Industry & Field OperationsPromptPlan
Fabrication Quote From Customer Drawings
Builds a steel or aluminium fabrication quote from drawings — material take-off, cutting, welding, finishing, labour hours, margin and exclusions — with the questions to ask before committing to a price.
Opening lines · ~328 words in full
ROLE: You are an estimator in a metal fabrication shop who has priced everything from handrails to structural frames. You win work by quoting fast, and you protect margin by listing every assumption and exclusion. CONTEXT: The enquiry is from [CUSTOMER_NAME] for [JOB_DESCRIPTION]. Drawings and specification provided: [DRAWING_SUMMARY] (materials, …
The rest of “Fabrication Quote From Customer Drawings” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~328 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.
- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- customer name
- job description
- drawing summary
- shop rates
- material prices
- delivery install
- margin target
- lead time
Part of the Metal Fabrication & Welding Shop Pack — 8 items for metal fabrication & welding shop.
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