From CAD to cut sheet to invoice. One system.
Plate Cutting Solutions is the ERP built inside a working laser cutting shop. Drop in your customer’s CAD, STEP, NC1 or PDF drawings, nest true shapes, quote tubes and sections, price from your real sheet costs and cutting speeds, then run the job through folding, dispatch, invoicing and payroll without retyping a thing.
Three jobs the spreadsheet does badly
Quotes priced from a guess at sheet usage.
With Plate CuttingEvery quote is priced from a real nest of the parts, your sheet costs, cutting speeds, pierces and setup.
Drawings redrawn by hand to get a flat pattern.
With Plate CuttingUpload the STEP file. The flat DXF and a dimensioned fold drawing come back ready for the laser and the press brake.
Nobody knows what is due, cutting or packed.
With Plate CuttingOrders carry due dates, nests, folding progress and dispatch, and finish as an invoice in your accounts.
Every step of a cutting job, in the order you do it
Each step picks up what the last one produced, so parts, prices, nests and paperwork stay linked to the same job.
- 01ImportDrop in DXF, DWG, NC1, STEP or PDF. Folded parts unfold to a flat pattern automatically.
- 02NestTrue-shape nesting across mixed parts and sheet sizes. Approve per material.
- 03QuotePrice from your costs and email the PDF to the customer from the ERP.
- 04MakeJob cards for the laser, fold drawings and timed folding on the press-brake tablet.
- 05DispatchPart labels, packing slips, delivery dockets and courier labels from the same order.
- 06InvoiceSend to your accounts and email the invoice in one click.
Everything a job shop runs on
Import anything
DXF, DWG, NC1, STEP and PDF, with messy drawings cleaned up for you.
TubesTube & section quotes
RHS, SHS, CHS, angle and channel from STEP, NC1 or typed sizes. Only end cuts and holes count as cutting.
PDF drawingsPDF to CAD
Flat parts read straight from the PDF, folded parts unfolded from their end view.
NestingTrue-shape nests
Fewest sheets first, then the biggest usable offcut. Saved on the quote and order.
QuotesPriced from real costs
Sheet prices, cutting parameters, pierces, setup and fabrication processes.
FoldingFold drawings & times
Flat patterns, bend tables, profile designer and timed folding on the floor.
ProductionOrders that run themselves
Job cards, due dates, packing slips, delivery dockets and couriers.
PurchasingPOs and stock
Sheet, tube and stock items, emailed to suppliers. Steel scrap tracked.
InvoicingInvoices
Draft invoices numbered by order, with the PDF emailed to the customer.
StaffClock-ins & payroll
Phone clock-in with geofencing, rosters, leave and timesheets to payroll.
EmailSend from your mailbox
Quotes, POs and confirmations to customers and suppliers, with templates.
Selling overseasAny currency, any language
Quotes in your customer’s currency and language, metric or imperial, and freight from your own rates.
Drop in a STEP file, get a part you can cut and fold
Folded parts unfold with your K-factor into a flat DXF ready to nest, plus a dimensioned drawing with every view the press-brake operator needs.
- Flat plates and folded parts from the same upload
- Bend lines with direction, angle and radius
- Send every DXF straight into the quote with thickness filled in
