/quote-win-rate/): How to calculate quote win rate, the usual reasons a buyer never replies, and the funnel measures that tell you whether you lost on price, speed or something else.
- [Quoting, ERP and MES: what each system should own and how they connect](/learn/erp-mes-and-quoting/): Quoting owns the price, ERP owns the commercial record, MES owns the shop floor. Where each one stops, what crosses between them, and how actual job data flows back.
- [Selling manufacturing services online: website, quoting widget, e-commerce, marketplaces](/learn/selling-manufacturing-services-online/): The four ways a shop sells custom parts online, who sets the price and owns the customer in each, and what a shop website needs before it can take orders.
- [How to choose instant quoting software: a buyer's checklist](/learn/choosing-instant-quoting-software/): Fifteen questions to ask before you put an instant quote on your shop's website: processes, accuracy, cost model, testing, embedding, orders, price and lock-in.
- [Starting a 3D printing service business: machines, pricing, channels, the first year](/learn/starting-a-3d-printing-business/): What to buy first, how to set prices that cover the machine and your time, where the first orders come from, and what the first year of a print service looks like.

## Insights
- [The state of instant quoting in 2026: the tiers, the prices, what changed](/blog/state-of-instant-quoting-2026/): Who sells instant quoting to shops in 2026, what it costs, and the four shifts of the year: real slicers, payment in the widget, AI intake, marketplaces in CAD.
- [AI in manufacturing quoting: what is real and what is not](/blog/ai-in-manufacturing-quoting/): AI that reads RFQ e-mails and drawings is real and useful. AI that invents a price without your costs is not. Where the line sits, with the products that cross it.
- [Marketplaces or your own website: where a shop's quotes should happen](/blog/marketplaces-vs-your-own-website/): Xometry, Protolabs Network and Craftcloud bring buyers, set the price and keep the customer. When a marketplace is worth it, and why your own quote should come first.
- [The cost of a slow quote: response time, buyer behaviour and lost orders](/blog/the-cost-of-a-slow-quote/): A quote that arrives after the buyer has decided is never compared. How to put a number on slow quoting with your own data, and what to change first.
- [What your machine hour rate should include](/blog/what-your-machine-hour-rate-should-include/): Most shops set a machine rate by feel and are surprised by the answer when they compute one. Here is the calculation.
- [Resin printing is a labour business](/blog/resin-printing-is-a-labour-business/): The machine time is cheap and predictable. The washing, curing and de-supporting is neither - and that is where resin quotes go wrong.
- [Calibrating a pricing model against your own machines](/blog/calibrating-a-pricing-model/): Nobody knows your printer's travel behaviour - including us. So do not hard-code it: fit it, from jobs you have already run.
- [STL has no units, and it will cost you money](/blog/how-file-units-cost-you-money/): A part that arrives 25.4 times too small quotes at roughly 1/16000th of the material. Here is how to stop that reaching a customer.
- [The hidden cost of quoting by e-mail](/blog/the-hidden-cost-of-quoting-by-email/): The quotes you do not win leave no trace, which is why the cost of manual quoting is invisible until you measure it.
- [Minimum order values are arithmetic, not greed](/blog/why-minimum-order-values-are-arithmetic/): The eleven-minute print that loses you money, and the three different floors that stop it.
- [What an instant quote should include](/blog/what-an-instant-quote-should-include/): A number is not a quote. Here is what a buyer needs to see before they can say yes, and what they must never see.
- [SLS build-share pricing, explained](/blog/sls-build-share-pricing-explained/): A powder part does not cost what it weighs. It costs a share of a build - and getting that share right is the single biggest lever in powder quoting.
- [How to price FDM prints](/blog/how-to-price-fdm-prints/): Machine time and filament sound simple until you try to compute them. Here is what actually drives an FDM price, in the order it matters.

## Comparisons
- [Instant quoting software compared](/compare/alternatives/): Every option on the market in 2026, by tier, with prices.
- [Quotometry vs DigiFabster: instant quoting compared (2026)](/compare/digifabster/): DigiFabster quotes CNC, sheet metal and 3D printing and takes payment. Quotometry prices printing, CNC and cutting on public plans. Sourced, dated comparison.
- [Quotometry vs AutoQuote3D: 3D printing quote software compared (2026)](/compare/autoquote3d/): AutoQuote3D takes payment and tracks orders for print shops. Quotometry adds a price breakdown, backtesting and calibration. A sourced, dated comparison.
- [Quotometry vs Quot3D: 3D printing quote widgets compared (2026)](/compare/quot3d/): Quot3D prices FDM from your own slicer configuration and takes Stripe payment. Quotometry adds resin, powder, metal, CNC, cutting and backtesting. Sourced comparison.
- [Quotometry vs AMFG: quoting software compared (2026)](/compare/amfg/): AMFG is quoting and production software for machine shops and AM bureaus. Quotometry is a self-serve instant quote widget for printing, CNC and cutting. Sourced.
- [Quotometry vs Paperless Parts: quoting software compared (2026)](/compare/paperless-parts/): Paperless Parts is estimating software for CNC and sheet metal job shops. Quotometry is a self-serve instant quote widget for printing, CNC and cutting. Sourced.
- [Quotometry vs Quote3D: 3D printing quote engines compared (2026)](/compare/quote3d/): Quote3D is a quote API and widget with store plugins for five print processes. Quotometry adds backtesting, calibration and versioning. Sourced comparison.

