Instant quote
Instant wire harness quoting from the drawing
Harnessora generates the instant quote from the same harness drawing the engineer created. The drawing supplies the engineering facts — components, wires, lengths — that describe the work. The estimator supplies the commercial judgment: labor, margin, and pricing decisions remain theirs.
Engineering facts and commercial judgment
A drawing provides engineering information for a quote. It does not independently supply every commercial cost assumption — labor rates, margins, and pricing are commercial decisions the estimator makes and owns.
What the drawing does supply is a complete and consistent picture of the work being quoted: which connectors, which wires, which lengths, and how the harness branches. The estimate starts from the same facts the shop floor will build from, so a quote and a build describe the same harness.
Illustrative example: what the drawing contributes
For the illustrative example harness HAR-EX-101 (drawing rev B), the drawing contributes a definite component and wire picture the estimator can price against: four connector housings, eight wires totaling roughly 6.8 metres split between 20 AWG and 22 AWG, and the terminal count that follows from the occupied positions. Example values only — no actual pricing is shown, because pricing is a commercial decision outside the drawing.
Drawing-derived inputs — HAR-EX-101, drawing rev B
Illustrative example
From the BOM
| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| Housing J1 | 1 |
| Housing J2 | 1 |
| Housing J3 | 1 |
| Housing J4 | 1 |
From the wire list
| Wire | Gauge | Length |
|---|---|---|
| W1 | 20 AWG | 940 mm |
| W2 | 20 AWG | 940 mm |
| W3 | 20 AWG | 940 mm |
| W4 | 20 AWG | 940 mm |
Labor rates, margins, and prices are not shown because they are estimator decisions, not drawing-derived facts.
The estimator's role
The estimator uses drawing-derived information in the quote. They decide how the work translates into cost — and where commercial assumptions enter. Harnessora's contribution is the shared engineering information; the commercial judgment is the estimator's, made visible and repeatable by starting from the same drawing.
What the quote is and is not
The quote assembles drawing-derived engineering information — components, wires, lengths — into a starting point the estimator can reason about. The estimator remains responsible for labor rates, margins, and pricing decisions; the drawing does not replace commercial judgment.
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When the quote is accepted, the shop builds from the formboard, the wire cut list, and the work instructions — all generated from the same drawing the quote came from.
See Harnessora generate every output from one drawing
Request a demo and watch a single harness drawing produce the digital work instructions, the instant quote, the BOM, the formboard, and the wire cut list.