FROM MACHINE OPERATIONS TO A WINNING QUOTE
Turn Real Manufacturing Data Into Profitable Quotes
Micro Express turns the machine operations created by Micro3D into accurate time, cost, price, and customer-ready quotes—using the machines, tooling, rates, and margins that reflect your shop.
MACHINE SIMULATION, NOT FORMULAS
Feature Recognition → Machine Operations
Micro3D uses Advanced Feature Recognition to identify machinable features and build the actual operations and toolpaths required to produce the part. Micro Express turns that operation-level intelligence into a complete estimate and quote.
How Micro Express Works
From machine operations to customer approval
- Build the Manufacturing Plan
- Estimate the Time
- Calculate the Costs
- Set the Price
- Generate and Send the Quote
Micro3D analyzes the CAD model, recognizes its features, and creates the machine operations needed to manufacture the part.
Identify machinable features
Build the required operations
Configure the estimate around the actual job and your shop.
Select the machine
Select the material and tooling
Review machining and setup times
Adjust operations to match your process
Change a machine or operation and Micro Express recalculates the time and cost, keeping the estimate aligned with how you plan to run the job.
Turn machining time into a complete job cost.
Material and applicable markups
Machine and labor rates
Setup and overhead
Fixed or amortized job costs
Outsourced processes and services
Build a competitive selling price without losing control of the margin.
Apply margins and pricing rules
Customize by customer or job
Create quantity-based price breaks
See the effect of each decision before quoting
Create a professional quote backed by clear manufacturing, costing, and pricing logic.
Present multiple quantities and price breaks
Review the calculations behind the price
Send the quote through your preferred process
Give the customer a clear path to approval
MACHINE-SPECIFIC ESTIMATING
Your Machine Choice Changes the Number
Compare machines, refine operations, and identify where changes can reduce cycle time or cost before committing to the quote. Price the job against the equipment you actually intend to use—not a generic machine profile.
REAL OPERATIONS. REAL COSTS.
Why Shops Choose Micro Express
Estimate Real Machine Time
Calculate time from actual tool movement, machine operations, and cycle times—not broad averages or historical guesses.
Know the Full Job Cost
Account for material, machine time, labor, setup, overhead, and outsourced services such as anodizing, painting, heat treatment, or assembly.
Price for Profit
Apply margins, markups, customer rules, and quantity breaks while keeping the true job cost visible.
Quote Faster
Move from manufacturing operations to a professional quote in one connected workflow.
MAKE EVERY ESTIMATE STRONGER
Build a Quoting Process Your Team Can Repeat
The result is a consistent estimating process built around your operation—not one estimator’s memory or a collection of disconnected spreadsheets.
QUANTITY CHANGES THE ECONOMICS
Know What to Charge at Every Quantity
Micro Express gives you flexible control over how every cost is applied. Add fixed costs, percentage-based markups, or other pricing adjustments, and choose which costs should be spread across the order quantity. The result is accurate unit pricing at every quantity—without losing sight of your margin.
FROM CAD TO PROFITABLE WORK