Sign Quote
ParametrIQ Sign Quote prices cut vinyl (lettering, a logo, a decal) from its artwork: the vinyl and application
tape it takes, the length cut, and the pieces to weed, for as many copies as you want, at your own rates. It is a
separate, free program (PiQ.SignQuote.App).
Getting Sign Quote
Sign Quote is free: it needs a ParametrIQ account and its own licence, which costs nothing. Ask for it under ParametrIQ Sign Quote on your account's Licenses page, download and install it, and activate it when it first starts, as Free Apps describes.
The artwork
Open the artwork (a ParametrIQ drawing, or a DXF, PDF, SVG, EPS, Illustrator or HP-GL file), or drop it on the window. What is cut is read from its layers: the Cut layer and any layer named for cutting or weeding (Contour Cut, Kiss Cut, Weed …); a drawing with none of those is cut along every line it plots. Lettering typed as text is cut once it is outlined: in CAD, use Text to Outlines first.
Your rates
| Rate | What it prices |
|---|---|
| Vinyl, per m² and Application tape, per m² | The artwork's size with the weeding margin round it, for each copy. |
| Weeding margin | Cut round the artwork on each side, for weeding and handling. |
| Cutting, per metre | The length the cutter cuts. |
| Weeding, per piece | Each closed shape the cut lines make (a letter, its counter, a shape between), weeded out or kept. |
| Weeding, per metre of edge | The length weeded along, the cut lines' own. |
| Set-up, per job | Once for the job. |
| Markup | Added on the rest, as a percentage. |
The rates are your own, in your currency, and kept for next time.
The quote
Type the Copies and the quote is made again: each line's quantity and cost, the Total, and Each copy's share, with the artwork's size, cut length and pieces under it. Save quote… saves it as a list (CSV) for a spreadsheet; it needs the licence.