We are on the second tab titled “Nested Project.” Within it, we can set our sheet size—let’s say 72 by 72. This will be our rectangle in red into which the shapes will be fitting in. Let’s remove a couple of them to make sure that we can fit all of them in.

Now we can select our distance between the parts—let’s say 1/4 inch—and select our rotations. Rotations are essentially the angles to which your parts can be rotated. For instance, if we select four rotations, that means four positions: 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°, to which each of these individual parts can be rotated. If we select eight rotations, that means that we can now rotate to 0°, 45°, 90°, and so on. For 16 rotations (our maximum), this will allow you to more granularly adjust the rotation of each individual part.

However, please note that for complex contours or for a large number of parts, we typically recommend sticking with four rotations, as this will allow for a quicker nesting procedure.

Next, after we have added our parts, we can click the Start Nesting button. After some time, the project will be nested. So here we have added these parts into our rectangle and it is now constrained.

Let’s say we add some more files—perhaps from the shapes library. Let’s select the eight rotations button and press Start Nesting. Now we can see that these have been rotated to 45° for some of the files, and we have added more shapes to our nested project.

Once we are satisfied and we have checked that our cutting sequence, leads, and overall settings are correct, we can import this project by pressing the green button in the top right corner. From here on, we can press Play as usual to start cutting this project.