diff --git a/OpenNest.IO/CadImporter.cs b/OpenNest.IO/CadImporter.cs
index 7ce0d27..bbfda92 100644
--- a/OpenNest.IO/CadImporter.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.IO/CadImporter.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using OpenNest.Bending;
+using OpenNest.Converters;
 using OpenNest.Geometry;
 using OpenNest.IO.Bending;
 
@@ -45,5 +47,78 @@ namespace OpenNest.IO
                 Name = options.Name ?? Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path),
             };
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Build a fully-populated <see cref="Drawing"/> from an import result plus
+        /// the caller's current entity and bend state. UI callers pass the currently
+        /// visible subset; headless callers pass the full lists.
+        ///
+        /// The produced drawing has:
+        /// - Program generated from the visible entities, with its first rapid moved
+        ///   to the origin and the pierce location stored in Source.Offset
+        /// - SourceEntities containing all non-bend-source entities from the result
+        /// - SuppressedEntityIds containing entities whose layer or IsVisible is false
+        /// - Bends copied from the provided list
+        /// - Customer, Quantity, Source.Path from options / result
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="result">Import result from <see cref="Import"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="entities">
+        /// Entities to build the program from. Typically the currently visible subset.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="bends">Bends to attach to the drawing.</param>
+        /// <param name="quantity">Required quantity.</param>
+        /// <param name="customer">Customer name, or null.</param>
+        /// <param name="editedProgram">
+        /// When non-null, replaces the generated program (used by the UI to honor
+        /// in-place G-code edits). Source.Offset is still populated from the
+        /// generated program so round-trips stay consistent.
+        /// </param>
+        public static Drawing BuildDrawing(
+            CadImportResult result,
+            IEnumerable<Entity> entities,
+            IEnumerable<Bend> bends,
+            int quantity,
+            string customer,
+            OpenNest.CNC.Program editedProgram)
+        {
+            var visible = entities as IList<Entity> ?? new List<Entity>(entities);
+            var bendList = bends as IList<Bend> ?? new List<Bend>(bends);
+
+            var normalized = ShapeProfile.NormalizeEntities(visible);
+            var pgm = ConvertGeometry.ToProgram(normalized);
+
+            var offset = Vector.Zero;
+            if (pgm != null && pgm.Codes.Count > 0 && pgm[0].Type == OpenNest.CNC.CodeType.RapidMove)
+            {
+                var rapid = (OpenNest.CNC.RapidMove)pgm[0];
+                offset = rapid.EndPoint;
+                pgm.Offset(-offset);
+            }
+
+            var drawing = new Drawing(result.Name)
+            {
+                Color = Drawing.GetNextColor(),
+                Customer = customer,
+            };
+            drawing.Source.Path = result.SourcePath;
+            drawing.Source.Offset = offset;
+            drawing.Quantity.Required = quantity;
+            drawing.Bends.AddRange(bendList);
+            drawing.Program = editedProgram ?? pgm;
+
+            var bendSources = new HashSet<Entity>(
+                bendList.Where(b => b.SourceEntity != null).Select(b => b.SourceEntity));
+
+            drawing.SourceEntities = result.Entities
+                .Where(e => !bendSources.Contains(e))
+                .ToList();
+
+            drawing.SuppressedEntityIds = new HashSet<System.Guid>(
+                drawing.SourceEntities
+                    .Where(e => !(e.Layer != null && e.Layer.IsVisible && e.IsVisible))
+                    .Select(e => e.Id));
+
+            return drawing;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenNest.Tests/IO/CadImporterTests.cs b/OpenNest.Tests/IO/CadImporterTests.cs
index b265d4e..c7d55d2 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Tests/IO/CadImporterTests.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Tests/IO/CadImporterTests.cs
@@ -38,5 +38,75 @@ namespace OpenNest.Tests.IO
 
             Assert.Equal("custom", result.Name);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void BuildDrawing_ProducesDrawingWithProgramAndMetadata()
+        {
+            var result = CadImporter.Import(TestDxf);
+
+            var drawing = CadImporter.BuildDrawing(
+                result,
+                result.Entities,
+                result.Bends,
+                quantity: 5,
+                customer: "ACME",
+                editedProgram: null);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(drawing);
+            Assert.Equal("4526 A14 PT11", drawing.Name);
+            Assert.Equal("ACME", drawing.Customer);
+            Assert.Equal(5, drawing.Quantity.Required);
+            Assert.Equal(TestDxf, drawing.Source.Path);
+            Assert.NotNull(drawing.Program);
+            Assert.NotEmpty(drawing.Program.Codes);
+            Assert.NotNull(drawing.SourceEntities);
+            Assert.NotEmpty(drawing.SourceEntities);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void BuildDrawing_ExtractsFirstRapidAsSourceOffset()
+        {
+            var result = CadImporter.Import(TestDxf);
+
+            var drawing = CadImporter.BuildDrawing(result, result.Entities, result.Bends,
+                quantity: 1, customer: null, editedProgram: null);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(drawing.Source.Offset);
+            // After offset extraction, the program's first rapid must start at origin.
+            var firstRapid = (OpenNest.CNC.RapidMove)drawing.Program.Codes[0];
+            Assert.Equal(0, firstRapid.EndPoint.X, 6);
+            Assert.Equal(0, firstRapid.EndPoint.Y, 6);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void BuildDrawing_WhenEntityHidden_TracksSuppressedId()
+        {
+            var result = CadImporter.Import(TestDxf);
+            // Suppress the first non-bend-source entity
+            var bendSources = result.Bends
+                .Where(b => b.SourceEntity != null)
+                .Select(b => b.SourceEntity)
+                .ToHashSet();
+            var hidden = result.Entities.First(e => !bendSources.Contains(e));
+            hidden.IsVisible = false;
+
+            var drawing = CadImporter.BuildDrawing(result, result.Entities, result.Bends,
+                quantity: 1, customer: null, editedProgram: null);
+
+            Assert.Contains(hidden.Id, drawing.SuppressedEntityIds);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void BuildDrawing_WhenEditedProgramProvided_UsesEditedProgram()
+        {
+            var result = CadImporter.Import(TestDxf);
+            var edited = new OpenNest.CNC.Program();
+            edited.MoveTo(new OpenNest.Geometry.Vector(0, 0));
+
+            var drawing = CadImporter.BuildDrawing(result, result.Entities, result.Bends,
+                quantity: 1, customer: null, editedProgram: edited);
+
+            Assert.Same(edited, drawing.Program);
+        }
     }
 }