SendCutSend’s “Saved Carts” feature allows you to create a cart with multiple drawings, parts and materials, and share it with others. We’ll provide you with a unique link to share, and anyone who uses the link will be able to purchase an exact copy of your cart and have it arrive at their doorstep. SendCutSend
You can access the part preview tools by clicking the preview image on any part in your account, or when getting instant pricing. Then, under the preview image of your part, select the Tools option. From there you can directly measure your part or access material specs.
To use our online Parts Builder, we recommend logging into your SendCutSend account first. Then select a template. From there, adjust units, dimensions, and feature placement, add bend lines if needed, and save your part before getting instant pricing!
We’re unable to share DXFs for parts created in our Parts Builder. If you want to modify a part beyond the options available in the Parts Builder, we can recommend designers who can help! We also have CAD tutorials for free software like QCAD and Inkscape.
It’s not possible for SendCutSend to accept cardboard templates at this time. If you have a cardboard template of your design and need assistance turning it into a CAD file, consider reaching out to one of our trusted Design Partners. They’re familiar with our process and can help get your design cut-ready!
If you have a sketch and need it converted to a CAD file we can cut, reach out to one of our recommended designers!
If you don’t have a CAD file, there are multiple options available! You can use our free Parts Builder, AI Parts Builder, or contact an available designer.
Our tapping, countersinking, and hardware insertion services can be added to the top or bottom face of sheet and plate material. We don’t offer drilling into the cut edge of sheet stock. With billet, we can CNC machine holes into any side of a part.
The Bend tool in Autodesk Fusion lets you preview how your sheet metal part will look once bent and confirm the final formed dimensions. To use it correctly: (1) set up a sheet metal rule with the right K factor and bend radius, (2) sketch your flat pattern with bend lines, (3) extrude using the Flange tool, (4) apply bends with the Bend tool, and (5) measure the 3D model to confirm dimensions before exporting a DXF.
If you upload your part file to our website and the overall part size exceeds the maximum size for instant quoting in that material, you’ll be prompted to submit a custom quote.
If you uploaded a design file (DXF, DWG, STEP, STP, EPS, or Adobe Illustrator format) to our website and found that bend location lines in your file are not being recognized by our quoting system, we can help! Troubleshoot your file with these tips.
PDFs can’t be uploaded for instant quoting, but you can submit them to our custom quote form.
In the free personal-use version of Fusion, you can export a DXF from either a sketch or a flat pattern — not from the File menu. Right-click the sketch or flat pattern and choose Save As DXF to get a properly scaled file.
To send a file to SendCutSend, your Autodesk Fusion design must be in inches or millimeters. Fusion defaults to centimeters, which we cannot accept. You can either set your default units before starting a design or update the units in your document settings after a design is created. Always export your DXF from a sketch or flat pattern, not from the File menu.
We’re unable to accept STL files since we require either 2D vector files (DXF, DWG, EPS, or AI format) or specific 3D files (STEP or STP format) to quote and produce parts. Take a look at our tutorials for assistance exporting cut-ready files!
We can’t cut from raster images or photos. Our machines require vector files (DXF, DWG, EPS, AI) or STEP/STP files. If you only have a dimensioned sketch or template, a recommended designer may be able to convert it to an accepted format.
Everything you need to know to design for laser-cutting, CNC routing, bending, and tapping.
Everything from software-specific tutorials to material selection tips.
We have sheet metals, plastics, composites, and wood/boards for every project.
Min and Max part sizes for all our materials
We accept .ai, .dxf, .dwg, .eps, .stp, and .step
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