Applies to: Core, Advanced, Enterprise
The pricing model controls how Quote & Cut charges for material.
You can find this setting from:
Quote & Cut → Settings → API & General Settings → Pricing Model
The available pricing models are:
- Full Sheet Cost.
- Prorated Bounding Box Cost.
- Straight Cut Off.
Full Sheet Cost #
Full Sheet Cost charges the full configured sheet cost whenever a sheet is used.
This is the simplest and most conservative pricing model.
Use this if:
- You usually allocate full sheets to jobs.
- You do not want to sell partial sheet usage online.
- You want to avoid undercharging for material.
- You want a simple pricing method that is easy to explain.
Example:
If a job uses one sheet, the quote includes one full sheet cost.
If a job uses two sheets, the quote includes two full sheet costs.
Prorated Bounding Box Cost #
Prorated Bounding Box Cost charges material based on the area of the nest footprint compared with the full sheet area.
This is useful when you want customers to pay for the portion of the sheet their job is estimated to use.
Use this if:
- You want a fairer price for small nests.
- You commonly reuse offcuts or combine work.
- You do not want every small job charged as a full sheet.
- You still want the option to add uplift for inefficient material use.
Straight Cut Off #
Straight Cut Off charges based on the nest length used across the full sheet width.
This is useful if your workflow treats material as a length cut from stock.
Use this if:
- You want to charge from the start of the sheet to the end of the nest.
- You work with straight cut-off stock logic.
- You want to recover the length of material consumed across the sheet width.
Prorated uplift #
The Prorated Uplift (%) setting can add an uplift when utilisation is below your threshold.
This applies to:
- Prorated Bounding Box Cost.
- Straight Cut Off.
It does not usually affect Full Sheet Cost in the same way because the full sheet is already being charged.
Uplift threshold #
The Uplift Threshold (%) setting controls when the uplift applies.
If utilisation is below this percentage, Quote & Cut applies the prorated uplift.
For example:
- Uplift Threshold:
50 - Prorated Uplift:
20
If the job uses material inefficiently and utilisation is below 50%, Quote & Cut can increase the charged material amount by 20%.
Which model should you start with? #
For most users:
Start with Full Sheet Cost if you want safer pricing and do not want to risk undercharging.
Start with Prorated Bounding Box Cost if you want more competitive instant quotes for smaller parts.
Start with Straight Cut Off if your workshop prices material by cut-off length.
Changing pricing model later #
You can change the pricing model at any time from the settings page.
After changing it, always run new test quotes.
Changing the pricing model can significantly change customer prices.
Best practice #
Before going live, test the same DXF files across each pricing model and compare the results with your manual pricing.
Use real examples from previous jobs if possible.
Continue to: Full Sheet Cost Pricing.
