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From a datasheet to a drawing, a calc and a price. In minutes.

Fill in one datasheet. Estineer sizes the item to the code, draws it, takes off the material, counts the man-hours and prices it. Every number comes from a calculation you can read.

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Metric units · API 650 · AS 1657 · AS 4100

General arrangement drawing of a 10 cubic metre stainless steel dairy tank: plan, isometric, front elevation and side view, with nozzle schedule and design data.
ESTN-T-102-01 · 10 m³ SS316L dairy tank · drawn by the toolExample

Tools

One platform, one package per kind of work.

Each package shares the same rates and catalogue data, so a flange or a metre of weld costs the same wherever it appears.

Available

Small storage tanks

Shop-built atmospheric tanks up to 20 m³. Dairy, sulphuric acid and general service.

Design basis
API 650
Example
10 m³, 766 kg
Output
3D, GA, shop dwgs
See the tank tool
Available

Steel access platforms

Freestanding platforms with stairs, ladders, handrail and grating, one to three levels.

Design basis
AS 1657, AS 4100
Example
6 × 2 m, 2.04 t
Output
GA, shop dwgs, MTO
See the platform tool
In development

Piping and supports

Pipe, fittings, flanges and valves by size and class, with welding, testing, insulation and paint.

Scope
Shop and site
Output
MTO, man-hours
Planned

Equipment

Vessels, pumps and packaged equipment: setting, alignment and connection hours.

Scope
Installation
Output
Man-hours, cost

How it works

Three steps, and no black box.

  1. Fill in the datasheet

    Capacity, material, service, nozzles, supports. Sensible defaults are already filled in, and you change only what your job needs.

  2. The engine does the engineering

    It sizes the plate and sections to the code, checks them, and builds the 3D model and the drawings from the same numbers.

  3. Read one report

    Drawings, calculations, material list, man-hours by activity, assumptions, exclusions and an indicative price, in one document.

The report

Everything a shop needs to check the job and quote it.

Man-hours are built up from first principles: metres of weld, number of cuts, lifts and fit-ups, each with its own rate. When a number looks wrong, you can see which line made it.

The report is a starting point for your engineer and your estimator. It does not replace either of them.

  • Sec 1
    Summary and indicative priceMaterial, labour and total, with your own labour rate and margin.
  • Sec 2
    Material take-offPlate, sections, nozzles and fittings, with catalogue weights.
  • Sec 3
    Man-hours by activityCutting, rolling, fit-up, welding, testing, finishing.
  • Sec 4
    Assumptions and exclusionsNumbered, written in plain words, specific to the item.
  • App A
    DrawingsGeneral arrangement and shop drawings on A4 sheets.
  • App B
    CalculationsShell, heads, nozzles, supports and wind, clause by clause.

Plans

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  • 3D model, drawings and report on screen
  • View only: no export and no saved jobs
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