Separate SLA, SLS, MJF, DMLS, and finishing routes by geometry, load, surface, and volume before the quote is finalized.
Compare nylon, resin, elastomeric, and metal options with plain limits on wall thickness, heat, and post-processing risk.
Prototype, bridge, and recurring production requests are handled with different review depth instead of one generic price table.
When parts need validation, the RFQ can include dimensional checks, build orientation notes, traceable material records, and FAI packages.
Dyeing, smoothing, bead blasting, vapor finishing, and painting options are framed around cosmetic goal and tolerance exposure.
Engineers get direct guidance when a feature should move to machining, molding, or redesign rather than forcing additive where it will fail.
Functional prototypes, housings, clips, ducts, and low-volume production components where strength, repeatability, and cost control matter more than cosmetic gloss.
Review nylon routes
Clear, rigid, flexible, and visual model programs that need crisp detail, smooth finish, and early appearance approval before tooling spend.
Review resin routes
Complex brackets, manifolds, thermal structures, and lightweight components reviewed for support strategy, surface access, and post-machining requirements.
Review metal routesRFQs can be aligned to ISO 9001-style review practices, documented work instructions, revision control, and repeatable acceptance criteria.
Programs can request lot-level material certificates, build records, and process notes when customer quality teams need evidence beyond the shipment.
For production-minded orders, inspection plans may include critical dimensions, sampling notes, CMM review, and first-article documentation.
CAD files, drawings, and prototype intent are handled as confidential manufacturing data throughout quote, review, and fulfillment.
Use this when the internal question is not just price, but whether additive manufacturing can meet the geometry, finish, tolerance, and quantity target without surprises.