Free DXF nesting.
Fit more parts on every sheet.

Nesting software arranges the parts from your DXF drawings on your sheets so they use as little material as possible, instead of you placing them by hand in CAD. A tighter layout means fewer sheets per job and less scrap. GoNesting nests every part by its true shape, so curved and irregular parts sit closer together than they would as rectangles.

Create a free account, then follow the six steps across the top of the app: upload your DXF files, choose the parts and how many of each, add your sheet sizes, set the gap, margin and rotation, run the nesting, and export. You get a ZIP with one DXF file per sheet and a PDF report of the job.

Yes, for trying it on your own work. Every new account includes 5 nesting runs with DXF export and the PDF report, and no credit card is needed. The 5 runs are a one-off allowance, not a monthly one. Pro is on sale at $7.99 a month (regular price $10) for unlimited runs, and adds co-edge cutting and 360-angle rotation.

There is nothing to install. GoNesting runs in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, so it works on Windows, macOS and Linux. The nesting itself runs on your computer’s processor cores, so a computer with more cores finishes large jobs sooner.

DXF files saved in ASCII (text) format, up to 20 MB each, and you can upload several at once. DWG, SVG, PDF and binary DXF files are not supported. If your drawing is a DWG, open it in your CAD program and save or export it as an ASCII DXF first.

Most often an outline is not closed. Pieces whose ends meet within 0.5 mm are joined into one outline, but a bigger gap means the shape cannot become a part. Also check that the drawing is 1:1 with the right unit, that holes are drawn inside their part, and that sheet borders and title blocks are removed, because they would be read as parts too. Dimensions are ignored, and text drawn on a part stays with that part.

Yes. Each file is split into separate parts, each with its own holes, so a drawing of a whole product works as well as one file per part. You then choose which parts to nest and set a quantity for each part, or one quantity for every part in a file.

It depends on how many parts there are, how detailed their outlines are and how many rotation angles you allow. A job of 640 parts took about a minute on a 6-core desktop computer, while a job with very detailed outlines or thousands of parts can take much longer. You can watch the work on your sheets and stop a run at any time.

The result screen tells you how many parts could not be fitted. You can export the parts that did fit, or add another sheet, allow more turning or reduce the gap and run again. On the free plan, running again uses another nesting run.

It depends on your parts, gap and sheet sizes. The mixed 188-part sheet at the top of this page used 86.9% of its material with a 1 mm gap. In our own tests on real DXF files, results ranged from 29.7% on a very open ornamental part to 90.6% on near-rectangular plates. Material used is the part area minus cut-outs, divided by the sheet area.

Yes. Enter the offcut’s length and width as a custom sheet size, and parts are nested on it like on any other sheet. Offcuts are treated as rectangles, so measure the largest clean rectangle you can cut from. GoNesting also packs your last sheet to one end and marks a clear piece worth keeping with its size.

No. GoNesting nests your parts and exports standard DXF files, one per sheet, already in cutting order. It does not write G-code: open the DXF files in the CAM or machine software you use today to add kerf compensation, lead-ins and machine settings, as you would with any drawing.

You sign in with your Google account, so there is no separate password to create. Google shares your name, email address, profile picture and an account ID with us. We keep only your name, email address and account ID, and use them only to create your account, sign you in and contact you about your account. We never see your Google password, we cannot read your Gmail, Drive or anything else in your Google account, and we never sell your information or use it for advertising. Our Privacy Policy has the details.

An account is for one person, signed in on one device at a time. If you sign in on another computer while the first is still signed in, you can sign out there and continue on the new one. A session left idle for 15 minutes frees the account on its own.

Sign in, open Subscription and pay $7.99 through Razorpay's secure checkout: by UPI with any UPI app in India, or by credit or debit card or with PayPal elsewhere. Pro switches on as soon as the payment is confirmed and lasts 30 days, with no auto-renewal. Pro gives unlimited nesting runs, co-edge cutting and 360-angle rotation.