Outline drawn twice
Priced, with a note for the engineerAn exploded polyline lies on top of its original. The contour is counted once.
The engineer seesContours drawn twice in the DXF were counted once.
Laser cutting
Laser cutting quotes,contour by contour.
A customer uploads a DXF or a flat STEP. The engine reads the contours and prices cutting, pierces, travel and sheet, on your laser's speed table and at your rates. Your engineer approves whatever the safety gates stop.
- 1:1 DXF and flat STEP
- Your own speed table or the default
- ISO 9013 on the offer
- A calibration list of its own
bracket-3mm.dxf
- Cut length
- 1,322 mm
- Pierces
- 13
- Laser time
- 12.9 s
- Head speed
Net price · 40 pcs€3.92InstantTiming the cut
Example data: S235 3 mm, 6 kW laser, €95/h, sheet €1.30/kg. Head motion in slow motion.
01Quote path
From the file to your engineer
- File
A 1:1 DXF or a flat 3D model. For a DXF the customer states the thickness.
- Reading
Parts, holes and cutouts. The length of each contour, corners, arc radii.
- Laser
The machines in your park that cut this material at this thickness, and the cheapest of them.
- Time and sheet
Cutting, pierces, travel. Sheet per part, sheets per order.
- Safety gates
Small holes, narrow webs, notes from the DXF, a thickness you do not stock, the amount threshold.
Price at onceTo the engineer - To the engineer: Engineer
Approves or corrects the price. An approved price joins the sheet-cutting calibration list.
- Price
The customer sees the net amount, the sheet thickness and the ISO 9013 edge, and can order.
You set the mode of the safety gates under Quoting rules. A new account starts by reviewing every quote.
02DXF file
A file that looks fine
An export from CAD or CAM is rarely clean. This is what the reader does with what your customers send.
Read without a notePriced, with a note for the engineerRefused, with the reasonA question for the customer
Each drawing is a DXF file read by the same reader that prices your quotes.
03Time
Same outline, another price
Every hole is a pierce, a move and a cut slower than on a straight line. Holes add laser time while the part gets lighter.
Net price / pc€6.93
Laser time / pc61.3 s
6.9 × the time with no perforation, 5% less mass
Where the laser's time goes
- Cutting27%
- Pierces57%
- Head travel between contours16%
- Pierces
- 118
- Cut length
- 2,346 mm
- Part mass
- 0.61 kg
- Laser time in the price
- €2.10
Example data: 20 pcs, S235 3 mm, 6 kW laser. Head in slow motion.
- Cutting: the length of each contour and the speed from the table. On arcs, small holes and corners the head slows down, limited by the machine's acceleration.
- Pierces: one per contour, with the time from the table for this thickness.
- Travel: between contours and on to the next part, accelerating and braking.
04Sheet
How much sheet is in the price
You choose how it is charged in the price list. Your engineer can change it for one quote.
Sheet 3,000 × 1,500 mmThis order: 40Free places: 48Gap 3.0 mm, edge 6.3 mm
- Parts per sheet
- 88
- Sheets per order
- 1
- Of which the part
- 44%
- Sheet in the price / pc
- €2.03
- Net price / pc
- €3.92
Sheet charged per part
The part's smallest rectangle, the gap to its neighbour and a share for the skeleton and the remnant.
Charged per part: 510 cm²
- This is the layout the price assumes. A nest from a CAM program usually fits more.
- The format is the first of those you buy. A part it cannot hold takes the smallest that can.
- One quote may name another format or a remnant.
Example data: bracket 262 × 172 mm, S235 3 mm, sheet 3000 × 1500 mm.
05Edge
The edge you promise
A cut part carries an ISO 9013 designation on the offer, with the figures for its thickness. The designation does not change the price.
Material
ISO 9013-221
- 2Perpendicularity range u
- u ≤ 0.171 mm
- 2Roughness range Rz5
- Rz5 ≤ 42 µm
- 1Dimensional tolerance class
- ± 0.25 mm
Deviation of the 262 mm dimension
Cut quality (ISO 9013)
- By thickness and material: a laser is 221 up to 8 mm, 231 up to 16 mm, 241 up to 25 mm, 341 up to 32 mm.
- Own: the shop's own three digits, printed as set.
- Do not declare: the offer states no designation.
Cut quality: ISO 9013-221: perpendicularity u ≤ 0.171 mm, Rz5 ≤ 42 µm, dimensions ±0.25 mm; not at the start and end of a cut, small radii and sharp corners
Figures from ISO 9013:2017. The drawing is exaggerated: the angle and the striations are not to scale.
06Process
Cut it or machine it
Where your park can do both, the customer chooses. Nothing is preselected, and with no choice there is no price.
bracket-3mm.dxf
How it is made
Choose how the part is made
One file, two processes
Choose how the part is made
- In the panel and through the API a quote is cut until somebody chooses otherwise.
