CADBEATER AI Estimator System for aluminium, uPVC and fire-rated fabricators
Turn any requirement into a quotation, drawings and BOM, in minutes, not hours.
Drop in a sketch, a floor plan, a site photo or a voice note. Your salesperson gets every item drawn, measured and priced on your own rate master. Then the job runs through one ERP, from purchase order to payroll.
- Minutes, not hours
- No per-user licences
- Your data, your environment
The AI Estimator
Talk to it like a colleague. It answers with a quotation.
No forms, no drawing software, no waiting for the estimating desk. Your salesperson attaches what the customer sent and asks in plain words.
- 01
Attach anything
Sketch, floor-plan PDF, site photo, window schedule in Excel, a WhatsApp message or a voice note.
- Sketch
- Floor plan
- Site photo
- schedule.xlsx
- Voice note
- 02
Ask in plain words
Type it the way you would say it. Shorthand works.
“Quote W1 to W6, 6 mm toughened, sliding for the balcony”
- 03
Get every line item
Each opening comes back as a card with its drawing, size, glass, hardware, BOQ/BOM and price on your rate master. Export as PDF, Excel or a web link.
- W1 · 1200 × 1800 mm Ready
- W2 · 1600 × 1500 mm Ready
What comes out:
- The quotation
- Drawings for every item
- BOQ and BOM
- Cutting lists
One system, every department
Start with quoting. Scale to the company.
The AI Estimator sits on a full ERP. Every module reads the same database, so an approved quotation becomes a project, a purchase order, a work order and an invoice without anyone retyping it.
- Core engineAI EstimatorQuotations, drawings, BOQ/BOM and cutting lists from any requirement, in minutes.Conversational AI, integrated with ChatGPT and ClaudeAI-powered quotation generation from a simple chatExplore
- CRM & SalesLeads, follow-ups, quotations and sales orders in one pipeline.
- Project ManagementEvery job from approved quote to handover: milestones, timelines and project P&L.
- Purchase OrdersPurchase requests, vendor quotes, POs and goods receipts, tied to each project.
- Stock & InventoryProfiles, glass and hardware with reorder alerts and batch tracking.
- ProductionWork orders, cutting lists, job cards and station load on the floor.
- Quality ControlInspections, QC holds and defect tracking before anything leaves the factory.
- Logistics & DeliveryPacking lists, delivery schedules, fleet trips and proof of delivery.
- Site & InstallationSurveys, laser measurements, installation checklists and customer sign-off.
- Accounting & FinanceInvoices, receipts, reconciliation, expenses, tax and cash forecast.
- HR, Attendance & PayrollGeofenced attendance, leave, overtime, payroll and payslips.
- Internal CommunicationChannels and project rooms. Every project gets a room with its full history.
- Team ChatDirect messages and chat on any record. Mention a colleague and it becomes a tracked task.
- AI AssistantAsk in plain words and get answers from your live records.
- Reports & Leadership CockpitDashboards for every role, with drill-down to the source record.
- Quote
- Project
- Purchase order
- Production
- Quality check
- Delivery
- Installation
- Invoice
Product features
Built for the way fabricators actually work.
Estimating
- Any input, any formatSketches, PDFs, photos, Excel schedules, text and voice notes.
- Your rate master, your seriesEvery quote is priced on your own price book and catalogue.
- Drawings for every itemEach quoted opening comes with its drawing.
- BOQ, BOM and cutting listsProfiles, glass, accessories and hardware, line by line.
- PDF, Excel or web linkThe same professional format on every quotation.
Running the company
- SOP EngineEvery action runs your written procedure, with approvals and escalation.
- Roles and audit trailScoped permissions and a log of who did what, and when.
- Mobile apps for the fieldSales, site engineers and drivers work from a phone, online or offline.
- Chat on every recordEvery lead, order and project carries its own thread.
- Dedicated deploymentYour environment, your data. Nothing is shared with other clients.
Benefits
What changes when the AI Estimator joins your team.
Minutes, not hours.
A quotation that took 4 to 6 hours by hand is prepared in minutes once the requirement is in.
Manual: 4 to 6 hours
CADBEATER: minutes
Your salesperson quotes the whole job
Drawings, BOQ, BOM and the quotation from the customer's own sketch, without waiting for the estimating desk.
Accuracy by rules, not memory
Your specifications, engineering rules and edge cases are built in at setup.
Same standard on every quote
Every quotation leaves in the same format, whoever prepared it.
High-volume capacity
Quote output is no longer limited by working hours or team size.
One database, lead to cash
Sales, projects, purchase, production, accounts and HR share one source of truth.
No per-user licences
Deployed as your own system. It grows as you grow.
The manual way vs CADBEATER
Quotation time
Manual: 4 to 6 hours
CADBEATER: Minutes
Drawing software and a specialist
Manual: Required
CADBEATER: Not needed
Quote from a photo or sketch
Manual: No
CADBEATER: Yes
Who prepares a complex quote
Manual: Senior estimator only
CADBEATER: Your sales team
Material optimisation
Manual: Manual, error-prone
CADBEATER: Automatic
Output consistency
Manual: Varies by person
CADBEATER: Same format every time
Data
Manual: Scattered files
CADBEATER: One database
Deploy your AI Estimator System for Exponential Growth.
Talk to our team about deploying CADBEATER for your products, your pricing and your production workflow.
Email sales@cadbeater.com