What file formats does Cableteque accept for customer drawings?

Cableteque accepts virtually any common drawing format — PDF, TIFF, Excel, CSV, and XML. We also accept native exports from Zuken and Capital, the two CAD systems most commonly used in wire harness design. If you have a format we haven't seen, send it over — most of the time it works.

How accurate is Cableteque's AI BOM extraction?

In benchmarks, Cableteque's AI BOM creation is approximately 95% accurate on first pass. The AI extracts whatever the customer has defined on the print — if information isn't on the drawing, Cableteque flags those items for review rather than hallucinating values. Practical accuracy depends on the quality of the customer drawing: cleaner inputs produce higher accuracy.

Does Cableteque work with scanned or legacy drawings?

Yes. Cableteque handles scanned and legacy drawings, including older PDFs and image-based files. The AI works on essentially anything you'd realistically receive from a customer.

Can Cableteque handle multi-assembly quote packages from a single drawing upload?

Yes — there is no practical limit. You can upload a single package containing as many assemblies as needed, and Cableteque generates a structured BOM for each.

What happens when the AI encounters a part it doesn't recognize?

Cableteque has a library of over 10 million parts plus integrations with major distributors that cover the common universe of components. If a part isn't recognized — typically because it's a source-controlled part or a custom component — Cableteque flags it as a non-standard manufacturer part number so you can RFQ it manually in the material sourcing stage. The system never hallucinates a part it can't verify.

How does Cableteque handle quote revisions when a drawing or BOM changes?

Cableteque supports multiple revisions on a single quote and lets you compare between revisions side-by-side. When a customer sends an updated drawing, you can re-run the BOM and see exactly what changed without rebuilding the quote from scratch.

Can multiple estimators work simultaneously on Cableteque?

Yes. Estimators work in a shared workspace with visibility into all open quotes. Anyone can pick up a teammate's work in progress, which is especially useful when someone is out or you need to load-balance during a busy period.

How is Cableteque different from EMS or PCBA quoting tools when applied to wire harnesses?

EMS and PCBA tools were built for a fundamentally different industry. They expect clean BOMs from CAD; wire harness manufacturers don't get clean BOMs — they get messy drawings, sometimes without real manufacturer part numbers, with wires described generically. EMS tools also don't integrate with wire suppliers, can't handle harness-specific units of measure (feet, inches, millimeters, decimeters, package sizes like reels and spools used for heat-shrink, wire, and cable labels), and don't model the labor operations specific to wire harness assembly such as crimping, stripping, and terminating. Cableteque was built from the ground up for the way harness drawings actually arrive and the way harness shops actually work.

What industries do Cableteque customers serve?

Cableteque customers serve essentially every industry that uses wire harnesses — including aerospace, defense, medical device, industrial, automotive, energy, and more. If your customers manufacture wire harnesses or cable assemblies, Cableteque is built for you.

Is Cableteque compliant with ITAR and CMMC?

Cableteque is registered as an ITAR-compliant company (registrant code M51370) and offers an ITAR-compatible deployment in AWS GovCloud (US), ensuring that only US persons can access Controlled Unclassified Information. We are CMMC compliant and actively pursuing CMMC 2.0 Level 2 and SOC 2 certification. Infrastructure follows strict security controls, including encryption, access management, and continuous monitoring.

Do you have a solution for OEMs?

Cableteque is currently focused on the quoting solution for wire harness and cable assembly manufacturers. An application specifically for OEMs is on the near-term roadmap.

How is Cableteque different from wire harness CAD tools that include quoting modules?

CAD and EDA tools are built for designing wire harnesses, not for quoting them. Several functional differences matter when you're trying to turn around a quote in days, not weeks. First, workflow direction: quoting starts with a customer's drawing, not a clean design. Wire harness contract manufacturers typically win roughly 20% of the jobs they quote, so they don't have time to recreate every customer drawing in CAD before producing a quote. Cableteque ingests customer drawings as-is. Second, material sourcing: CAD tools don't connect to distributor accounts or pull real-time contract pricing. Cableteque integrates with 20+ distributors and ERP systems. Third, labor estimation: CAD-based quoting typically uses historical part-level times, while the industry gold standard for harness labor is template-based estimation, which is what Cableteque uses. Templates capture every operation — crimp, strip, terminate, route — the way a seasoned estimator counts them. Fourth, output: CAD tools generally don't produce a customer-ready quote. Cableteque does, in one click, with full cost breakdown. Many Cableteque customers use both — Cableteque on the front end to quote the job, and a CAD tool on the back end after winning. The two tools solve different problems.

AI-Powered Wire Harness Quoting Made Easy

Most quoting tools require a clean BOM. Cableteque AI reads the drawing itself — BOMs, connector tables, wire lists, notes, callouts next to part numbers — in any format, on any print. What used to take a skilled estimator 30 to 45 minutes now takes minutes.

Accepts PDF, TIFF, Excel, XML and any drawing format
Reads BOMs, connector tables, wire lists, notes, and inline callouts
Auto-detects what's what and classifies every element
Handles multi-assembly quotes from a single upload

Customer drawings are rarely complete or error-free. Cavity plugs, backshells, heat shrink, labels — experienced estimators know what's always missing, and they know when something doesn't add up. Cableteque AI knows both. It reviews the full drawing, surfaces components that should be present but aren't, and flags inconsistencies before you've committed hours to a quote. Problems caught here cost nothing. Problems caught after production starts cost everything.

Identifies components implied by the design but not called out
Flags unrecognized part numbers and conflicting callouts
Suggests alternatives for obsolete or unavailable components
Reduces reliance on the one or two people who hold the tribal knowledge

Labor estimation is one of the most time-consuming and inconsistent parts of quoting. Cableteque AI reads the drawing like an engineer, counting crimps, cuts, strips, routes, and terminations, then fills your existing labor template automatically. Your standards. Your format. No retraining required.

Works with your existing labor template, no reformatting or migration
Intelligently counts every operation from the drawing
Consistent output across every estimator on your team
Auto-populates the majority of operation counts based on the BOM

Does Cableteque AI replace my estimators?

No. It removes the manual, repetitive work that fills their day — reading drawings, transcribing part numbers, looking up pricing, counting operations — so they can focus on judgment calls, customer relationships, and quotes that actually require expertise. Your team stays in control. The AI just handles the groundwork.

Does it work if my customer drawings don't have a BOM table?

Yes, and that's where it makes the biggest difference. More than half of wire harness drawings don't include a tabular BOM. Cableteque AI reads the full drawing — connector tables, wire lists, notes, inline callouts — and builds a structured BOM from whatever is there.

Is Cableteque AI available to all customers?

It's an optional add-on, enabled at the organization level. Customers with anti-AI policies or government compliance requirements have access to a separate version of the platform. Talk to your account manager if you have specific requirements.

Does the AI make decisions on its own, or does my team still review the output?

Your team reviews before anything is confirmed. The AI surfaces what it found, flags items it's uncertain about, and presents everything for human sign-off before you move to sourcing or labor. It's designed to speed up the process, not bypass the people running it.

AI-Powered Wire Harness Quoting

Cableteque AI reads your drawings, catches what's missing, sources materials at your contract pricing, and fills your labor template. Built specifically for wire harness, not adapted from something else.

The intelligence built into every quote

Reads any drawing. Understands everything on it.

Catches what's missing. Flags what's wrong.

Finds the right price. Without the wait.

Counts every operation from the drawing. Fills your template.

Ready to quote faster
and win more business?

Frequently asked questions