For multi-location shops, the central dashboard in ProNest 8 shows you real-time material inventory across all locations. You can route a job to the facility that has the remnant plate large enough to handle it, reducing shipping costs. If you are still using manual nesting (drawing parts by hand on a sheet) or an older CAM package from 2015, you are losing money . The high-speed nesting engine alone typically pays for the software license within 6 months through material savings.
"The parts are nested perfectly, but the cut quality has heavy dross on the bottom." Fix: Check the "Material File" in ProNest 8. Ensure the "Cut Height" setting matches your machine’s physical voltage. Do not use the default "Auto" setting for hyper-sensitive materials. pronest 8
Highlight all parts. Right click $\rightarrow$ "Auto-Assign." The software reads the part thickness and geometry to decide if they should be plasma cut (thick) or laser cut (thin) and separates them into different nests. For multi-location shops, the central dashboard in ProNest