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Geometry and price

Know what drives a design module's price from the shape of the part, and what does not.

Updated 23 September 2026

Why
Custom parts are priced by their shape: cut length, area, material used.
How
Set the parameters or draw the outline; the take-off measures it and the price lines read the take-off.

There is no upload that prices a part from a 3D model. A DXF can become a sketch outline you see and edit, and a drawing on a request can fill in parameters you can check; the price always comes from the parameters. No solid or mesh you send is ever measured.

What the price reads

The take-off works out the quantities from the parameters: a gasket's cut length and face area, a balustrade's posts and bars, a blade's tips and discs. The price lines multiply those by your rates.

Sketching an outline

Every design module except Soft jaws has a sketch parameter: a closed outline with holes, or a run set out on plan.

  1. Step 1.

    Open the sketch parameter and choose Draw the outline, or start from a Rectangle or a Circle.

  2. Step 2.

    Or, on an outline, choose Import a DXF: closed polylines become the outline and circles become holes. Scale to width fixes a file drawn in other units.

  3. Step 3.

    Choose Use this outline (Use this plan on a balustrade run). The shape is now a parameter, and the take-off measures it like any other.

A drawing attached to a request

In the AI interface, a drawing attached to a request is transcribed first: the dimensions, tolerances and notes printed on it. A line work file is read as a summary of its measurements. What was read shows in the thread, and every value the configure pass sets cites text you can check.

Nothing is measured off the picture. A figure that cannot be read is left out, not guessed.

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