diff --git a/crates/doc/src/sheet.rs b/crates/doc/src/sheet.rs
index d06c1451..bfbe6967 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/sheet.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/sheet.rs
@@ -1355,7 +1355,29 @@ impl SheetBody {
             }
             (None, Some(p)) => {
                 let q = apply_point(&inv, p);
-                Vec2::new(q.x, q.y).dot(n) < l0
+                let q2 = Vec2::new(q.x, q.y);
+                // A point in the panel's slab must be on material: inside the outline and
+                // outside every cut-out (a side face of either counts as material).
+                let near = |poly: &[Vec2]| {
+                    let m = poly.len();
+                    (0..m).any(|i| match (poly.get(i), poly.get((i + 1) % m)) {
+                        (Some(&a), Some(&b)) => {
+                            let d = b - a;
+                            let t = if d.len2() > 1e-18 { ((q2 - a).dot(d) / d.len2()).clamp(0.0, 1.0) } else { 0.0 };
+                            (a + d * t).dist(q2) < 1e-3
+                        }
+                        _ => false,
+                    })
+                };
+                let in_slab = q.z > -1e-4 && q.z < self.t + 1e-4;
+                let in_hole = self.holes.iter().any(|h| h.contains(q2) && !near(&h.outer.ccw().polyline(1e-3)));
+                if in_slab && ((!point_in(&pts, q2) && !near(&pts)) || in_hole) {
+                    return Err(DocError::Invalid(format!(
+                        "the fixed point ({:.3}, {:.3}, {:.3}) is not on the sheet: pick a point on the face of the side that stays",
+                        p.x, p.y, p.z
+                    )));
+                }
+                q2.dot(n) < l0
             }
             (None, None) => side_area(n) <= side_area(n * -1.0),
         };
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/sheet_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/sheet_tests.rs
index 0fdef519..f136535c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/sheet_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/sheet_tests.rs
@@ -1568,6 +1568,25 @@ fn outline_blank(s: &mut Session, outline: Value) {
     run(s, "sheet.flange", json!({"sketch": "Blank"}));
 }
 
+/// `fixed` inside a cut-out touches no material: the fold must refuse it or say which side it kept (#263).
+#[test]
+fn fold_fixed_point_off_the_sheet_is_not_silently_ignored() {
+    let mut s = Session::default();
+    outline_blank(&mut s, json!([[0, 0], [100, 0], [100, 60], [0, 60]]));
+    run(&mut s, "sketch.create", json!({"plane": "XY", "offset": "2", "name": "Window"}));
+    run(&mut s, "sketch.rectangle.two_point", json!({"p0": [10, 15], "p1": [40, 45]}));
+    run(&mut s, "sketch.finish", json!({}));
+    run(&mut s, "solid.extrude", json!({"sketch": "Window", "distance": "4", "direction": "negative", "operation": "cut"}));
+    match s.execute("sheet.fold", &json!({"points": [[80, 0, 0.8], [80, 60, 0.8]], "fixed": [25, 30, 0.8]})) {
+        Err(e) => assert!(e.to_string().contains("fixed"), "{e}"),
+        Ok(r) => {
+            let warned =
+                ["warning", "warnings"].iter().any(|k| r.get(*k).is_some_and(|w| !w.is_null() && w != &json!([]) && w.to_string().contains("fixed")));
+            assert!(warned, "fixed [25, 30] is inside the window, yet the fold succeeded silently: {r}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A tab whose fold line sits exactly at its root: the bend zone reaches the blank outline beside
 /// the tab. Every edge is straight, so the error must not blame a slanted or curved edge (#262).
 #[test]