hello,
How do you mark in Lightburn so that it automatically arranges for you so that you have as little waste as possible?
Using bounding boxes:
A closer fit using an online tool, with transfers set up by LightBurn:
Neither of those may be Good Enough for your purposes, particularly for large parts that must tightly fit in a relatively small chunk of material.
If you have a bunch of identical small parts, tinkering with the Grid Array tool may produce a nearly optimal packing.
I find a camera is invaluable for manually arranging a fewe random parts on a small piece of material left over from previous cutting sessions, but that requires careful calibration.
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LightBurn now has Quick Nest for Pro licenses, currently accessable in the Release Candidate of LightBurn 2.1: LightBurn 2.1.00 Release Candidate – LightBurn Software
Otherwise, you can use Arrange > Nest Selected to bring your work to SVGNest, or use the Docking tools manually
