Project management
- Separate project files with flexible parameters
- Panel lists with selective processing
- Sheet formats with margins and stock quantities
- Profile databases for BOM and cutting plans
About the program
What is DXNest?
DXNest is a CAD/CAM software system that automates production preparation for sheet-metal and façade fabrication: it reads DXF drawings and Excel part lists, generates panel geometry, nests parts onto stock sheets, and produces CNC programs, bills of materials, packing slips, labels and reports.
It replaces the slowest part of fabrication — manual production preparation — with one automated workflow. Engineers review and adjust results instead of redrawing, recalculating and copying data between tools.
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Drawings in
DXF files and Excel part lists, or parametric panel types — DXNest detects closed contours and builds the parts list.
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Nesting on your sheets
Parts are packed onto your real stock — multiple sizes, per-material, with margins — for the highest utilization.
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Production files out
CNC programs, nested DXFs, BOMs, packing slips, labels and reports — ready for the shop floor.
Capabilities
One system instead of four hand-offs
Smart input
- DXF import with automatic contour detection
- Excel part lists: dimensions, materials, quantities
- Parametric panel types with angles, holes, scaling
- Custom DXF parts alongside generated ones
Automation
- Multi-format nesting with material assignment
- Part-name engraving on every piece
- Advanced CNC settings per material and thickness
- Fast processing of large projects
Documentation
- Customizable packing slips and Excel reports
- Automatic bill of materials generation
- Individual DXF files and nesting layouts
- Label generation; metric and imperial units
Under the hood
What happens between “import” and “cut”
Reading drawings, not just files
DXNest opens your DXF drawings, validates the geometry and automatically detects closed contours — each one becomes a part with a name, material and quantity. The parts list builds itself; you only review it.
Parts can also come from the built-in parametric panel library: pick a panel type, feed it dimensions from Excel, and DXNest generates exact geometry including corner angles, hole patterns and edge rules.
Nesting that respects your stock
The nesting engine distributes parts across the sheet formats you actually have — multiple sizes, limited quantities, per-material assignment and safety margins. An accelerated placement search keeps utilization high and scrap low, even on projects with hundreds of parts.
Every layout is exported as a nested DXF plus a visual PDF/PNG report your operators can check at a glance.
CNC programs and shop-floor documents
For each nested sheet DXNest generates a ready-to-run CNC program with your machine parameters per material and thickness, plus engraved part names so nothing gets mixed up after cutting.
Alongside the programs you get the paperwork: bills of materials, packing slips, part labels and material usage reports in Excel and PDF.
Why fabricators choose DXNest
Built by engineers who prepared production by hand, DXNest removes the repetitive work — redrawing parts, recalculating sheets, copying data between CAD, Excel and the CNC — and lets your team focus on the parts that need judgement.
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Services
We set DXNest up for your factory
DXNest is delivered as a working solution for your production, not a box of features.
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Discovery & analysis
We examine your drawings, DXF files, BOMs and CNC programs, map the workflow and find bottlenecks and error sources.
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Custom configuration
We configure DXNest for your materials, sheet formats, panel types and CNC machines, plus nesting, labels and BOM formats.
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Client-specific development
Extra import/export formats, ERP/MES integration, custom calculations and reports, special nesting logic for non-standard parts.
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Implementation & training
We launch on real projects, train engineers and operators, collect feedback and keep optimizing after go-live.
Specifications
At a glance
| Platform | Windows 10/11 desktop application (64-bit); browser-based web version |
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| Input | DXF drawings, Excel (XLSX) part lists, parametric panel types |
| Output | Nested DXF layouts, individual part DXFs, CNC programs |
| Documents | Bills of materials, packing slips, part labels, PDF/PNG nesting reports, Excel summaries |
| Units | Metric and imperial (including inch fractions) |
| Materials | Aluminum and steel sheet, composite panels; multiple thicknesses with per-material machine settings |
| Automation | Command-line runner and HTTP API with JSON job descriptions |
| Licensing | Per-seat licenses; demo available on request |
See DXNest on your own drawings
Send us a typical project and we will run it through the full pipeline in an online demo.