Coreldraw — Nesting Plugin

Nesting in is a process used to arrange multiple objects or shapes as compactly as possible on a single sheet of material. This is essential for industries like large-format printing, laser cutting, and CNC machining, as it minimizes waste and saves material costs.

A sign maker has 100 irregular letter shapes to cut from a 4’x8’ acrylic sheet. Manually, they’d waste 28% of material. With a CorelDRAW nesting plugin, the software packs letters in seconds — waste drops to 11%. The plugin also accounts for laser kerf and marks each piece’s original name. Saved material equals 1 extra sheet per 4 sheets purchased. coreldraw nesting plugin

Corel Corporation has historically avoided building a native nesting tool, preferring to let third-party developers handle the niche. However, with the rise of AI and cloud computing, we are seeing three trends: Nesting in is a process used to arrange

• Select all objects you want to nest.
• Go to Macros > Nesting Wizard > Nest Objects.
• A dialog opens.