Patent ID: 7496528
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: B22C,B29C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of interactive quotation for manufacture of a mold and/or manufacture of a part, the method comprising: receiving customer part data comprising a CAD file for the part to be molded, the CAD file defining a part surface profile; assessing the part surface profile in a processor to determine cost-affecting parameters of mold manufacture and/or part manufacture of the part surface profile; a processor generating a quotation for mold manufacture and/or part manufacture based in part upon the cost-affecting parameters determined by part surface profile, the quotation including a price; and providing, either over a communication network or from the customer's processor, the generated quotation to the customer on a computer screen, the generated quotation including at least one interactive parameter, wherein the customer can interactively change the at least one interactive parameter to result in real time modification of a different, non-price modification parameter of the quotation.