Are the AI's results correct?

Not always. AI estimates are a starting suggestion, not a decision; it can misread a drawing or over or under estimate a time. That is why nothing is saved until you approve it. We suggest you judge its quality on your own drawings.

Where does my data go?

The PDF drawing to be read, the part details, the machine list and the figures a question needs are sent to the AI provider for processing. The drawing, draft and estimate dialogs tell you beforehand what will be sent. The assistant does not query your database directly; it only sees summary figures within your permissions.

Which other plans does it work with?

The Shop Assistant and the operation draft work with the AI Assistant plan. Filling from a drawing also needs the part catalogue (Pro), and the cost estimate needs quotes (Sales).

What happens when I run out of credits?

The AI features stop for that month; the rest of the app keeps working. Credits renew every month, and an admin can buy extra credits from the My plan page.

Can it read a scanned or hand-drawn drawing?

Drawing reading works with PDF files. On a drawing that is hard to read, fields may come back empty or wrong, so check every field written into the form. Try it on a few of your own drawings first.

Reads the drawing, drafts the plan, answers from your data

The AI Assistant cuts down repetitive typing: it fills in part details from the drawing, drafts an operation plan and a cost estimate for a quote. The Shop Assistant answers your questions about production, downtime and scrap by looking at your recorded data. None of it saves anything on its own; the final call is yours.

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The Shop Assistant: you type a question, it looks at the recorded data, answers with numbers and links the relevant page. Credits used this month are shown at the top.Real screens from the app, with sample workshop data.

How it works

1
Fill in the part from the drawing
On the part form you press Fill from drawing. Part number, name, revision, material, main dimensions, tolerances and surface treatment are read from the PDF drawing and written into the form. The part catalogue is in the Pro plan.
2
Get an operation draft
Ask for a draft on the process plan and, from the part details, your machine list and your past process plans, you get ordered operations with times, setup time and a suggested machine. The draft is added to the list as a suggestion; you correct and approve it.
3
A cost estimate for the quote
With the Sales plan, you choose an approved process plan and a quantity on the quote form. The AI only estimates the part's weight; machine coefficients, scrap rate and prices come from your own records. The figure is a cost, not a price; you add the margin.
4
Ask about your shop
You type a question such as "Which machine had the most downtime this week?". The assistant looks at production, scrap, downtime, work order, machine and OEE records; if there are none, it says so.

What's included

Nothing saved without you

Drawing reading, drafts and estimates only fill in the form. You press save yourself, and you see the numbers before transferring them to a quote.

Based on your own data

The operation draft looks at your past plans and machines; the cost estimate looks at your machines' actual speed and your own prices. It does not pull figures from a generic table.

Missing items are not hidden

If an item in the estimate cannot be calculated it is left out of the total and the reason is shown. An estimate with missing items cannot be transferred to a quote, so your price does not end up too low.

The assistant only reads

The Shop Assistant never changes a record. It works with the user's permissions: a user who only sees their own machines gets answers about those machines only.

Open it from anywhere

The assistant opens on its own page in the menu or in the small panel at the bottom right of every screen, with the same chat. Answers link to the relevant page.

Runs on credits

The plan comes with credits every month. A question or a drawing read is 1 credit, a cost estimate is 2. If a request fails the credit is returned; your remaining credits are shown on screen.

Frequently asked questions

Try it in your own workshop

After you sign up you can open the sample workshop: browse the screens on this page in your own browser, then switch to your own data.

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