Material in the quote is a guess
Without a real layout, the sheet count in a quote is an estimate. Guess low and the margin pays for it. Guess high and the quote loses the job.
CUTL Quoting
True-shape nesting: fewer sheets, less scrap, a layout ready to cut
CUTL packs your parts by their real cut outline, so small parts sit inside the openings of larger ones. See the sheets and the waste per material, then send the layout to your machine as DXF or as a G-code program.
Rectangles leave the sheet half empty
When parts are laid out by their bounding box or by hand, the gaps inside and around them stay empty. The quote guesses the material, and the operator gets a layout made somewhere else.
Leftovers nobody can reuse
A half-full sheet leaves an odd staircase of material. It is hard to rack, hard to measure and hard to quote from later.
The layout is made twice
The estimate uses one layout and the machine runs another, drawn again in a different tool. The two rarely match.
From drawings to a cutting layout
01
Drop your files
Open Nesting in the side menu and drop DXF, STEP, STP or ZIP files, up to 50 at a time. ZIP files are unpacked, sheet-metal STEP parts are unfolded and a DXF with several shapes is split into parts.
02
Check the parts
Set the quantity of each part. A part that cannot be nested tells you why, so you fix it before you calculate.
03
Nest the sheets
Pick a material if you want one, the sheet size, the spacing, the fill direction and the start corner. CUTL shows the waste, every sheet and any parts that did not fit.
04
Send it to the machine
Download the layout for CypCut, RDWorks or as standard DXF, or generate a G-code program from the nest and check it in the player first.
Nesting wherever you work
Nest a whole quote, a single part, a day of production or a pile of drawings. Sheet size and spacing work the same way everywhere.
True shape, with rotation
Parts pack by their actual contour, into gaps and around concave edges. The engine tries rotations by itself and keeps the grain direction where a material has one.
Material that feeds the quote
Project nesting lays out all parts of a quote, grouped by material and thickness, and shows sheets and waste per material. It runs again when part quantities change.
How many fit on one sheet
On a single part, Max parts per sheet finds the most copies that fit one sheet. CUTL can then set the project quantity to that number.
A remnant you can rack
Choose Horizontal or Vertical fill and a start corner, and the leftover comes off as one rectangle. The result gives its size, so it can go back on the rack.
Offcuts on every sheet
CUTL marks the usable offcuts on each sheet preview with their size. Offcut analytics under Reports totals count, area and value per material, with a CSV export.
DXF and G-code out
Export one sheet or all sheets as DXF for CypCut, RDWorks or standard DXF. In the Nesting module, G-code programs come straight from the nest, with a player to check them.
Built for shops that cut from sheet
Laser, plasma and waterjet shops
Nest mixed orders onto standard sheets and keep the leftover in a shape you can use for the next job.
Estimators
Base the material in a quote on a real layout, and see how many parts fit one sheet before you set the quantity.
Planners and operators
Get a layout per material for the sheets cut that day, with the start corner that matches your table and a list of parts that did not fit.
Questions about nesting
True-shape. Parts are packed by their actual cut contour, so small parts sit in the openings and concave areas of larger ones. The engine also tries rotations, within the grain direction of the material where there is one.
The Nesting module takes DXF, STEP, STP and ZIP files, up to 50 at a time, and unfolds sheet-metal STEP parts first. Project nesting needs a flat contour, so STEP files and drawings with several parts are skipped there, with a warning that names them.
Yes. The Nesting module generates G-code programs from the nest, with a player to check them before they reach the machine. For CypCut, RDWorks or other CAM software, download the layout as DXF and add lead-ins, kerf compensation and cut order there as usual.
Spacing is the clear gap between neighbouring parts and starts at 2 mm in project and shift nesting. It has to cover the beam width plus the margin your machine and material need. It is not an edge margin: if your clamps need room, enter a sheet a few millimetres smaller.
You need a CUTL account, and a new account gets 10,000 coins free. Pricing a part costs 100 coins once. Adding machines, materials and sheet sizes is free, and the Prices page in the app lists every operation CUTL charges for. There is no subscription, and coins never expire.
True-shape nesting: fewer sheets, less scrap, a layout ready to cut
CUTL packs your parts by their real cut outline, so small parts sit inside the openings of larger ones. See the sheets and the waste per material, then send the layout to your machine as DXF or as a G-code program.