SmartNest auto-nests your cut parts onto sheet stock with true-shape interlocking, then saves and reuses every offcut. Less steel in the scrap bin, more parts per sheet, straight inside Rhino.
Hand-nesting leaves gaps, drops, and skeletons you pay for and throw away. Tighten the layout and every sheet of steel goes further.
No exporting, no fighting a separate nester. SmartNest lives in your Rhino command line and toolbar.
Window-select any curves or solids in your Rhino model, open or closed, simple or wild. SmartNest reads true geometry.
Choose plasma, laser, waterjet, or router. SmartNest sets kerf-based spacing and lead-ins to match your cutter.
Sheets generate at origin 0,0, packed and labeled, toolpath-ready. Leftovers drop straight into remnant inventory.
Tuned by fabricators, not just CAD jockeys. Every feature exists to put more good parts on fewer sheets.
Parts rotate and nestle into each other's concave curves, not just bounding boxes on a grid.
Dial spacing to your exact torch or beam width so cuts don't undercut neighbors. Set once per machine.
Save offcuts with real dimensions and reuse them smallest-fit-first on the next job, automatically.
Brackets, gussets, flanges, art, lettering, open curves or closed, SmartNest nests what you draw.
Machine profiles for every cutter, with the right gaps, lead-ins, and bridge logic for each.
Save sheet sizes, gauges, and grades. Pick a preset and nest, no re-typing dimensions ever again.
Cut length, time, and cost the moment you nest — from your real geometry and machine rates. Print a clean quote for the customer in one click.
Pro: every offcut your shop saves syncs to one cloud pool — with shape previews and who saved each — so any seat can reuse it on the next job.
See who nested what, who pulled from inventory, and how much material — and money — you saved, across every machine in the shop.
When a job leaves a usable drop, SmartNest measures it and files it away. The next job nests onto your smallest fitting remnant first, so full sheets stay full, and the scrap bin stays empty.
Cut a sign, a gusset with windows, or any closed shape and the centers want to fall through the slats, jam the table, and ruin the part. SmartNest adds tiny bridges, uncut tabs that hold every island in place until you snap it free by hand.
SmartNest3D is built and tested with working fabricators. Here is the shop cutting tighter with it today.
Simple licensing. No per-seat tax on your whole shop. Cancel anytime, keep the steel you saved.
The SmartNest engine is CAD-agnostic. We're bringing the same true-shape nesting and remnant reuse to the tools your shop already runs.
Install in Rhino, select your parts, and watch SmartNest pack them tighter than you could by hand. Your steel budget will notice.