- A cut part is offered no ISO 2768, roughness or fits: a cut edge does not hold them.
- On an assembly or a nest the customer does not choose a process.
Example data: 20 pcs, S235 3 mm. A 3-axis mill and a 6 kW laser in one park.
07Panel
What your engineer sees
- Sheet nest
The layout the price assumes, the free places and the gaps. The part drawn from its own file.
- Sheet for this order
The price list's format, another format of the material or the size of a remnant.
- Time
Cutting, pierces and travel apart, with the gas and the speed from the table.
- Cut edge
The ISO 9013 designation, u, Rz5 and the deviation of this part.
Quotes
Documentation ↗Find a parameter, e.g. margin, setup+ New quote2EN← Quotes / WID-1122
WID-1122
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Sheet 3000 × 1500 mm (price list)This order: 40Free places: 36Gap 5 mm, edge 10 mm
Customer request
Contactpurchasing@example.com
Created20/09/2026, 16:02:41
Cost breakdown
40 pcs · net pricesMaterial€276.00
▾ Cutting · 25 min€135.90
Machining time per piece
Cutting1,400 mm at 4.5 m/min, oxygen19 s
Pierces8 × 0.5 s4 s
Head travel between contours3 s
Sheet 3,000 × 1,500: 76 per sheet, 1 sheet(s) for the order; 564 cm² of sheet per part, 92% of it the part
ISO 9013-221 · ±0.5 mm at 300 mm
Operator attendance(load, unload, check)12 s
Total per piece38 s
Setup (batch)€60.00
CAM programming (per batch)€80.00
Margin & markups€127.30
Shipping (batch)€25.00
Total net€704.20
Net price / pc: €16.98
Example data, a different part from the drawings above.
A laser has its own calibration list
Approved cutting prices fit cutting only. A plate milled in the same shop stays on the machining list. The minimum is 5 quotes.
The engine's price against the approved price
- Mean deviation
- 16.3%
- Sheet-cutting rate multiplier
- 1.00
- Setup per order line
- 10 min
Example data: 10 prices approved by the shop.
08Machines
Your laser, its thicknesses, your table
658 models from 21 makers
Picking a model copies what its maker publishes: the bed, the power, the thickest sheets, the rapid speed, the acceleration and the speed table, if there is one.
One question about power
Power decides the thicknesses, and a thicker sheet is not priced, whatever the speed table says.
TRUMPF TruLaser 3030 fiber3,000 × 1,500 mm
Laser power
Max. thickness by maker [mm]
The maker's data. Maker names are used only to identify the machine - MetronQ is not affiliated with any maker.
Speeds from your control
Copy the default table and type your own values. A table you type replaces the default entirely.
Cutting speeds
| Material | Gas | Thickness [mm] | Speed [m/min] | Pierce [s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structural steel | Nitrogen | 2 | ||
| Structural steel | Nitrogen | 3 |
Empty: the default table of a fiber laser of this power is used.
The rest is the shop's
- Hourly rate and minimum batch
- Gas outside the rate, apart for oxygen, nitrogen and air
- Gap between nested parts and sheet edge margin
- Sheet change
- Sheet formats bought and thicknesses in stock
09Questions
Questions from shops with a laser
Does the engine price bending?
No. A model of a bent part is refused with the reason bent_sheet_part. A DXF with bend lines is priced flat, with a note for the engineer, and the price holds no bending.
Do you accept DWG files?
No. The customer is asked to export the part as a 1:1 DXF. A DXF outline is then priced the way a STEP file is.
Is this real nesting?
No. The price assumes the part's rectangles or pairs of parts on the sheet, with a gap and a margin. A nest from a CAM program usually fits more, and that margin stays with the shop. Real nesting takes minutes and does not fit an instant quote.
Where do the cutting speeds come from?
A fiber laser with an empty table cuts by the default table of its power, built from published data. These are starting values. Where a maker publishes a table, picking the model from the catalogue copies it. You type your own values after copying the default table.
I also have mills. What changes when I add a laser?
A flat part in the widget: the customer chooses the process when your park has both. In the panel and through the API a quote is cut until somebody chooses otherwise; with a live integration the panel tells you so. Parts a laser cannot cut are priced as before.
Can I quote a remnant or an unusual sheet?
Yes. A material lists the formats you buy, and your engineer can name another format for one quote or type the size of a remnant. Stock levels do not enter the price.
Does the customer see the nest and the sheet charged?
No. The customer sees the net price, the sheet thickness, the ISO 9013 edge, threads and countersinks. The nest, the cost breakdown and the reasons a quote was stopped are for the shop alone.
What about a CO2 laser?
A machine can be a CO2 laser, but it has no default table: it cuts only what you type into its speed table.
Add your laser and upload a customer's file
A new account starts by reviewing every quote, so you see the nest, the time and the price before anything reaches a customer.