The decision you own
Which amount goes out, which assumptions it rests on, how much confidence sits behind it, and when a request is better declined than quoted. That decision does not move. What moves is how long it takes to see what a part actually requires, and how much of your reasoning survives when the next request looks almost the same.
The job, end to end
- 01
A request arrives
You start from an upload: the 2D drawing and the 3D model. Additional intake channels are part of the rollout.
- 02
Review the part
An interactive 3D view next to the drawing, so you are reading one part instead of two documents.
- 03
Check what was recognised
Blake proposes the geometry and requirements it recognised, within the coverage it can actually support. Where the evidence is incomplete or conflicting, you decide.
- 04
Adjust the assumptions
Process route, set-ups, machines and cost inputs are editable. Change one and the calculation recomputes, so you can see what your change was worth.
- 05
Deliver the cost
Each line shows what it was built from, so a colleague, a customer or your own memory in six months can follow the reasoning.
What Blake does, what you confirm, what stays yours
What comes in
- A 2D drawing
- A 3D model
- Material
- Quantity
- The machines and tooling you have, when you provide them
What Blake proposes for review
- Recognised geometry and features, within demonstrable coverage
- Manufacturing assumptions
- Deterministic calculation lines
- Where each line came from
What remains your decision
- Confirm or correct any line
- Edit an assumption and recompute
- Compare what changed
- The number that goes out, and whether it goes out at all
Milling first, turning second
The first release focuses on an editable manufacturing-cost calculation for milling and turning. Separate process models can eventually cover EDM, grinding, sheet metal and assembly; those are direction, not something we claim today.
See the process sections on the Blake page for what each model learns and what it does not yet promise.
Where the first release stops
Not in the first release
- A full quote-send workflow
- Autonomous CAM
- A complete planning and quality workflow
Next
- Connecting requirements to geometry more broadly
- Richer feature coverage
- Calculations that become specific to your machines and history
Direction
- Production outcomes tightening future estimates
- The same representation extending from quoting toward planning and verification