Capabilities

Everything between the print and the quote

MFC covers the whole estimating chain — measure the geometry, run it through your process catalog, layer on your fees, and hand the customer a branded PDF. Here's each module in depth.

Geometry & 3D import

Measure the part. Not the guess.

Surface area drives finishing price, so MFC starts there. Pick a shape calculator for everyday parts, or import the customer's actual 3D file and click the faces you'll process.

  • 20+ shape calculators — flat stock, 3D solids, tubes & pipe, structural shapes
  • STEP / STL import with interactive face selection in the 3D viewer
  • Per-face box pricing for enclosures, panels, and open-top boxes
  • Measured area feeds straight into pricing — no transcription step

Try the 3D viewer in the demo →

3D viewer — live · drag it, tap a face
process engine — option cascades
MFC process settings: ANODIZE priced per square inch with 4 option tiers and MASKING priced each with 2 options
Process engine

Unlimited processes, priced exactly your way

MFC ships as a blank canvas. You define every process your shop runs and how it's priced — then spec options cascade and stack so the same job prices the same way, no matter who quotes it.

  • Unlimited processes — anodize, plate, powder, chem-film, passivate, anything you run
  • Six unit types: SQ IN, SQ FT, EACH, MINUTE, COMBINED, and CUSTOM
  • Cascading option tiers with stacking rate modifiers — Class 2 × hard-coat × black dye, computed live
  • Automatic quote notes — selected options write their spec callouts onto the quote

Build a process in the demo →

Fee & tax engine

Stop the margin leaks before they leave the building

Setup charges, masking, expedite, delivery — the fees that get forgotten on a busy Friday are the ones that eat the month's margin. Encode them once and MFC applies them every time, exactly where they belong.

  • Eight fee types: percentage, flat, per-part, per-unit, per-color, delivery tiers, expedite, and conditional
  • Fee targeting — apply fees to specific processes, the whole quote, or only when conditions hit
  • Minimums, maximums, rounding rules, and exemptions enforced automatically
  • Materials tracking with lead time, so consumables and supply delays show up in the quote

Layer fees onto a quote in the demo →

fee engine — targeting & rules
MFC fee settings: configured Expedite Fee, EPA Hazmat Fee at 9% of processing and materials, and State Sales Tax at 8.7%, with the fee calculation order reference
quote builder — PDF export
MFC PDF export settings: Letter page size, margins, and layout builder sections for company header, quote information, parts table, pricing summary, and terms
Quotes & PDF

Quotes that look like they came from your shop

The number is only half the quote. MFC produces a clean, branded PDF your customer can approve on sight — and keeps the history when rev B turns into rev F.

  • Your branding on every quote — logo and presentation, configured once
  • Configurable columns — show exactly the detail each customer needs
  • Revision history — track quote changes as the job evolves
  • Letter, A4, and Legal paper sizes

Export a PDF from the demo →

Settings & teams

One source of truth for the whole front office

Your rates, processes, and fees live in a settings file you control. Put it on a shared network drive and every estimator quotes from the same playbook — update it once, everyone's current.

  • Nine settings areas covering every part of the pricing engine
  • 30+ visual themes — set the app up the way each estimator likes it
  • Shared network workspace — point multiple seats at one settings file
  • Selective import / export — move just the processes or fees you want between machines

Explore the settings in the demo →

settings — shared workspace
MFC theme settings with live preview and 30 theme presets grouped into Professional, Minimalist, Vibrant, Nature, and Warm collections
tutorial — guided walkthrough
MFC guided tutorial: step 1 of 28 welcome dialog over the live calculator with demo data loaded
Tutorial & demo mode

Learn it without breaking anything

New estimator? MFC's built-in tutorial walks through the workflow step by step, and demo mode runs on sample data — so the team can practice quoting without touching your real processes and rates.

  • Guided tutorial built into the app
  • Demo mode with sample data — explore safely, nothing real gets changed
  • Backed by a full product guide, printable to PDF

Start with the browser demo →

See all of it in one quote

The full calculator runs in your browser — geometry, processes, fees, PDF export. No signup, no install, no sales call.