MetalCalculate: quoting software for laser cutting and sheet metal fabrication
MetalCalculate is the sheet metal quoting SaaS platform developed by Richter Solution. Its purpose is twofold: quote fast and accurately, and turn every quote into the digital data foundation for everything that follows — order, production, delivery note and invoice. The quote stops being an isolated document and becomes the first digital link in the shop’s complete workflow.
Most quoting software estimates. MetalCalculate calculates: it uses real machine parameters — cutting speed per material and thickness, pierce times, acceleration — to produce times and costs that match what actually happens on the shop floor.
What MetalCalculate does
Cutting times from real machine parameters
The calculation engine works with real technology tables for laser, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting. It counts pierces automatically and optimizes the cutting path. The result is not an estimate — it is the time your machine actually needs.
Smart nesting
True-shape nesting that maximizes material usage (90%+ utilization) and shows exactly how parts fit on the sheet before you quote. Material cost stops being a guess.
Automatic DXF, DWG and STEP file analysis
Automatic geometry recognition: contours, holes, bends and part complexity, with no manual input. See how file analysis and nesting work.
24/7 white-label customer portal
Your customers get their own login, upload files, select material, thickness and quantity, and receive an instant PDF quote — with your logo and colors. Your sales engineer stops being the bottleneck.
Who it is for
MetalCalculate is built for laser cutting job shops, sheet metal service centers and custom fabricators that lose orders by responding late to RFQs, or that depend on the one person “who knows how to calculate”. From small shops to high-volume operations with API access.
The Richter Solution connection
MetalCalculate is not a generic product adapted to sheet metal: it is the result of two decades configuring TruTops Calculate, TruTops Boost and cost calculation systems for industrial clients. All that experience with machine parameters, technology tables and quoting processes is built into the software. If you need a custom solution instead of SaaS, see our CAD/CAM software development services.
