For machine shops, job shops and fabricators buried in quote requests.
An RFQ (request for quotation) is the enquiry a machine shop receives asking it to price a part, usually with a 2D drawing attached. Before you can quote you have to read the print and pull out material, quantity, tolerances, finish, threads and delivery — the slow part of every quote. This tool reads the email and drawing and hands back a one-page brief: the extracted spec fields, missing-info flags, a ready clarification email and a GREEN/YELLOW/RED quote-worthiness call. You keep every price.
By hand
10–20 min per request to read and pull out what's needed
With Tedrix
under a minute
A shop with ~30 RFQs a week saves several hours — time that goes to pricing and winning jobs instead.
Estimated from a typical workflow — your numbers depend on volume.
What it does
Every quote request means opening the email, opening the drawing, and pulling out material, quantity, tolerances, finish, threads and delivery before you can even decide whether it's worth quoting. RFQ Brief does that first read for you — it reads the print (metric or imperial), extracts the spec fields with a confidence level on each, and flags whatever's missing.
It hands back a one-page brief with a pre-drafted clarification email for the gaps and a GREEN/YELLOW/RED call on whether the RFQ is worth your time. You still set every price — it just gets you to a decision faster, without the drawing-reading grind.
What goes in
An inbound RFQ email plus the 2D drawing as a PDF or a photo. Metric and imperial prints both work.
What you get back
A one-page brief: spec fields with per-field confidence, missing-info flags, a ready-to-send clarification email, and a GREEN/YELLOW/RED quote-worthiness triage.
What the output looks like
Example: an inbound RFQ for a mounting bracket, 250 pcs, with a 2D drawing attached.
The request that comes in
Subject: RFQ — mounting bracket, 250 pcs
Hi, please quote the attached part per the drawing.
Delivery needed within 4 weeks. PO to follow.
📎 BRK-1042_revC.pdf (2D drawing)
What Tedrix hands back
Illustrative example — you run the tool on your own documents.
No account, no card · your document is never stored
What it handles
- Reads 2D drawings — PDF or phone photo — for material, tolerances, finish, threads and quantity
- A confidence level on every extracted field, so you know what to double-check
- Flags missing info and drafts the clarification email for you
- GREEN/YELLOW/RED triage on whether the RFQ is worth quoting
- Understands metric/EU drawing conventions (ISO fits, ISO 2768, EN materials)
- Drawings are processed transiently and never stored — your customers' IP stays private
How it runs
Paste the RFQ and drawing
Drop in the quote-request email and upload the 2D drawing — a PDF or a photo of the print.
It reads the print
One pass pulls out the spec fields that drive the quote and puts a confidence level on each.
It flags the gaps
Anything missing is flagged, with a pre-drafted clarification email you can send in a click.
You price it
With a clean brief and a GREEN/YELLOW/RED triage in front of you, you decide and quote — fast.
Common questions
Can it read a 2D drawing to quote from?
Yes — that's the core of it. Upload the drawing as a PDF or a photo and it extracts material, tolerances, finish, threads and quantity, with a confidence level on each field so you know what to verify.
Does it work with metric / EU drawings?
Yes. It understands metric prints and EU conventions — ISO fits like H7/g6, ISO 2768 general tolerances, EN material designations, threads in mm — as well as imperial.
Does it price the job for me?
No, and that's deliberate. Pricing is yours. It does the reading, extraction and triage so you get to a confident quote faster — it never sends a number to your customer.
What happens to the drawings I upload?
They're processed transiently to produce the brief and never stored. Your customers' drawings are their IP, and we treat them that way.
Try it free on your own document
Run one of your real documents through it and see the result for yourself. Keep the tool only if it earns its place — your 7-day no-card trial starts once you're set up.
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