*Markdown alternate of . Lasertally is Windows desktop software that quotes laser-cut parts for fabrication shops from CAD files, then nests the won job on sheet or tube. Unrelated to "laser tally" in oil and gas.* Laser nesting software # Won the job? The nesting is already done. Lasertally Nest is laser nesting software and CAM for sheet. It takes the quote you already priced, nests the parts true-shape on the sheet stock and offcuts you actually have, applies cutting technology, lead-ins, kerf compensation, micro joints and cut sequencing, then posts the program for the machine. Nesting is a $349 a month add-on that sits on top of any Lasertally plan. It nests both sheet and tube. Download Lasertally Nest See pricing ## Your stock, not a catalog Nests onto the sheets and the offcuts you actually have, oldest first, and reaches for the shortest piece that can still do the job so the rack does not silt up with unusable ends. ## Cut order that respects gravity Holes before outlines, wraps before end cuts. Once a part is free it can tilt into the head, so the sequence treats that as a rule rather than a preference. ## Books the metal it uses Writing a program draws the stock off the rack once, records it against the job so a re-print cannot draw it twice, and puts the usable leftover back with its own tag. ## Nesting on real stock is different from nesting on a catalog Most nesters ask what size sheet you want and lay parts on an idealised rectangle. That produces a nest that is efficient against a sheet nobody has. Lasertally Nest starts from the rack: the sheets in the building, and the offcuts left over from every job before this one. Two rules govern which piece it reaches for. Oldest first, so material does not age out in a corner. And the shortest piece that can still do the job, because spending a full sheet on a part a remnant could have carried is how a rack silts up with pieces that are too small to use and too big to throw away. ## Cut order is a safety rule, not a preference The moment a part's outline is finished, it is loose. A loose part in a sheet can tilt, and a tilted part is in the path of the cutting head. Lasertally Nest treats that as a hard constraint: holes are cut before outlines, wraps before end cuts, so nothing is freed until everything that had to be cut inside it is done. The same pass applies the cutting technology: lead-ins placed where they will not scar the part, kerf compensation so the finished dimension is the drawn dimension, and micro joints where a part needs holding. ## The metal is booked when the program is written Writing a program draws the stock off the rack once and records it against the job. Re-printing the same program does not draw it twice, which is the failure mode that makes inventory counts drift until nobody trusts them. Whatever usable material is left goes back on the rack with its own tag. ## The quote is already the nest A won quote crosses into Nest carrying its parts and their geometry, so nobody redraws anything and nobody re-imports a file that was already read once. Bent parts cross over as their flat pattern automatically, which is the shape that actually gets cut. Output is layered DXF for sheet, so any CAM package that reads DXF can take the nest. Tube gets its own outputs, covered on the tube nesting page. ## Turn the quote you already won into a cut program. Nest is $349 a month on top of Sheet, Tube or Complete. Full refund inside 14 days. Start a free preview See pricing ## Keep reading Tube nesting Shared cuts, real chuck allowances, offcuts racked in one usable piece, and rotary G-code. Quoting Where the nest comes from: a price measured off the CAD solid rather than counted off a drawing. Pricing Nest is $349 a month on top of Sheet, Tube or Complete. © 2026 Lasertally LLC