LaserCAM Connector

This module links any Bill of Materials to LaserCAM, a web-based nesting tool for flat parts cut from a sheet or a roll. Send one or many BOMs, lay the parts out on the raw material, and write the result back: component quantities (kg incl. cutting waste), parts-per-sheet and the cutting time land directly in the BOM and its cutting operation — no duplicates, no manual field mapping. Parts that do not exist in Odoo yet become new products with their own BOM, operation and DXF attachment.

Not only laser. The same workflow fits plasma and waterjet cutting, CNC routers (wood, plastics, composites), textile and leather cutters (garments, upholstery, footwear), foam, glass, rubber gaskets and packaging — any shop that turns a DXF and a sheet into parts.

Send directly to LaserCAM

On Odoo 11.0 and newer, Action → LaserCAM → Send directly to LaserCAM opens the nesting tool in a new tab with the selected BOMs, their work centers and the attached DXF files already loaded. Nothing to download, nothing to upload. Each job uses a one-time token; the module never stores your LaserCAM data.

Save to Odoo

When the layout is ready, Save to Odoo in LaserCAM writes the result back through the same connection: component kg, parts-per-sheet and cutting time per BOM. If a BOM has no laser work center yet, the module creates one (Laser <code>) with its operation, copying the cost per hour from your previous work center. Direct write-back is a LaserCAM Pro feature; the ZIP round-trip below is free.

Export to LaserCAM (ZIP)

One click on Action → LaserCAM → Export downloads a single ZIP containing everything the nester needs: BOM line ids and quantities, the sheet component, the routing operation and the work-center capacity & cycle time. If a DXF is attached to the product, it travels inside the ZIP too, so the part geometry loads automatically. Works on every version from 9.0.

Import from LaserCAM (ZIP)

Drop the lasercam_fixes.zip LaserCAM produces back onto Action → LaserCAM → Import result. The module updates the component quantity, parts-per-sheet and the sheet cutting time in place, creates missing laser work centers and operations, and creates the new products with their DXF files from the same ZIP.

Good to know

• Any 2D cutting process: laser, plasma, waterjet, CNC router, knife and textile cutters. The work center is named Laser <code> by default; rename it to match your machine.
• Works on Odoo 9.0 through 20.0 — a single code base that adapts to each version's Manufacturing model. The direct connection needs 11.0 or newer; 9.0 and 10.0 use the ZIP round-trip.
• Enable Work Orders in Manufacturing → Settings if you want Odoo to use the imported cutting time in its scheduling and costing.
• Behind a reverse proxy, set proxy_mode = True and check that web.base.url starts with https:// — the direct connection is opened from LaserCAM back to your Odoo.
• No external service is required at install time and no data leaves Odoo unless you send a job or export a ZIP.
• LaserCAM runs in the browser in 18 languages: laser.ucase.eu. Nesting and the ZIP round-trip are free.

Video demos

From an Odoo BOM to nested sheets and new products · 6 min

Send a BOM to LaserCAM, add a new DXF, optimise the layout and see how much steel it saves, then save weights, cutting times, new products and work centers back to Odoo — about 5 minutes instead of half an hour to an hour by hand. Watch on YouTube