Every product evolves by listening.
Over the past few months, we’ve collected feedback from service bureaus, manufacturers, and production teams using Layers every day. While their businesses are different, many of their requests were remarkably similar: connect Layers to existing software, have more control over printing options, support manual quotations for complex manufacturing processes, and make collaboration easier.
Version 1.13.1 (June 2026) delivers exactly that.
Connect Layers to Your Business with OpenAPI
Your manufacturing workflow doesn’t start or end inside Layers.
Accounting software, ERP systems, CRMs, business intelligence platforms, and custom internal tools all need access to the same data. Until now, that required manual work.
With OpenAPI, your Layers shop can now communicate directly with the rest of your software stack.
Available endpoints currently include:
- Orders
- Customer information
Generating an API key only takes a few seconds.
Navigate to:
Admin → Settings → Integrations
or visit:
https://layers.app/admin/settings/integration
Click Generate API Key, and your shop is ready to exchange data with external applications.
This is the first step toward a more connected manufacturing ecosystem, and we’ll continue expanding the available API endpoints in future releases.
Export Orders to Excel
One of the simplest additions in v1.13.1 is also one of the most practical.
Wherever you manage orders in Layers, you’ll now find an Export to Excel button.
With a single click, you can download a comprehensive Excel file containing all orders currently displayed on that page, along with detailed information for every part included in those orders.
Whether you’re preparing reports, sharing production data with your team, reconciling accounting records, or performing your own analysis, exporting your order data is now just one click away.
Protect Print Quality with Layer Height Restrictions
Not every layer height produces a result you’re proud to deliver.
Many FDM service providers told us they intentionally avoid certain combinations of materials and layer heights because they often lead to lower-quality prints and dissatisfied customers.
For example, printing ABS at 300 μm may be technically possible but it may not represent the quality standards of your business.
Until now, customers could still select those configurations.
Starting with v1.13.1, you decide which layer heights are available for each material.
For materials that use time-based pricing (FDM slicer pricing), you can now limit the selectable layer heights so customers only choose from the options you actually want to manufacture.
Instead of fixing problems after an order is placed, you prevent them before they happen.
RFQ: When Instant Pricing Isn’t the Right Answer
Automatic pricing is powerful—but not every manufacturing process can be reduced to a formula.
Processes like CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal fabrication, and other engineering services often require design review, production planning, or conversations with the customer before an accurate quote can be provided.
That’s why Layers now supports Request for Quotation (RFQ) workflows.
For any material or technology you choose, you can disable automatic pricing and allow customers to submit a quotation request instead.
Your team reviews the design, communicates with the customer if necessary, and provides a tailored quote.
The best part is that this doesn’t interrupt the customer experience.
A single shopping cart can now contain both:
- Parts with instant pricing
- Parts waiting for an RFQ
This gives your customers a seamless purchasing experience while giving your team the flexibility that complex manufacturing requires.
Share Exactly What Matters
Manufacturing is collaborative.
An operator needs to review a model.
A colleague needs to verify an order.
A sales representative needs to discuss a single part with a customer.
Finding the right item shouldn’t require navigating through multiple pages.
With v1.13.1, every Part and every Order now has its own shareable URL.
Simply copy the link and send it to anyone on your team.
Instead of saying “Open order NJX-10765 and look at the third part,” you can send a direct link to exactly what they need.
Small improvements like this save time every day and those minutes quickly add up across an entire production team.
Looking Ahead
This release is focused on something simple: giving manufacturing businesses more control.
Control over how your systems connect.
Control over the printing options your customers can choose.
Control over how quotations are handled.
And faster collaboration across your team.
As always, every feature in this release started as a conversation with our users. Thank you for your feedback, ideas, and continued support—we’re excited to keep building Layers together.