Sheet and profile cutting quotes in minutes, straight from the DXF
Planestra is quoting and production software for sheet metal and profile cutting shops. The customer uploads a DXF drawing and picks material and quantity; Planestra reads the geometry, runs the nesting and prices the job against your own rate card instantly.
Instead of measuring drawings by hand, phoning back with prices and running the floor on paper job sheets, quotes, approvals, production and stock move through one panel. Your shop keeps working the way it does today — just faster and on record.
No credit card · All features unlocked · No automatic billing
- Laser cutting
- Plasma cutting
- Waterjet cutting
- Profile and tube cutting
- Subcontract sheet processing
- Cut-to-size metal sales
- Machinery manufacturers
- Signage and decorative cutting
The full workflow of a cutting shop, from quote to dispatch
Planestra was built to remove the time spent preparing quotes and the errors that come with manual calculation.
Automatic measurements from DXF
Contours, hole count, cut length and area are extracted from the drawing. No manual take-off, no calculation errors.
Automatic nesting
Parts are nested onto sheets and profiles onto stock lengths, so scrap is visible at the quoting stage.
Your own pricing rules
Material weight, cutting time, drilling, bending, welding and painting are priced with your rate card.
Numbered quote tracking
Every quote is numbered and tracked through new, in discussion, approved, in production and delivered.
Work orders and shop-floor panel
An approved quote becomes a work order in one click: cut lists, labels, packing lists and stage tracking.
Stock and offcut tracking
Sheet and profile stock, reusable offcuts, minimum stock alerts and counts in the same system.
See Planestra screen by screen
From the customer quote form to the work order on the shop floor. Click a screen to see the details.
Customer quote form
Your customer brings the part through the quote form on your website: drag in the DXF, choose material and thickness, and the price updates as they go.
Admin panel: orders
Every incoming quote and order in one list. Stage, value and customer for each job at a glance.
Shop-floor panel: work orders
Every approved job appears on the floor as a card. Operators see what is queued on each machine and close jobs with a single tap.
Highlights
Capabilities that usually need three or four separate tools work together in Planestra out of the box.
From quote to production in four steps
- Drawing uploaded
The customer uploads a DXF; Planestra reads contours, holes and cut length.
- Price calculated
Parts are nested and priced against your rate card instantly.
- Quote approved
The numbered quote is tracked and approved from the panel.
- Production starts
The approved quote becomes a work order; production and dispatch follow.
Works alongside your accounting
Planestra deliberately has no invoicing or ledger module. It runs quoting and production and lets you export data to the accounting software you already use.
Runs on your own domain
The customer-facing quote form can be published on your own domain, for example cutting.yourcompany.com.
Try it free for 14 days
All features included, no credit card required. Plans and pricing are on the Planestra website.
Planestra is an AtayaLabs product. For custom adaptations or integrations for your shop, get in touch with us.