Cost Agent
From CAD to cost, in seconds.
Bottom-up, traceable, with DFM warnings and CO₂ built in.
Inside Cost Agent
What the Cost Agent does.
CAD-native
Drop a STEP, JT or STL. Geometry parsed without conversion.
Bottom-up, not a black box
Material, machining, setup, overhead. Every line traceable to a calculation.
Live what-if
Slide quantity, region, or margin. The price moves instantly.
DFM warnings with cost impact
Geometry risks flagged with the euro impact, before the freeze.
Defensible price ranges
Every estimate ships with a P10, P50 and P90 uncertainty range.
CO₂ in every estimate
Carbon footprint and energy mix included by default.
How it works
From CAD to estimate, in 4 steps.
CONFIGURE
Configure the estimate
Set process, material, region, and quantity. Defaults are sensible if you skip ahead.
€2.10
IMPORT
Drop a CAD or describe the part
STEP, JT or STL parsed without conversion. Or skip the file and type the dimensions.
Recent
REFINE
Answer a few targeted questions
The agent asks about tolerances, treatments, finishes. Only what affects the cost.
What we know so far
RESULTS
Read the bottom-up breakdown
Material, machining, setup, overhead, with DFM warnings, P10/P50/P90 range, and CO₂. PDF or share link, one click.
CO₂ energy mix
Connected
Plugs into your CAD. And your platform.
Your stack
Reads your CAD and your stack natively.
STEP, JT, STL parsed directly. SAP and PLM connections, Microsoft SSO out of the box.
Inside MAindTec
Cost Agent is part of the MAindTec family.
Runs inside the workspace, alongside the agents you already use.
Why Cost Agent
Built for cost engineering.
Without Cost Agent
Days waiting on an expert for a cost estimate
Multiple Excel versions, no source of truth
Cost surprises caught after the design freeze
CO₂ left out of the cost conversation
With Cost Agent
Bottom-up estimate from your CAD in seconds
One traceable calculation, shareable as a link or PDF
DFM warnings during design, with the euro impact
CO₂ and energy mix included by default
90%
faster cost analysis
100%
traceable results
3x
more scenarios per project
20%
cost reduction
Testimonials
Trusted by engineering teams.
The AI-powered analysis was professional, efficient, and faster than I expected.
Axel Neumann
— Platform Product Manager, KUKA
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