From a customer's sketch to an approved model to a print order.
Half of the people who need a part do not have a file. Layers3D lets them ask for a design on your quote page, runs the design work on its own board, sends each revision to the customer for approval, and hands the approved model straight to production as a print order that carries the whole history.
Quoting, in design, with the customer, changes, approved.
A design request starts as a quote you price deliberately, because design time is your time. Once won, it moves across the board as you work: on the bench, out with the customer for approval, back with their notes, approved. The last column hands off to a print order, so the model never has to be re-uploaded and the customer never has to re-explain.
Design requests arrive from the quote page's "I need a design" option, or from your inbox
A request that arrives without a file goes to the design board instead of stalling the print queue
Revisions go out from the order; the customer approves or requests changes on their own page
Approval hands off to a print order with the file, the customer and the notes attached
CloseThe Design board with columns Quoting, In design, With customer, Changes requested and Approved, holding two design requests in Quoting: an articulator adapter plate for a dental lab and a pump mounting cradle for a marine systems customer.
On the quote page
Three doors: I have a file, I need a design, my printer needs a repair.
The first screen of your quote page asks which of the three the customer needs, and only shows the services you have switched on. Someone with a napkin drawing picks the second door, describes the part, attaches reference photos, and lands on your design board as a lead, not as a broken print order with no file.
Design requests captured with the brief, reference images and the use case
Priced by you, with CAD clean-up billed hourly from your cost settings
Design follow-ups run through the same approval-first queue as quotes
CloseThe customer quote page for the demo shop, where the same three-door start screen offers a file upload, a design request or a printer repair.
Multi-week jobs
Projects hold the orders that belong together.
A design job, the prototype run, and the production order three weeks later are one piece of work to the customer. A project groups them with a code, a target date and a shared timeline, and the hours logged against any of its orders roll up to the project.
CloseThe Projects page listing a project for a marine customer's deck hardware refresh with its code, status, order count and target date.
Take the next design request properly.
Founding Shops get Professional at CA$119.20 a month for their first year. Switch design work on under Settings and the door appears on your quote page.
