Nesting for laser shops that cut a lot of small parts.
Upload your DXF or SVG drawings, set kerf and spacing, and get a true-shape layout in the browser. Nothing to install, and your first layout is a few minutes away.
What makes this work hard.
Sheets are expensive and offcuts add up
Every cut sheet leaves scrap. When parts are nested on their bounding boxes, a lot of usable sheet goes to the bin.
Drawings arrive in poor shape
Contours that do not quite close and duplicate lines cause bad cuts or stop the nest. Finding them by eye takes time.
Small parts are wasted on the cutouts of big ones
Large parts with holes leave good material inside the hole that normally ends up as scrap.
Layouts change at the last minute
A rush job arrives and the plate you planned no longer works. You need to move parts around quickly.
What you get on the sheet.
True-shape nesting
Parts are nested on their real outline, with rotations and an optional mirror, not on rectangles.
Hole detection and hole nesting
NestIQ detects holes and can nest small parts inside the cutouts of larger ones.
Automatic repair
Near-closed contours and duplicate entities are repaired on import, and import diagnostics report anything repaired or skipped.
Kerf, spacing and margins
Set kerf, part spacing and sheet margins, on standard or custom sheet sizes.
Manual mode
Place and rotate parts yourself, and move parts between plates when the plan changes.
Validated layouts
Every layout gets an independent final check for overlaps and containment before you export.
Three steps from drawing to layout.
- 01
Upload your parts
Drop in DXF or SVG files, or a ZIP of many. NestIQ checks each outline and repairs near-closed contours and duplicate entities, then tells you what it fixed or skipped.
- 02
Set sheet and gaps
Pick a standard or custom sheet size, then set kerf, part spacing and sheet margins. Allow rotations, or lock grain direction if the material needs it.
- 03
Nest, check, export
Run a search mode, watch the live preview, adjust by hand if you want, then export nested DXF, SVG, PNG, JSON, G-code or PLT, and a PDF job report.
Questions from laser cutting shops.
Which file formats can I import for laser cutting?
DXF and SVG, plus ZIP files that contain several of them. NestIQ does not import DWG, PDF or AI files, so export DXF or SVG from your CAD or design tool first.
Can I set my laser's kerf?
Yes. Kerf, part spacing and sheet margins are all settings, and you can save defaults per workspace.
What do I get out of NestIQ?
Nested DXF, SVG, PNG and JSON files, generic G-code and PLT programs, and a PDF job report with material saved and cost and time estimates.
Does it work with my machine's software?
NestIQ exports nested DXF for your CAM software. It can also write a generic G-code or PLT program from the nested outlines. It does not add lead-ins, kerf compensation or your controller's dialect, so use your CAM or post-processor for production programs.
Bring a drawing. Leave with a better layout.
Upload a DXF or SVG, set the sheet size and kerf, and see the first layout in your browser.