Waterjet Quoting Software
Upload a DXF or DWG and get an accurate waterjet quote in minutes — cut-time, pierce count, and material costs handled automatically. Built for any manufacturer cutting thick plate, stone, glass, and composites.
How waterjet cutting quoting works in AutoCut
Three steps from CAD upload to customer-ready quote — built for estimators who need speed without sacrificing accuracy.
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Upload DXF or DWG
Import the customer drawing. AutoCut measures cut length, pierce locations, and part perimeter — the inputs that drive water jet time and abrasive cost.
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Set material and machine parameters
Choose thickness, material type (steel, stainless, stone, glass, composites), and your waterjet feed rates. Pierce count and quality/speed trade-offs feed directly into the estimate.
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Deliver the quote with cost breakdown
Review machine time, material, abrasive usage, and setup. Send a clear quote that reflects how your shop actually runs the cutting head — not a generic per-inch guess.
Built for what waterjets actually cut
Set your own kerf, abrasive and edge-quality rates per material.
How waterjet quoting differs from laser and plasma
Water jet shops quote on pierce count, cut speed by thickness, taper, and abrasive consumption — variables that laser and plasma estimators rarely touch. Generic quoting tools treat every process the same; waterjet needs its own logic.
Thick plate, stacked cuts, and mixed-material jobs punish rough estimating. A part that looks simple on the drawing may need dozens of pierces or slow passes on hardened stock. AutoCut pulls geometry from the file so pierce and cut-length costs stay tied to the drawing.
Stone, glass, and composite work adds setup and handling time that should appear on the quote, not disappear into margin. Configure your waterjet library once — materials, thickness bands, and hourly rates — and apply it across RFQs for architectural stone, gasket work, and heavy fabrication.
Waterjet costs behave differently from every other process here, because the consumable is significant and the cutting is slow. Garnet and pump hours are a real line item rather than a rounding error, and cut speed falls away sharply with thickness and hardness. A quote that prices waterjet the way it prices laser will be wrong in both directions depending on the job.
What AutoCut factors into your quote
- Pierce count and lead-in time per contour
- Cut speed scaled by material and thickness
- Abrasive and pump-time factors in machine cost
- Taper and finish requirements reflected in feed assumptions
- Plate nesting and waste factor from part bounding box
Typical customers: architectural stone, rubber and gasket houses, and heavy plate fabricators.
Waterjet Cutting quoting — frequently asked questions
Quoting for other processes
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