The survey you took is the quote request
You measured the shaft. Sending those measurements to a supplier should not mean redrawing them, emailing them, and hoping everyone read them the same way.
What ordering looks like now
You measure, you draw, you email three suppliers, and each one reads your drawing slightly differently. When a dimension is ambiguous, the supplier who guesses wrong is often the one who quotes cheapest — and wins.
If you wanted to ask a factory in another country, you would be sending that same drawing to someone you have never worked with, in a language neither of you writes well.
A factory you have never worked with
A supplier in another country is only useful if they can quote without a site visit and without a translated drawing. Measurements read from a scan mean the same thing in every language, and the supplier can open the model and check them before quoting.
What happens instead
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Ask from the survey itself
The request is made from the scan, so the supplier sees the dimensions that were read out of the shaft — not a redrawing of them.
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You choose who sees it
You pick the suppliers, and nothing leaves your company until you confirm it explicitly. You see exactly what is being sent before it goes.
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They see the shaft, not your customer
Dimensions, stops, one photograph and the country. Not the address, not your customer's name, and not the 3D model — until they decide to bid.
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You see who opened it
When a supplier unlocks the project, you see who and when. They receive a permanent copy of the survey and your contact details.
Where this is today — honestly
The supplier portal is live and suppliers are registering, but we approve every one of them by hand and the list is still being built. We are not going to tell you that quotes will arrive tomorrow. Tell us where you work and what you buy, and we will tell you when suppliers cover your area.