System and method for generating a quote for fabrication of a part to be fabricated

A system for generating a quote for fabrication of a part to be fabricated, the system comprising:

• a computing device, the computing device configured to:
• receive, from a customer device associated with a customer, a design request for a part to be fabricated by a fabrication process, the design request including a two-dimensional (2D) drawing file representing the part to be fabricated and descriptive information including a descriptive datum;
• extract a first feature from the 2D drawing file, wherein the first feature represents a geometry of the part to be fabricated;
• extract a second feature from the descriptive information, wherein the second feature represents the descriptive datum of the part to be fabricated;
• determine an orientation on a build plate for fabricating the part to be fabricated based on the first and second features, wherein determining the orientation comprises selecting the orientation to maximize the number of instances while fabricating the part to be fabricated that a printer can print simultaneously;
• and
• a quote generator operating on the computing device, the quote generator configured to:
• generate, as a function of the orientation determined for the part to be fabricated, a quote for fabrication for the part to be fabricated, the quote for fabrication including a cost and time to fabricate the part to be fabricated;
• send the quote for fabrication to the customer.