Sheet metal fabrication software – from request to order.
WSoptics builds sheet metal fabrication software: WSi costs sheet metal parts and assemblies straight from the CAD file, Costonaut turns every request into a quote, and in WSi Shop your customers order sheet metal parts online. Costonaut and WSi Shop calculate with WSi.
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Example calculation
- Qty 1
- 126.01
- Qty 10
- 41.41
- Qty 50
- 33.88
net, per piece
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WSi
Sheet metal costing straight from the CAD file.
WSi is software for costing sheet metal parts and assemblies. It reads the STEP assembly, breaks it into single parts, creates every step from laser cutting to joining and calculates times, costs and tiered prices.
- Application for Windows and Linux
- Imports STEP, DXF, GEO and WSi projects
- The foundation for Costonaut and WSi Shop
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Sheet
- Size
- 3,000 × 1,500 mm
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Laser cutting
- Quantity
- 1
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Laser cutting
- Quantity
- 1
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Die bending
- Quantity
- 1
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Die bending
- Quantity
- 1
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Joining
- Quantity
- 1
Example calculation
- Qty 1
- 126.01
- Qty 10
- 41.41
- Qty 50
- 33.88
net, per piece
Costonaut.ai
From request to accepted quote.
Costonaut is a CRM for sheet metal manufacturers: software that keeps customers, contacts and requests in one place. It collects requests from email, upload and web form, calculates them and turns the bill of materials into a quote your customer accepts online. Buzz, the AI in Costonaut, writes the first draft.
- Requests from email, upload and web form
- Buzz drafts the first calculation
- Quotes, follow-up and CRM in one place
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Buzz drafted BOM v1.
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BOM v1
Drafted by Buzz · 08:47
Pos. Part / description Qty 1 
Angle bracket Laser cutting · Die bending 1 View full BOM View Captain's Log
WSi Shop
Your own online shop for sheet metal parts.
In WSi Shop your customers upload STEP or DXF files, choose material and finishing and see their price at once. WSi calculates every part, and every order reaches you with all its production data.
- Under your own domain, run by WSoptics
- Your pricing rules, your look
- Every order with its WSi project and XRechnung
- Your customer
- WSi Shop
- WSi
- You
- Order confirmation.pdf
- Delivery note.pdf
- Job cards.pdf
- XRechnung.xml
- Messegrill_Homepage.wsi
- Bill of materials (bom.json)
- STEP · DXF · PDF per part
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Testimonials
What our customers say
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“For us, WSoptics is not just a software vendor but a dependable partner that understands our requirements and develops forward-looking solutions together with us.”
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“The close collaboration produced a solution that is tailored perfectly to our processes.”
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“With WSi and WSoptics we have a strong partner at our side, with whom we can continue to develop USTEEL successfully in the future.”
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“For us, that is the combination that makes the difference: software, interface and a real understanding of sheet metal fabrication from a single source.”
Solutions
For every seat in sheet metal fabrication.
From the job shop answering many requests a week to production planning with its own shop floor: each role works with the product that fits it, and all of them calculate with WSi.
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Costing and production planning
Break down assemblies, create the worksteps and calculate times and costs per node – with your bend tables and machine parameters.
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Sales and quoting
Every request in one place, calculated by WSi, sent as a quote and accepted online.
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Job shops
Answer requests faster with Costonaut, and sell sheet metal parts online in your own WSi Shop.
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Online sales
Your customers upload their CAD file, see the price at once and order – in WSi Shop under your own domain, with your pricing rules.
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IT and ERP
WSi sends the bill of materials and graph to your ERP as JSON, or connects to IT-Blech and Trumpf Oseon. Costonaut reports accepted quotes, and WSi Shop hands over every order.
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Laser cutting and bending
Cutting time from contour length, pierces and motion parameters; flat patterns with the bend deduction from your bend tables.
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Tube processing
WSi recognises tube parts when it breaks down the assembly, and costs tube cutting and nesting along the bar length.
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Welding and finishing
Joining, welding, powder coating and tapping as worksteps of their own, with times and costs.
Frequently asked questions
What is WSi?
WSi is software for costing and work preparation of sheet metal parts and assemblies. It reads CAD files, breaks assemblies down into single parts, lays out every manufacturing step, and calculates times, costs and tiered prices from that.
What is Costonaut?
Costonaut is a CRM for sheet metal manufacturers: software that keeps customers, contacts and requests in one place and carries every request from arrival to accepted quote. It collects requests from email, upload and web form, calculates them and turns the bill of materials into a quote your customer accepts online.
What is WSi Shop?
WSi Shop is your own online shop for sheet metal parts: your customers upload STEP or DXF files, choose material and finishing and see their price at once. WSi calculates every part, and WSoptics runs the shop on its own servers at its headquarters in Germany, under your domain.
Can WSi cost entire assemblies?
Yes. WSi explodes whole assemblies automatically and categorises sheet metal parts, tube parts and purchased parts, without you having to break the assembly apart by hand.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, WSi can be trialled free of charge for 30 days. Any customisation made during the trial carries over when you move into production use.
What happened to WSi4?
WSi4 is now called WSi. It is the same software under a new name; existing licences continue unchanged.
See WSi with your own assembly.
In 30 minutes we show you how your STEP file becomes a price – live, with your data.