Quoting directly from the PDF drawing — two free skills from goCAD.

Which skill fits your part?

Both skills work the same way: PDF drawing in, Excel quote out. The difference is the part.

Technical drawing straight to Excel quote.

The skill reads your technical PDF drawing automatically — title block, category (turning / milling), every dimensioned feature and tolerance — and produces a structured feature spec. The bundled engine computes cycle time, setup, programming and the full cost buildup, and writes a two-sheet Excel report. That replaces manual Excel CNC quoting in seconds instead of 20 minutes per part.

CNC turning & milling — two-sheet Excel report.

For a 1.4301 milled part with a Ø25 H7 fit, M8 threads and lightening pockets, the skill returns: 12.43 min cycle time, €176.47 unit price incl. all mark-ups, and a full cycle-time buildup with CAM operations and tooling.

Sheet-metal laser cut & bend — formula-driven Excel quote.

For a bent DC01 sheet-metal part, the skill reads dimensions, material and thickness from the drawing, computes the flat pattern (unfolding), counts bends, holes and threads, and estimates laser cut time (6 kW fibre laser, adjustable), bending time, deburring and follow-up processes. For quantity > 1 it runs a geometric nesting. The result: a live formula-driven Excel quote where every detected value can be corrected — prices recalculate instantly.

Your hourly rates, your mark-ups, your prices.

All commercial values live in config/pricing_config.example.json — as a template. Copy it to config/pricing_config.json, enter your values — done. The report footer transparently shows which source was used.

{
  "currency": "EUR",
  "lot_size": 10,

  "rates_eur_per_hour": {
    "machine_processing": 72.0,
    "machine_setup": 66.0,
    "programming": 85.0
  },

  "additions_percent": {
    "material_additions": 16.0,
    "manufacturing_additions": 20.0,
    "admin_additions": 10.0,
    "general_sales": 10.0,
    "risk_additions": 2.0,
    "margin": 8.0
  },

  "material_prices_eur_per_kg": {
    "1.4301": 6.20,
    "S235JR": 1.60,
    "AlMg3": 5.50
  }
}

Install the skill and start — in minutes.

1. 1
   Request the skill and load it into Claude. After you request it, we send the .skill package by email — a ZIP with all scripts, reference data and the config template. Import via Claude's skill management.
2. 2
   Set your rates. Copy config/pricing_config.example.json to config/pricing_config.json and edit. Or pass --config customer_x.json per run.
3. 3
   Upload a drawing. Share a technical drawing (PDF, turning or milling part) in Claude and ask for "cycle time + cost" — the skill triggers automatically.
4. 4
   Receive the Excel report. Cost and Manufacturing reports as .xlsx, plus the feature spec as JSON for post-processing or versioning.

Both skill packages — free by email.

The skills aren't distributed publicly — we send them out on request so we can gather feedback and support you with configuration. In your request, just tell us which skill you need (or both). The skills themselves stay free of charge and ship under Apache 2.0.

Licence, attribution & disclaimer.