Siemens Solid Edge 2D Nesting 2025

Siemens Solid Edge 2D Nesting is a powerful tool designed to optimize the layout of two-dimensional shapes for cutting a variety of fabricated materials, including sheet metal, wood, plastics, and textiles . 2D Nesting helps fabricators save time and money by allowing them to manage material usage more effectively. The process of 2D nesting, or the efficient organization of 2D shapes onto a single cross-section, is very similar to processes that tailors have used for decades. Optimized nesting patterns, created using next-generation nesting algorithms, significantly reduce preparation time, waste, and costs.

Main features

• Powerful nesting, total control: From start to finish, 2D Nesting helps create optimal nests quickly and easily.
• Complete control at your fingertips: Control every setting needed to meet the needs of any cutting technology or material, easily select part quantity, sheet size and part rotation mode details.
• Tight integration with Solid Edge Mechanical Design: Launch directly from Solid Edge with just one click. Select parts to import for quick and easy nesting.
• Work with multiple file formats: 2D Nesting supports Solid Edge part and sheet metal files (PSM and PAR), as well as neutral data formats including DXF and DWG, automatically extracted flat sample data.
• Reduce wasted material: Choose multiple panel sizes to create the most efficient nest, eliminating waste or partial panels. These wastes often lead to material waste, as leftover panels take up valuable space in the workshop and often go unused.
• Optimized for CNC programming: Assemblies can be sent to Solid Edge CAM Pro or exported to another computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system for computer numerical control (CNC) programming ).
• Save time: Round-trip conversion built into the Solid Edge environment saves time and avoids data translation.