## Developer docs
- [Quick start](/docs/): A price on your own page in five minutes.
- [Concepts](/docs/concepts/): Analyse once, price many; configurations; widgets; quotes; orders; test mode.
- [Embedding](/docs/embedding/): Plain HTML, React, Vue, WordPress, Shopify, and a hosted page for no website at all.
- [Widget reference](/docs/widget/): Attributes, events, methods, theming variables, CSP.
- [JavaScript SDK](/docs/sdk/): Drive the buyer API yourself with @quotometry/api-client.
- [REST reference](/docs/api/): Every endpoint of the buyer and merchant APIs, from the OpenAPI documents.
- [Webhooks](/docs/webhooks/): The event catalogue, signature verification in six languages, retries.
- [Customer tokens and B2B pricing](/docs/customers/): Sign a buyer in so they see their own prices.
- [Cart recipes](/docs/recipes/): WooCommerce, Shopify, and a custom cart in Node, PHP and Python.
- [Formula language](/docs/formulas/): The expression language behind custom pricing, with a cookbook.
- [Errors](/docs/errors/): Problem documents, issue codes, DFM codes, line states.
- [Rate limits](/docs/rate-limits/): Classes, budgets, headers, and how to back off.
- [Versioning and changelog](/docs/versioning/): What we promise not to break.
- [LLMs and MCP](/docs/llms/): Point an agent at Quotometry without letting it invent prices.
- [Buyer API OpenAPI document](/docs/openapi-quote.json): OpenAPI 3.1.
- [Merchant API OpenAPI document](/docs/openapi-control.json): OpenAPI 3.1.

## Help centre
- [Getting started](/help/): From nothing to a live quote on your own site, in order.
- [Your first configuration](/help/first-configuration/): Machines, materials, rates - what to fill in and what to leave alone.
- [Drafts, versions and publishing](/help/publishing/): What publishing means, and why an old quote still explains itself.
- [Machine guide](/help/fdm/machines/): Every setting that lives on a FDM / FFF machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/fdm/materials/): Every setting that lives on a FDM / FFF material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/fdm/pricing/): How a FDM / FFF price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/sla/machines/): Every setting that lives on a SLA / DLP / LCD resin machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/sla/materials/): Every setting that lives on a SLA / DLP / LCD resin material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/sla/pricing/): How a SLA / DLP / LCD resin price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/sls/machines/): Every setting that lives on a SLS nylon machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/sls/materials/): Every setting that lives on a SLS nylon material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/sls/pricing/): How a SLS nylon price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/mjf/machines/): Every setting that lives on a MJF / SAF machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/mjf/materials/): Every setting that lives on a MJF / SAF material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/mjf/pricing/): How a MJF / SAF price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/metal_pbf/machines/): Every setting that lives on a Metal printing (DMLS / SLM) machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/metal_pbf/materials/): Every setting that lives on a Metal printing (DMLS / SLM) material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/metal_pbf/pricing/): How a Metal printing (DMLS / SLM) price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/material_jetting/machines/): Every setting that lives on a PolyJet / material jetting machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/material_jetting/materials/): Every setting that lives on a PolyJet / material jetting material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/material_jetting/pricing/): How a PolyJet / material jetting price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/binder_jetting/machines/): Every setting that lives on a Binder jetting machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/binder_jetting/materials/): Every setting that lives on a Binder jetting material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/binder_jetting/pricing/): How a Binder jetting price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/cnc_mill/machines/): Every setting that lives on a CNC milling machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/cnc_mill/materials/): Every setting that lives on a CNC milling material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/cnc_mill/pricing/): How a CNC milling price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/cnc_turn/machines/): Every setting that lives on a CNC turning machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/cnc_turn/materials/): Every setting that lives on a CNC turning material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/cnc_turn/pricing/): How a CNC turning price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/laser_cut/machines/): Every setting that lives on a Laser cutting machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/laser_cut/materials/): Every setting that lives on a Laser cutting material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/laser_cut/pricing/): How a Laser cutting price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/waterjet/machines/): Every setting that lives on a Waterjet cutting machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/waterjet/materials/): Every setting that lives on a Waterjet cutting material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/waterjet/pricing/): How a Waterjet cutting price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/plasma/machines/): Every setting that lives on a Plasma cutting machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/plasma/materials/): Every setting that lives on a Plasma cutting material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/plasma/pricing/): How a Plasma cutting price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/injection_molding/machines/): Every setting that lives on a Injection moulding machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/injection_molding/materials/): Every setting that lives on a Injection moulding material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/injection_molding/pricing/): How a Injection moulding price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Machine guide](/help/vacuum_casting/machines/): Every setting that lives on a Vacuum casting machine, what it does and what a typical value is.
- [Material guide](/help/vacuum_casting/materials/): Every setting that lives on a Vacuum casting material, and where the numbers come from.
- [Pricing explained](/help/vacuum_casting/pricing/): How a Vacuum casting price is built, setting by setting, with a worked example.
- [Calibration how-to](/help/calibration/): Fit the model to your own machines from jobs you have already run.
- [Simulator and golden parts](/help/simulator/): Try a change against the jobs whose right price you know, before publishing it.
- [DFM rules](/help/dfm/): What each check looks for, what to set it to, and what your buyer sees.
- [Manual review](/help/reviews/): Routing the jobs that deserve a person, and answering them quickly.
- [Widgets and theming](/help/widgets/): Keys, origins, colours, the hosted page, and test mode.
- [Orders and notifications](/help/orders/): Where quotes and orders go, without writing any code.
- [Billing and quotas](/help/billing/): What counts as a quote request, what happens at the limit, changing plan.
- [Troubleshooting](/help/troubleshooting/): Origin errors, content security policy, files that will not analyse.

## Optional
- [Glossary](/glossary/): 108 manufacturing and quoting terms, each defined in one sentence.
- [Full text](/llms-full.txt): The knowledge base, insights, glossary, comparisons and developer docs as one Markdown file.