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DXNest Fabrication Solo · CAD/CAM for one engineer

What is DXNest Fabrication Solo?

DXNest Fabrication Solo is the CAD/CAM application that automates production preparation for one engineer: 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. You review and adjust results instead of redrawing, recalculating and copying data between tools.

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DXNest Fabrication Part List BOM Assembly Settings GENERAL INFO Display Name Corner Material Aluminum 3mm CNC allowed PARAMETERS NameMin W300 W2200 H300 D24 Preview Save Obj W=1240 H=730 Raw DXF Scaled Preview Project Tree Job Settings Sheet Settings Parts Margin 10.00 Frame 5.00 Aluminum 3mm WidthHeightQTY 12192438100 12193048100 1524304810 1524243810 x: 412.5 y: 187.0 mm Completed 100%
  1. 1

    Drawings in

    DXF files and Excel part lists, or parametric panel types — Fabrication Solo detects closed contours and builds the parts list.

  2. 2

    Nesting on your sheets

    Parts are packed onto your real stock — multiple sizes, per-material, with margins — for the highest utilization.

  3. 3

    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

01 Project management 02 Smart input 03 Automation 04 Documentation

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
PROJECT facade_A-103 panels64 materials2 sheets4 profiles7 reports5 SHEET STOCK 1219 x 2438100 1219 x 3048100 1524 x 304810 1524 x 243810 NAMEWH QTYMATERIAL P-01 Corner124073012AL 3.0 P-02 Corner124061016AL 3.0 P-03 Back Pan9806108AL 3.0 P-04 Sofit152442020ACM 4.0 P-05 Standard76076010ACM 4.0 SELECTED FOR PROCESSING 48 / 64 PARAMETERS PER PROJECT FILE margins, kerf, engraving, units

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
INPUT facade.dxf 12 closed contours panels.xlsx 64 rows read PANEL TYPE Corner (C) W1240 W2200 H730 D24 ANGLE90.0 W=1240 H=730 RAW DXF · contour closed · 8 holes · 2 bends

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
SHEET 3048×1524 · AL 3.0 P-01P-02P-03 P-04P-05P-06 P-07P-08 SHEET 2438×1219 · ACM 4.0 P-09P-10P-11 ENGRAVED ON EVERY PIECE P-04 AL 3.0 · 760×760 · qty 20 UTILIZATION 92.3% SHEETS6 PARTS PLACED64 / 64 SCRAP7.7%

Documentation

  • Customizable packing slips and Excel reports
  • Automatic bill of materials generation
  • Individual DXF files and nesting layouts
  • Label generation; metric and imperial units
BILL OF MATERIALS PROFILES Part 1 H72612 Part 1 W1112612 Part 2 H52616 SHEET Sheet Part 11249.86 Sheet Part 2949.88 HARDWARE Shear block132 Screw528 17 lines · metric PACKING SLIP crate 1 · 24 panels crate 2 · 22 panels crate 3 · 18 panels 64 / 64 accounted for LABELS P-04P-05 AL 3.0 / crate 2AL 3.0 / crate 2 PDF XLSX DXF

Under the hood

What happens between “import” and “cut”

Reading drawings, not just files

Fabrication Solo 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 Fabrication Solo generates exact geometry including corner angles, hole patterns and edge rules.

DXNest Fabrication Part List BOM Assembly Settings GENERAL INFO Display Name Corner Material Aluminum 3mm CNC allowed PARAMETERS NameMin W300 W2200 H300 D24 Preview Save Obj W=1240 H=730 Raw DXF Scaled Preview Project Tree Job Settings Sheet Settings Parts Margin 10.00 Frame 5.00 Aluminum 3mm WidthHeightQTY 12192438100 12193048100 1524304810 1524243810 x: 412.5 y: 187.0 mm Completed 100%

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.

SHEET 3000×1500 · AL 3.0 P-01P-02P-03 P-04P-05P-06P-07 P-08P-09P-10 UTILIZATION 92.3% SHEETS3 of 5 in stock PARTS PLACED64 / 64 SCRAP7.7% CNC: facade_A-103_S3.nc · labels: 64 · BOM: OK

CNC programs and shop-floor documents

For each nested sheet Fabrication Solo 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.

TOOLPATH · SHEET 3 · AL 3.0 rapid TOOLS T1End mill 3/16 T3V-shape engrave T4End mill 7/32 feed 4200 mm/min · kerf 5.0 cnc_3_x1.nc G21 G90 G54 T4 M06 G00 X21.4 Y55.4 G01 Z-3.2 F1200 G01 X1261.4 F4200 200 operations

Services

We set Fabrication Solo up for your work

Fabrication Solo is delivered ready for your drawings, materials and machines, not as a box of features.

  1. 01

    Discovery & analysis

    We examine your drawings, DXF files, BOMs and CNC programs, map the workflow and find bottlenecks and error sources.

  2. 02

    Custom configuration

    We configure Fabrication Solo for your materials, sheet formats, panel types and CNC machines, plus nesting, labels and BOM formats.

  3. 03

    Client-specific development

    Extra import/export formats, ERP/MES integration, custom calculations and reports, special nesting logic for non-standard parts.

  4. 04

    Implementation & training

    We launch on real projects, train engineers and operators, collect feedback and keep optimizing after go-live.

Specifications

At a glance

PlatformBrowser edition at fabrication.dxnest.io; Windows 10/11 desktop application (64-bit)
InputDXF drawings, Excel (XLSX) part lists, parametric panel types
OutputNested DXF layouts, individual part DXFs, CNC programs
DocumentsBills of materials, packing slips, part labels, PDF/PNG nesting reports, Excel summaries
UnitsMetric and imperial (including inch fractions)
MaterialsAluminum and steel sheet, composite panels; multiple thicknesses with per-material machine settings
AutomationHTTP API with JSON job descriptions and API keys
LicensingPer-user licences; sign in with Fabrication Solo at fabrication.dxnest.io
DocumentationFull user manual, readable in the browser

Run Fabrication Solo on your own drawings

Open the browser edition and put a typical project through the full pipeline yourself — import, nesting, CNC programs and documents.

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