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Drawing review & quotation support

Drawing Review & Quotation Support

Quote with confidence before production begins.

Before you commit to a price, we review your customer's drawings, STEP files, manufacturing requirements and technical information to identify missing details, manufacturing risks and hidden costs that could affect your quotation.

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Drawing review and quotation support media: Customer RFQ, engineering drawing review, STEP file on CAD screen, estimating meeting, manufacturing drawing markup, and workshop quotation review
Customer problems

Problems We Find Before You Send Your Quotation

We find the missing details and practical manufacturing risks that can change the price for welding, fabrication, CNC, laser cutting, and sheet metal work.

  • Customer only supplied a STEP file.
  • Manufacturing drawings are missing.
  • Tolerances are unrealistic.
  • Material specifications are incomplete.
  • Weld symbols are unclear.
  • Sheet metal bend information is missing.
  • Critical dimensions are not defined.
  • CNC machining information is incomplete.
  • Laser cutting details are missing.
  • Hidden manufacturing costs are not obvious.
Why this happens

Many quotations are prepared before the engineering has been properly reviewed.

Customer RFQs can look complete while still leaving the workshop to make assumptions about how the job will be manufactured.

  • Drawings arrive incomplete.
  • Customers assume missing information.
  • RFQs contain conflicting documentation.
  • Production methods are not considered.
  • Risks are discovered after winning the order.

Check the engineering before you commit to a price.

Review the customer files, expose missing information, and clarify the risks before your quotation leaves the workshop.

How GilMan Engineering helps

Engineering reviews that help you quote accurately.

We check what the customer supplied against the manufacturing work your shop will actually need to complete.

01

Customer Drawing Review

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

02

STEP File Review

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

03

Manufacturability Review

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

04

Tolerance Review

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

05

Welding Review

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

06

Sheet Metal Review

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

07

CNC Machining Review

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

08

Engineering Clarifications

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

09

Cost Risk Identification

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

10

Quotation Engineering Support

A practical check focused on the information, manufacturing decisions, and costs behind your quotation.

What you receive

Clear review findings ready for your estimator and workshop.

Each output shows what is clear, what is missing, and what should be allowed for or clarified before you quote.

OUTPUT 01

Drawing Review Report

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

OUTPUT 02

RFQ Assessment

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

OUTPUT 03

Manufacturing Risk Review

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

OUTPUT 04

Missing Information Checklist

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

OUTPUT 05

Engineering Questions

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

OUTPUT 06

Manufacturability Recommendations

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

OUTPUT 07

Cost Risk Summary

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

OUTPUT 08

Supplier Clarifications

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

OUTPUT 09

Quotation Support

Clear findings prepared to support the next quotation decision.

Typical workshop jobs

Typical RFQs We Review

From a single machined part to a complete fabricated assembly, we review what the customer supplied against the work your shop must price.

Welded Structures

RFQ reviews for weld details, materials, tolerances, and fabrication risks.

Sheet Metal Parts

Checks for bend information, flat patterns, finishes, and realistic tolerances.

CNC Machined Components

Drawing and model reviews for machining access, inspection, and cost drivers.

Laser Cut Parts

Checks for profiles, material, thickness, quantities, and usable cutting information.

Fabricated Assemblies

Assembly reviews covering fit, welds, interfaces, and workshop sequence.

Machine Frames

Reviews of frame drawings, interfaces, tolerances, and fabrication requirements.

Industrial Equipment

Technical checks for manufactured equipment, assemblies, and bought-in parts.

Replacement Components

Reviews where original drawings, specifications, or dimensions are incomplete.

Production Tooling

Checks for tooling requirements, materials, interfaces, and practical manufacture.

General Fabrication

Practical RFQ support for everyday workshop and fabrication enquiries.

Engineering process

A practical process from customer RFQ to accurate quotation.

01

Receive RFQ

Send the customer RFQ, drawings, STEP files, quantities, and delivery requirements.

02

Review Drawings

We check the supplied drawings and models against the work you need to price.

03

Identify Risks

We flag missing details, difficult requirements, and hidden manufacturing costs.

04

Clarify Engineering Questions

We prepare the questions that need answers from your customer or supplier.

05

Recommend Manufacturing Approach

We recommend a practical manufacturing route and the allowances it requires.

06

Support Accurate Quotation

Your estimator can price the job with clearer scope, risks, and assumptions.

Engineering capabilities

Engineering capability focused on the quotation in front of you.

Drawing, manufacturing, cost-risk, and workshop reviews for practical quotation decisions.

Engineering capability areas

DRW

Drawing Review

  • MAManufacturing Drawings
  • ASAssembly Drawings
  • GDGD&T Review
  • DIDimension Review
MFG

Manufacturing Review

  • WEWelding
  • CNCNC Machining
  • SHSheet Metal
  • LALaser Cutting
RFQ

Quotation Support

  • MAManufacturing Risks
  • MIMissing Information
  • COCost Drivers
  • ENEngineering Questions
SHOP

Workshop Support

  • SUSupplier Communication
  • CUCustomer Clarifications
  • TETechnical Advice
  • PRProduction Planning
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Recover usable engineering information from existing parts, products, and equipment.

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Prototype Development

Develop ideas into practical prototypes and manufacturable product solutions.

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Production Improvement

Improve manufacturing processes, assembly methods, workflow, and production performance.

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Frequently asked questions

Questions before we start.

Can you review customer drawings before we quote?

Yes. We check the drawings, requirements, tolerances, materials, and missing details before your workshop commits to a price.

Can you review STEP files?

Yes. We review STEP files alongside the RFQ and any available drawings to identify geometry, manufacturing, and documentation questions.

Can you identify missing information?

Yes. We provide a clear checklist of missing dimensions, materials, tolerances, finishes, quantities, and manufacturing requirements.

Can you estimate manufacturing risks?

Yes. We flag practical risks and likely cost drivers so your estimator can allow for them or clarify them before quoting.

Can you review welding drawings?

Yes. We check weld symbols, joint details, materials, access, distortion risks, inspection requirements, and unclear fabrication information.

Can you review CNC machining drawings?

Yes. We check dimensions, tolerances, datums, surface finishes, machining access, inspection needs, and information that may affect cycle time or setup.

Can you support RFQs from our customers?

Yes. Send us the customer's RFQ package and we can review it, prepare engineering questions, and support your quotation team.

Can you help us avoid underquoting work?

Yes. Our review highlights missing work, difficult requirements, and hidden manufacturing costs before you send the quotation.

Don’t quote until the engineering has been checked.

Send us the customer RFQ, drawings, and STEP files before you commit to the price.

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