Materials (sheet goods)

Materials (sheet goods) control sheet pricing, billable sheet rules, and cutting parameters used by quote calculations.

Where to find materials

Open Settings → Configuration → Sheet Goods.

Add or edit a sheet good

Select Add Sheet Good (or Edit on an existing one) to open the full-page editor.

Core fields:

• Thickness: drives cut speed selection and material naming.
• Sheet width/height: used for fit checks and nesting utilization.
• Price per sheet: base material cost before utilization rules.
• Minimum sheet % to bill: the smallest fraction you will bill (e.g. 25% minimum = bill at least 0.25 sheets).
• Cutting parameters: cut speed, pierce time, and (optionally) cut price per minute.
• Sheet load/unload time: operator time used by load fees.

Single-machine vs multi-machine setups

• Single machine shops: cutting parameters appear once.
• Multi-machine shops: each sheet good includes per-machine compatibility and per-machine cutting parameters.

If a material is not compatible with a machine, it will be disabled in quote defaults and per-part overrides when that machine is selected.

Material naming and taxonomy

Materials are organized for fast picking and clean customer display:

• Category: high-level family (Steel, Aluminum, Stainless, etc.).
• Grade: variant within a category (304, 316L, 6061, etc.).
• Name: can be auto-generated or manually set.

When Auto naming is enabled, the name is generated as: [Category] - [Grade] - [Thickness] [org units] (example: Steel - 304 - 0.125 in).

How materials affect quotes

• Defaults: new quotes use your selected default material; parts can override material per line item.
• Nesting: the Nesting tab estimates sheet usage and utilization based on the material sheet size.
• Billable sheets: minimum billable percentages influence rounded/billable sheet counts and load-fee quantities.
• Outdated warnings: changing material pricing or parameters can mark older quotes as out of date.

Related:

• Machines
• Configuration overview