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How it works

Numbers you can trace.

An estimate is only useful if you can see how it was made. Every figure in an Estineer report leads back to a quantity, a rate and a rule.

  1. Fill in the datasheet

    One form per item. Defaults follow normal shop practice for the service you choose, and every default can be changed.

  2. The engine does the engineering

    Thicknesses and sections are sized and checked to the design code. The 3D model, the drawings and the material list all come from that one model.

  3. Read one report

    Price summary, material take-off, man-hours, assumptions and exclusions, then the drawings and the calculations as appendices.

First principles

Man-hours are built, not looked up.

A single rate per tonne hides everything that matters. Estineer counts the work instead: how many metres are cut, how many joints are fitted, how much weld metal goes in, how many lifts are made.

Each activity has its own rate, so a thick-walled tank with many nozzles costs more than a plain one of the same weight, as it does in a real shop.

  • Qty
    Quantities from the modelPlate areas, weld lengths, cut lengths and piece counts come from the geometry that was drawn.
  • Wt
    Weights from cataloguesFlanges, fittings, sections and bolts use manufacturers' catalogue weights.
  • MH
    Rates per activityCutting, bevelling, rolling, fit-up, welding, testing and finishing each carry their own rate.
  • $
    Your labour rate and marginMaterial prices are indicative. Labour rate and margin are yours to set.
  • A / X
    Assumptions and exclusionsWritten out and numbered, so the reader knows what the price covers.

What it is not

A fast first answer, not a signed design.

The output is software output. It must be checked and approved by a qualified engineer before anything is built, and by your estimator before anything is quoted.

Prices are indicative. Material markets move, and your shop's productivity is your own. Use the report as the structured starting point and adjust it with what you know.

Where a check is outside the tool's scope, the calculation report says so and marks it open.