Nest faster
Reduce the time spent manually arranging parts on sheets.
The story behind Sheet2Nest
Built from the shop floor, not the boardroom.
Sheet2Nest started with a problem we experienced ourselves: making sheet nesting, material estimation, and costing easier for small and medium-sized fabrication shops.
A problem we experienced ourselves
I'm Abdul Rahman, founder of Sheet2Nest. I have a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Project Management, and I also run Moon Steel Fabricators, a custom stainless-steel fabrication business.
A few years ago, we introduced laser cutting into our operation. One of the challenges we quickly faced was nesting.
We were doing much of the nesting manually, while good professional nesting solutions were expensive. At the same time, material waste directly affected our costs, and we needed a better way to know how much material a job would actually require.
That information was also important when estimating jobs and preparing quotations for customers.
- Manual nesting
- Material waste
- Estimation
- Costing
- Production
Instead of looking for another tool, we built one.
With my background in computer science and project management, I decided to research the problem and build a solution ourselves.
I developed Sheet2Nest using my technical experience and AI-assisted development, starting with the problem we needed to solve inside our own fabrication business.
What started as a solution for nesting evolved into a broader workflow for material estimation, reporting, costing, and everyday laser-cutting operations.
What we set out to solve
Reduce waste
Improve sheet utilization and make material requirements easier to understand.
Estimate accurately
Get a clearer picture of the material required for a job before production.
Quote with confidence
Use cutting and material information to calculate job costs and prepare customer quotations.
Professional tools shouldn't be out of reach.
We built Sheet2Nest to give smaller fabrication shops access to professional nesting and costing tools without the high cost of traditional solutions.
Our goal is simple: make nesting easier, reduce material waste, simplify estimating and costing, and make the day-to-day operation of a laser-cutting shop more efficient.
For SME fabrication shops. Built around real workflows. Priced to be accessible.
Made for the shops doing the work.
Sheet2Nest is designed for SME laser-cutting and fabrication businesses that need practical software for their everyday operations—not an unnecessarily complicated enterprise system. It also works for CNC, plasma, and waterjet shops that nest from DXF.
Laser cutting shops
Optimize DXF parts and prepare sheets for production.
Fabricators
Understand material requirements and job costs.
Job shops
Move from customer drawings to nesting and costing faster.
Growing businesses
Get professional tools without a large software investment.
Who built Sheet2Nest?
Sheet2Nest was founded by Abdul Rahman, who has a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Project Management and also runs Moon Steel Fabricators, a custom stainless-steel fabrication business. The product is used in that shop's own laser-cutting work. More: https://sheet2nest.com/about.
Why was Sheet2Nest created?
Sheet2Nest started after Moon Steel Fabricators introduced laser cutting and found professional nesting software expensive while manual nesting wasted time and material. Abdul Rahman built a browser-based DXF nesting and costing workflow for SME fabrication shops, then made it available to other shops facing the same problem.
Meet the founder
Abdul Rahman
Founder, Sheet2Nest
BS Computer Science · MS Project Management
“I didn't start Sheet2Nest because I wanted to build another software product. I started it because I had a problem in my own fabrication business that needed solving.”Learn about Sheet2Nest
We built it because we needed it.
Now we're making it available to fabrication shops facing the same challenges.
Start nesting smarter. Quote faster.
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