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Estimate laser, CNC, and plasma cutting job costs from DXF files. Machine time, material, assist gas, shop overhead, and profit margin in one online quote.
Upload DXF parts, configure machine and material rates, and generate itemized cutting quotes with production time from our speed database. Save estimates and export PDF quotes for customers.
The Sheet2Nest cutting cost calculator estimates laser, CNC, and plasma job costs from DXF geometry. Configure machine rates, material pricing, assist gas, overhead, and margin, then generate itemized quotes with cutting time, material cost, and PDF export on supported plans. It lives at https://sheet2nest.com/products/cutting-cost-calculator.
Yes. One Sheet2Nest subscription covers both the DXF nesting wizard and the cutting cost calculator. Free and paid tiers apply lifetime or monthly limits to nesting exports, calculator DXF uploads, saved quotes, and PDF exports—see https://sheet2nest.com/pricing for current limits.
Estimate machine time, material, gas consumption, overhead, and profit margin before you cut.
Set laser rates, overhead, gas, markup, and sheet pricing.
Parse parts, review geometry, and enter quantities.
Cutting time, material, gas, and margin in one breakdown.
Store customer quotes and export PDF estimates.
Machine profiles, speed-based time, itemized quotes, and saved estimates.
Set hourly cutting rate, shop overhead, pierce time, and laser markup on step 1 — with 13 laser machine presets from 500 W to 20 kW and saved profiles per account.
Six common alloys, metric thickness presets, price per kilogram, scrap allowance, and assist gas — material cost from each part’s bounding box mass.
Step 3 of the five-step wizard: upload DXF, review cut length and pierce counts per part, then set quantities before results.
Chart speeds by fiber power, material, and thickness — interpolated between rows, then scaled to 90% for realistic shop feed rates.
Results step shows laser cutting (cutting, overhead, gas, markup on laser), sheet material by type and thickness, and aligned part and job totals.
Customer name required to save; CC- draft and S2N- finalized quote numbers; history browser; client-side PDF when your plan allows.
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