Draw and price a quote
In Quote Studio you move through layout → curves → edges → cutouts → slabs → price. Work in millimetres; pricing uses your shop’s currency and VAT settings.
Who can do this
Users with Quotes permission and Quote Studio enabled (see Quote Studio).
Drawing tools
The left toolbar includes:
| Tool | Shortcut | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Move | V | Select and move pieces or cutouts |
| Draw | D | Drag a run on the canvas; turn for an L; type a size |
| Angle | A | Change a 90° corner to another angle |
| Cutouts | I | Place sinks, hobs, recessed hobs and drainers, taps, and worktop sockets |
| Measure | M | Click–click distance |
| Text | T | Add a note on the plan |
Shape presets: Rectangle, L shape, U shape, and Island.
The right-hand panel is collapsible. Sections for material, sizes, rotation, joint, corners, edges, and cutouts open and close — collapsed sections show a short summary, and they reopen when you click that part of the drawing.
/dashboard/quotes/new)Edges, corners, and cutouts
- Select a piece and set edge profiles, upstands, or splashbacks on the Edges & upstands step in the right panel.
- Adjust corner treatments (radius, cut, and so on) as needed.
- Add cutouts from your catalogue, including recessed hob, recessed drainer, and worktop socket.
Configure default edge profiles and cutouts under Settings → Quote → Edges & cutouts.
Slab planning
On the slabs (Slab plan) step, Quote Studio estimates how many slabs you need from the drawing:
- Joints (for example butt or mitre) on L and U shapes
- Auto-arrange of fabrication pieces onto slab sheets
- Leftover size and rough stock value on each sheet
- Nest onto a yard remnant when it fits, instead of opening a full slab
- Optional “keep a remnant” packing so leftover is one useful piece
- Optional vein matching and extra slabs for sales planning
This helps purchasing and pricing — it is not CNC nesting or machine output.
/dashboard/quotes/new)Price and save
- Open the price step.
- Choose the customer when you are ready (optional while drawing — drafts save automatically).
- Select material by brand → colour → thickness → Standard or Jumbo, set sell/cost, and wastage if needed.
- Add or adjust shop charges (template, fit, travel, delivery, custom). Defaults and auto-apply live under Settings → Quote → Charges.
- Review the live line-item preview (area, edges, cutouts, charges, tax, total).
- Optionally configure customer choices.
- Save — you are taken to the quote detail page. Creating a job from the quote still needs a customer.
Wastage and leftover nest
Price-list wastage includes From slab plan: when a slab plan exists, leftover nest area (slab area minus pieces) can be charged at a waste rate you choose. Tick Remnant is usable if you will keep that leftover for stock — then unused area is not charged. If leftover is not marked usable, Price may suggest switching to per slab so the customer pays for the slabs you open. With no slab plan yet, this mode falls back to percent on area.
Price lists and defaults live under Settings → Quote.
/dashboard/quotes/new)You can also use Manual entry for numeric takeoffs without drawing, when a sketch is not needed.