Paperless Parts, Online Metals partner to deliver on-demand materials pricing

Paperless Parts, an ITAR-compliant, cloud-based platform for manufacturing, has announced its partnership with Online Metals. Through this partnership, Paperless Parts will combine its understanding of how part geometry drives materials selection with Online Metals’ instant materials pricing to provide engineers and custom part manufacturers with the ability to streamline materials pricing. Online Metals will provide its customers who sign up for Paperless Parts with access to this tool free for one year.

The integration of Online Metals’ materials expertise into Paperless Parts’ patent-pending Paperless Viewer technology results in an engineering tool that analyzes part manufacturability, helping estimators deliver more accurate, comprehensive quotes with the right pricing in minutes rather than days or weeks, according to the company.

This technology lets engineers and custom part manufacturers view and securely store all 2D and 3D CAD file formats, calculate optimal materials requirements for every job and get instant pricing and purchasing options, determine if a part is manufacturable based on configurable manufacturability thresholds, and digitally chat with teams and share design feedback with customers.