https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-forum/estimate-calculate-manufacturing-cost-of-ipt-part/m-p/2523714#M146620 Hello,<BR /> <BR /> I'm looking for software that is able to estimate/calculate the manufacturing cost of a 3D part generated in Autodesk Inventor.<BR /> <BR /> The software should be able to identify the needed processes (using automatic feature recognition) and apply the proper tools from a given library. The input to do this, is an native inventor file. <BR /> (if necessary *.step, *.iges *.sat)<BR /> <BR /> I'm mainly aiming at turned parts only (and a bit of lasercutting flat pieces).<BR /> <BR /> Software that I've found on the internet so far, enabling this (don't know if there capable of handling native inventor-files) :<BR /> 1) Micro Estimating Systems : http://www.microest.com/media.asp (click on powerpoint for a quick overview)<BR /> 2) MTI Systems : http://www.mtisystems.com/ (click on costimator demo for a quick overview)<BR /> <BR /> Questions :<BR /> a) Is there anyone willing to share his opinion/experience with this kind of software ?<BR /> Is it any good ? Does it work efficiently ? Is it a realistic calculation ? ...<BR /> b) Is there any alternative or are there other programs I should take a look at ?<BR /> <BR /> Your help is much appreciated .<BR /> Thanks in advance.<BR /> R. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:34:36 GMT Rvt_tri 2009-07-16T12:34:36Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-forum/estimate-calculate-manufacturing-cost-of-ipt-part/m-p/2523714#M146620 Hello,<BR /> <BR /> I'm looking for software that is able to estimate/calculate the manufacturing cost of a 3D part generated in Autodesk Inventor.<BR /> <BR /> The software should be able to identify the needed processes (using automatic feature recognition) and apply the proper tools from a given library. The input to do this, is an native inventor file. <BR /> (if necessary *.step, *.iges *.sat)<BR /> <BR /> I'm mainly aiming at turned parts only (and a bit of lasercutting flat pieces).<BR /> <BR /> Software that I've found on the internet so far, enabling this (don't know if there capable of handling native inventor-files) :<BR /> 1) Micro Estimating Systems : http://www.microest.com/media.asp (click on powerpoint for a quick overview)<BR /> 2) MTI Systems : http://www.mtisystems.com/ (click on costimator demo for a quick overview)<BR /> <BR /> Questions :<BR /> a) Is there anyone willing to share his opinion/experience with this kind of software ?<BR /> Is it any good ? Does it work efficiently ? Is it a realistic calculation ? ...<BR /> b) Is there any alternative or are there other programs I should take a look at ?<BR /> <BR /> Your help is much appreciated .<BR /> Thanks in advance.<BR /> R. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:34:36 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-forum/estimate-calculate-manufacturing-cost-of-ipt-part/m-p/2523714#M146620 Rvt_tri 2009-07-16T12:34:36Z