Nest Planning & Grouped Work

Powerful tools to complement your workflows

Flexibility to group work at any stage. Sales, engineering, production.

Quote faster with automatic nests

Upload DXF files directly on a quote to generate a nest. The nest automatically updates material cost estimates, giving you what you need to get a quote out fast.

Nesting optimized for shop throughput

Nest planning automatically pulls DXF files across orders and recommends work to nest together taking into account due dates so you're not compromising shop throughput.

Designed for fabricators

Works with your nesting software

fulcrum reads any nest file and imports expected yields, run times, material needs and nest images — reducing data entry and setting you up for more accurate job costs.

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Capture better data with less entry

Using the nest, Fulcrum proportionately allocates machine time and material costs to individual parts and automatically predicts remnant sizes. With a single click, you can confirm completed parts and remnants, keeping inventory up-to-date and job costs accurate with little to no data entry.

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What type of operations can you group?

Cutting operations are the most commonly grouped work, but you can group any work by operation, sales order, or due date. Many fabricators group bending, powder coating, and painting operations as well to reduce tool, powder, and paint switching.

How is grouped work communicated to operators?

Work is grouped together into a single operation in Job Tracking to make it easy for operators to view what has already been grouped.

Why group work?

Putting work together splits setup and machine time between jobs, keeps work together, minimizes the amount of material changes you need to make, and enables you to use material more efficiently. Fulcrum keeps track of all the work going through the shop, so we make it easy to see work with similarities and group it together.