Templates & Tools

Print these, or keep them open beside your CAD. A complete request gets a faster, more accurate quote, and a complete drawing gets the part you meant.

Quote request checklist

• Drawings or 3D models (STEP or native CAD, plus a PDF drawing)
• Material and grade for each part
• Finish for each part: coating, anodizing, plating, passivation or as machined
• Quantity, and the quantities you expect later
• The date you need the parts, and where they ship
• Critical tolerances, and any inspection or first article report you need
• Certificates you need: material certificates, certificates of conformance
• Any standard the parts must meet, such as food contact or a welding code
• Who to contact with questions

Drawing checklist

• Part number, revision and date in the title block
• Units stated: inches or millimetres
• Material, grade and thickness
• General tolerances, and tighter tolerances only where they are needed
• Datums for the features that must locate or mate
• Thread sizes and depths, hole sizes
• Bend directions and inside radius, for sheet metal
• Weld symbols, for welded assemblies
• Finish, colour and any masking
• Hardware, with part numbers
• Marking or engraving: part numbers, logos, serial numbers

Templates to download

A drawing title block template (DWG and PDF) and a quote request spreadsheet are on the way. In the meantime, send what you have from the Contact page. Existing customers request quotes in ManuConnect.