Features

DXF import with geometry repair

Loads ASCII and binary DXF files and turns them into clean, closed part contours.

• LINE, ARC, CIRCLE, LWPOLYLINE/POLYLINE with bulges, ELLIPSE, SPLINE and nested, mirrored INSERT blocks
• Automatic joining of contours, closing of small gaps, detection of holes and islands
• Unit conversion, geometry check and repair, list of import problems
• Drag & drop of files or whole folders; each folder can become a job

True-shape automatic nesting

No-Fit-Polygon nesting of the real part outline – not just bounding rectangles.

• Gap between parts and sheet margin
• Quantities, priorities, several sheets and sheet formats in one run
• Fast heuristic, or optimization that searches for a better layout within a time limit
• Optimization can be stopped at any time and keeps the best solution found

Rotation and mirroring per part

Allowed orientations are set directly in the part list – for one part or many at once.

• No rotation, 180°, 90°, 45°, 30°, 15°, 10°, 5°, 2°, 1°, custom step or list of angles
• Optional mirroring for parts where front and back do not matter
• Automatic mirroring when it improves the layout (can be turned off)
• Preferred angle for every part

Smart nesting: part-in-part and pairing

Uses the material that simple nesting leaves unused.

• Part-in-part – small parts are placed into holes of large ones (e.g. washers into flanges)
• Pairing of concave shapes (U, L, C…) that interlock when it saves space
• Material and thickness matching – parts only go on matching sheets
• Regular grids for series of identical parts

Sheet stock and remnants

Full sheets and remnants of any shape in one stock, used in order of priority.

• Several sheet formats with available quantities
• Remnants of any shape imported from DXF – holes are treated as defects
• Priority Low / Standard / High for sheets and for parts
• Remnant cut-off line and one-click saving of the remnant back to stock

Manual nesting and editing

Every automatic result can be fine-tuned with the mouse and keyboard.

• Drag parts from the list onto a sheet, move, rotate (R), mirror (M), lock (L)
• Copy, duplicate and move parts between sheets
• Live collision and gap checking, snapping to grid
• Nest the remaining parts around locked ones; unlimited undo / redo

Marking and engraving

Texts and lines from marking layers are kept as engraving instead of being cut.

• TEXT, MTEXT and lines from layers such as GRAV / MARK / TEXT become part marking
• Exported to a separate engraving layer
• Optional label with part name or number engraved on every piece
• Single-stroke font, automatically scaled to fit inside the material

DXF export and CypCut profile

Clean DXF output for your CAM or machine software.

• One file per sheet or all sheets in one file; batch export of selected sheets
• Layers for parts, holes, sheet, margin, labels and remnant line; arcs stay arcs
• Profile for CypCut (Friendess fiber lasers) with cutting and engraving layers
• Export of a single part

Shop-floor report, CSV and cost estimate

Everything the operator and the office need, printable or as PDF.

• Drawing of every sheet with numbered parts and a list of pieces
• Utilization, cut length, number of pierces and remnant size
• Estimated cutting time and price from cutting speed, pierce time and hourly rate
• Summary by job / folder and CSV export for Excel

Jobs and folders

Parts from several customer jobs can share sheets while staying traceable.

• Each part remembers its job (taken from the DXF folder, editable)
• Filtering by job for fast entry of quantities
• Report per job: pieces, part area, sheet consumption, cut length, sheets used
• Export by jobs into separate folders

Fast and reliable

Built for real production jobs with hundreds of parts.

• Parallel computation on all processor cores with caching of results
• Time limit for the whole optimization – the first complete layout is always finished
• Projects saved atomically with a backup copy; automatic backup of unsaved work
• Crash protection with a log and a rescue copy of the project

Eleven languages, light and dark theme

The interface, the report and the CSV are available in your language.

• English, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Turkish
• Units in millimetres or inches
• Guided five-step workflow with hints for new users
• Command-line tool for batch processing

Licence activation in the program

Enter the licence key in the program under Help → Licence; it is activated online for this computer and the program then also works offline.

• Licence keys, device activation and release
• Trial, monthly, annual and perpetual licences
• 30-day trial with full functionality, no registration needed

Cutting groups criterion

The nesting criterion “minimize cutting groups” is prepared in the settings but has no effect yet.