CO2 LASER & CNC - Save Money, Time & Material Using DeepNest - Nesting Software for Your LASER & CNC

[@marcus_w0]

DeepNest is still available and Open Source. Impressive. Autodesk charges 1700€ a year for that functionality. I used to use Lasertools for Corel - but the company isn't available anymore. Allthought their stitching option was very, very useful.

[@lunarconcepts9958]

I haven't had good luck with DeepNest. I recently upgraded my laser from a small 300x700 laser to 900x1600 format and was hoping this would save me from having to manually nest all my smaller patterns into something much larger for the bigger laser. In regards to a 6"x6" squarish shaped item, DeepNest was only able to nest 40pcs into my cut area and it was in a very scattered pattern (tried the combinations of Optimazation Type and Ratios) . I was able to format the same item into 6 inline rows x 8 inline columns to get 48pcs. The additional 8pcs was an extra profit of $320.00 for the same piece of material. The software was very easy to set up and use and the pop up explainations in the setup menu were something every program should use. I would just suggest that the user doesn't just assume that DeepNest is giving them their best yield.

[@MWLaser]

I find it useful, however I can understand that it is not for everyone or every job. Cheers Matt

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

I had seen Deepnest before in the past and my experiments with it were similar to yours. I find I can way more efficiently nest just by eye and trial and error using 'block' in SolidWorks. Sometimes I had let it run for a long time, but I found after 5 minutes there was usually no gain. I REALLY appreciate Matt's explanation as it covers all the aspects and is very practical instruction as usual. However, I will keep it in mind for future projects as I had forgotten about it.

[@ianschutt6242]

Hi there what software do you use as an alternative to Deepnest IO?

[@InscrutableObjects]

This is a great find! Thank you for sharing it and the clear tutorial.

[@MWLaser]

You're welcome

[@cyberhikerdd]

I've been using deepnest a while. I didn't realize you could nest to multiple sheets at a time. It has one annoying bug that might be important for some folks - when an object contains circles (like a drillhole) they do not always stay with the object when nested. I've only noticed this behavior with circles - squares or irregular shapes work just fine.

[@MWLaser]

Thanks for the comments. That's interesting about the "drill holes" I have been using this for about a year and never had any trouble with circles within shapes. I'll have more of a play and see what results I get. Cheers Matt

[@lochieleslaighter]

Great video as I was just having some paranoid thoughts about the current wood supply!

[@MWLaser]

Thanks :)

[@gasman9845]

Thanks for this video have been using this software but your knowledge that you share is so helpful thx Matt

[@MWLaser]

You're welcome. Thank you

[@makesbyryandean]

Its a handy program, i use it for cnc plasma. havent tried it for the laser yet

[@MWLaser]

Yes it is good. Worth checking out.

[@industrial.inoxidable]

friend thanks for the explanation... I have a question... to export the file in DXF how should I name the file? .. Thank you

[@edwardyoung7851]

can you add a gap size between shapes? if you are using a wider cutter for example?

[@hafizibrahimkaymakci2583]

Does deepnest have piercing options

[@Mekaproyects]

thank you very much Matt, this information is very valuable

[@MWLaser]

Thank you

[@ralphzito7609]

Great tip Matt thanks for sharing 👍

[@MWLaser]

No problem 👍

[@rodrigocortat2961]

Hello friend, your tutorial helped me a lot. I am having problems, the letters of the words are separated, The letters are scrambled, I wanted the word to remain whole. how do i resolve this? Can you help me?

[@camdavbax]

Does it change anything if you group those pieces or surround them in a snug fitting rectangle? That way it will treat the word/group of letters as a single object.

[@antoniokfranco]

Thank you,! Do you know if a camera image of the cutting material from the laser cabinet can be utilized to nest onto?

[@MWLaser]

Yes if you use a lightburn camera you could use the trace image feature to outline the material and get a shape to nest items into.... Then import the svg back into lightburn onto the material image. Hope that makes sense. Cheers

[@antoniokfranco]

@@MWLaser you are awesome! Thank you so much for all you do.

[@peterfarkas943]

How can handle a design if I have multiple layers? (engraving, cutting, scoring).

[@MWLaser]

you would have to reassign the layers to objects after using this software

[@FurkanKhan100]

Mine keep getting resized as soon as I import my files :/ I know there are ratio settings but I can't seem to figure them out. Appreciate any help!

[@MWLaser]

I have not had this issue, maybe check settings for both software to see if there is a resizing or ratio setting as you mentioned. Cheers

[@marouaneladjel1907]

thank you so muth math

[@MWLaser]

You are welcome

[@chrisadams3492]

That's amazing!

[@MWLaser]

thanks glad you found it useful

[@chrisadams3492]

Oh it will be useful once I get a laser cutter haha. My plan is to buy an 80w red and black from VEVOR . And then upgrading it with parts sourced from your website. If only you sold something like that with the upgrades already installed! haha I'd jump on it.

[@ranjitthind440]

Deepnest is not good. It is not able optimally nesting part. By manually nesting i find that i can set more parts on the sheet than deepnest

[@chintanshah9776]

Yes, same problem here bro i thought it would really be helpful but it wasn't.

[@Rameshver_art]

Great 👍

[@MWLaser]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Rameshver_art]

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[@jbrondos]

Waaaay cool!

[@MWLaser]

enjoy

[@DryAx3]

I find some placements that DeepNest used not economic at all. Program could place letter I almost anywhere but it placed it diagonaly at the end of the sheet, sticking out from rest of letters. Letters like D should be turned towards sheet's edge with flat side, yet program turned it with belly to edge, wasting space,... Anyway still good to know such solutions exists.

[@Z-add]

This software hasn't seen any new development for 3 years now

[@MWLaser]

Still good