Which one fits your product
Stay with AutoNester if
- Nesting must run offline, on your customers’ own Windows machines.
- You want to license an engine library and own the whole nesting workflow in your code.
- Your customers need stripe and plaid matching or folded markers today; both are coming soon to Lescut.
- Your customers grade leather in more than four quality levels; AutoNester-L handles up to 16.
Lescut and AutoNester side by side
| Lescut | AutoNester | |
|---|---|---|
| How you integrate it | Cloud REST API, or the Lescut app under your brand | A library (DLL) with an API, linked into your software |
| Where the search runs | Our cloud machines, up to 8 vCPU per job | The Windows machine running your software |
| Your software’s platform | Anything that can call HTTPS | Microsoft Windows |
| Engine updates | Reach every customer at once, with nothing to redeploy | Shipped with your software |
| Price | Integration terms on request | On request |
| Files | DXF (plain or AAMA/ASTM), SVG and hide scanner DXF in; DXF and SVG out with original layers | Handled by your software |
| Progress while searching | Best nest so far, with yield, while the job runs | Not stated |
| Several hides at once | ||
| Holes and defects in the hide | ||
| Leather quality levels | Prime plus grades B, C and D | Up to 16 |
| Quality zones on the parts | Graded sub-zones per part | |
| Sets and batches | Prefer, strict or maximum-yield sets; hide batches and shade lots | Bundle support |
| Traceability to the hide | Batch and hide per cut part | Not stated |
| Rotation and flip rules per part | ||
| Stripe and plaid matching | Coming soon | Yes (AutoNester-T) |
| Folded markers | Coming soon | Yes (AutoNester-T) |
| Time limit per job |
From the public pages below, checked October 2026. AutoNester is a product of Fraunhofer SCAI, sold through scapos AG. Lescut is not affiliated with them. Something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
Cloud REST API
How nesting works through the API
The same engine that runs Lescut, behind one HTTPS interface. We set up access per integration and help you through the first jobs with your own files.
- 01
Your software sends a job
Parts with their outlines, holes, quantities, grades and rotation and flip rules; the hides with their defects and grade zones, or a roll width; the number of sets and a time limit.
- 02
We nest it in the cloud
The job runs on a cloud machine with up to 8 vCPU and reports progress while it searches, so your users can watch the yield improve or stop early.
- 03
The nest comes back
Placements for your software to draw, plus a DXF and SVG per hide or marker with the original layers and curves, ready for the cutter.
Run a cutting room rather than build software?
Lescut is also a finished app: upload your hide scans or enter your roll width and nest in the browser, from today.
Questions about switching from AutoNester
What is AutoNester?
AutoNester-L (leather hides) and AutoNester-T (fabric, and other materials such as wood and metal) are automatic nesting packages developed by Fraunhofer SCAI and sold through scapos AG. They are delivered as a library with an API for developers of CAD and similar systems, on Microsoft Windows.
How does the Lescut API work?
Your software sends a job over HTTPS: the parts with their outlines, holes, quantities, grades and rotation and flip rules; the hides with their defects and grade zones, or a roll width; the number of sets and a time limit. The job runs on our cloud machines, reports progress while it searches, and returns the placements plus a DXF and SVG per hide or marker. We set up access per integration.
Can I offer Lescut to my customers under my own brand?
Yes. The Lescut app can run under your brand, so your customers upload their parts and hides, nest and download cutting files without you building the interface. Contact us to set it up.
Can the Lescut engine run on-premise?
No. Lescut nests on our cloud machines, which keeps your customers' PCs free and every customer on the latest engine. If your product must nest offline on the customer's own machine, an engine library such as AutoNester is built for that.
Which one nests better?
Yield depends on the parts, the hides and the time the search gets, so published figures from different samples do not compare. The fair test is your customers' own files: we will run them through Lescut with you.
Does Lescut match stripes and plaids, or make folded markers?
Both are coming soon for textile. Today Lescut keeps grain, rotation and flip rules per piece. AutoNester-T lists stripe and plaid matching and folded markers now.