diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine.Tests/Jobs/NestPlateStockTests.cs b/OpenNest.Engine.Tests/Jobs/NestPlateStockTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11a35e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenNest.Engine.Tests/Jobs/NestPlateStockTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+using OpenNest.Engine.Jobs;
+using OpenNest.Engine.Jobs.Adapters;
+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Engine.Tests.Jobs;
+
+public class NestPlateStockTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(1, 0)]
+    [InlineData(2, 0)]
+    [InlineData(3, 0)]
+    [InlineData(4, 0)]
+    [InlineData(1, 1)]
+    [InlineData(2, 1)]
+    [InlineData(3, 1)]
+    [InlineData(4, 1)]
+    public void WorkAreaMatchesPlateInEveryQuadrant(int quadrant, double spacing)
+    {
+        var stock = new NestPlateStock("s", new Size(80, 120),
+            edgeSpacing: new Spacing(spacing, 2 * spacing, 3 * spacing, 4 * spacing),
+            quadrant: quadrant);
+        var actual = stock.WorkArea;
+        var expected = DrawingJobMapper.CreatePlate(stock).WorkArea();
+
+        Assert.Equal(expected.X, actual.X);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.Y, actual.Y);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.Length, actual.Length);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.Width, actual.Width);
+        Assert.Equal((quadrant is 1 or 4 ? 0 : -120) + spacing, actual.X);
+        Assert.Equal((quadrant is 1 or 2 ? 0 : -80) + 2 * spacing, actual.Y);
+        Assert.Equal(120 - 4 * spacing, actual.Length);
+        Assert.Equal(80 - 6 * spacing, actual.Width);
+        Assert.Equal(9600, stock.Area);
+        actual.Length = 0;
+        Assert.Equal(expected.Length, stock.WorkArea.Length);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(1)]
+    [InlineData(2)]
+    [InlineData(3)]
+    [InlineData(4)]
+    public void FractionalWorkAreaPreservesValidatorDoublePrecision(int quadrant)
+    {
+        var stock = new NestPlateStock("s", new Size(80.123456789, 120.123456789),
+            edgeSpacing: new Spacing(0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4), quadrant: quadrant);
+        var work = stock.WorkArea;
+
+        // Plate.BoundingBox casts negative origins to float. Keep the validator's original
+        // double arithmetic, including subtraction order, instead of adopting that rounding.
+        Assert.Equal((quadrant is 1 or 4 ? 0 : -stock.Size.Length) + 0.1, work.X);
+        Assert.Equal((quadrant is 1 or 2 ? 0 : -stock.Size.Width) + 0.2, work.Y);
+        Assert.Equal(stock.Size.Length - 0.1 - 0.3, work.Length);
+        Assert.Equal(stock.Size.Width - 0.2 - 0.4, work.Width);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FitsUsesXYExtentsAndTolerance()
+    {
+        var stock = new NestPlateStock("s", new Size(80, 120),
+            edgeSpacing: new Spacing(1, 2, 3, 4));
+
+        Assert.True(stock.Fits(116, 74));
+        Assert.False(stock.Fits(74, 116));
+        Assert.True(stock.Fits(116 + 5e-10, 74 + 5e-10));
+        Assert.False(stock.Fits(116 + 2e-9, 74));
+        Assert.False(stock.Fits(116, 74 + 2e-9));
+        Assert.True(stock.Fits(116.01, 74.01, 0.02));
+        Assert.False(stock.Fits(116.01, 74, 0));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestJobPlacementValidator.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestJobPlacementValidator.cs
index 81424fe..2d92cd4 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestJobPlacementValidator.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestJobPlacementValidator.cs
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ internal static class NestJobPlacementValidator
 
     private static bool FitsWorkArea(ShapeTopology shape, NestPlateStock stock)
     {
-        var workArea = WorkArea(stock);
+        var workArea = stock.WorkArea;
         if (!FitsWorkArea(shape.Perimeter, workArea))
             return false;
         foreach (var cutout in shape.Cutouts)
@@ -280,18 +280,6 @@ internal static class NestJobPlacementValidator
         return true;
     }
 
-    private static Box WorkArea(NestPlateStock stock)
-    {
-        var left = stock.Quadrant is 1 or 4 ? 0 : -stock.Size.Length;
-        var bottom = stock.Quadrant is 1 or 2 ? 0 : -stock.Size.Width;
-        return new Box(
-            left + stock.EdgeSpacing.Left,
-            bottom + stock.EdgeSpacing.Bottom,
-            stock.Size.Length - stock.EdgeSpacing.Left - stock.EdgeSpacing.Right,
-            stock.Size.Width - stock.EdgeSpacing.Bottom - stock.EdgeSpacing.Top
-        );
-    }
-
     private static bool FitsWorkArea(Shape contour, Box workArea)
     {
         var bounds = contour.BoundingBox;
diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestPlateStock.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestPlateStock.cs
index 61b2e94..d6c7f58 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestPlateStock.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestPlateStock.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ namespace OpenNest.Engine.Jobs;
 /// <summary>Immutable stock settings. Size and spacing are copied value types, not caller-owned settings.</summary>
 public sealed class NestPlateStock
 {
+    private readonly Box workArea;
+
     public NestPlateStock(
         string id,
         Size size,
@@ -24,6 +26,14 @@ public sealed class NestPlateStock
         PartSpacing = partSpacing;
         EdgeSpacing = edgeSpacing;
         Quadrant = quadrant;
+        var left = quadrant is 1 or 4 ? 0 : -size.Length;
+        var bottom = quadrant is 1 or 2 ? 0 : -size.Width;
+        workArea = new Box(
+            left + edgeSpacing.Left,
+            bottom + edgeSpacing.Bottom,
+            size.Length - edgeSpacing.Left - edgeSpacing.Right,
+            size.Width - edgeSpacing.Bottom - edgeSpacing.Top
+        );
     }
 
     public string Id { get; }
@@ -34,4 +44,17 @@ public sealed class NestPlateStock
     public double PartSpacing { get; }
     public Spacing EdgeSpacing { get; }
     public int Quadrant { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Usable region in the placement frame (quadrant applied, edge spacing removed).
+    /// Box.Length is the X extent, Box.Width the Y extent. Returns a detached copy.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Box WorkArea => new(workArea.X, workArea.Y, workArea.Length, workArea.Width);
+
+    /// <summary>Full sheet area before edge spacing is removed.</summary>
+    public double Area => Size.Width * Size.Length;
+
+    /// <summary>True when a width (X) by height (Y) envelope fits the work area within epsilon.</summary>
+    public bool Fits(double width, double height, double epsilon = 1e-9) =>
+        width <= workArea.Length + epsilon && height <= workArea.Width + epsilon;
 }