A real nest
Three styles in three sizes in one 9.65 m marker, 90% of the jersey used
A drop of a tee, a tank dress and a crop top in S, M and L, two of each, nested together on a 1600 mm open jersey: 78 pieces, each size its own part, sleeves, neckbands and bindings in the gaps between the bodies. The pieces stay on grain along the roll, turn half round at most and never flip. Its first marker was 12.12 m; the search kept going and cut it to 9.65 m.
| Part | Per set | Rotation | Tilt | Mirror |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dress-back-l | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| dress-front-l | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| dress-back-m | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| dress-front-m | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| dress-back-s | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-back-l | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| dress-front-s | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-front-l | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-back-m | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-front-m | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-back-s | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-front-s | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-back-l | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-front-l | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-back-m | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-front-m | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-back-s | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-front-s | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-sleeve-l | 2 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-sleeve-m | 2 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-sleeve-s | 2 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-neckband-l | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-neckband-l | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-neckband-m | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-neckband-m | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| dress-binding-l | 3 | 180° steps | – | no |
| tee-neckband-s | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| crop-neckband-s | 1 | 180° steps | – | no |
| dress-binding-m | 3 | 180° steps | – | no |
| dress-binding-s | 3 | 180° steps | – | no |
- parts placed
- 78
- material used
- 89.5%
- marker length
- 9.65 m
- gap between parts
- 0 mm
- search time
- 2 min
Want to see how Lescut nests your own parts? Start a free trial or send us your parts.
The problem
Many small markers, and no time to tune them
Small orders, many styles
A few hundred pieces a style leaves few plies to spread a marker's waste over, and every style, colour and fabric is a new marker. Long markers of one style no longer fill the cutting room's day.
Mixing styles is where the fabric is
One style alone leaves gaps a marker cannot fill. Styles in the same fabric nested together fill each other's gaps: small tops beside long dresses, bands and bindings between them.
Lead time beats perfection
When cutting starts tomorrow, the marker that is ready wins. A marker maker cannot spend an hour on each of ten markers a day, and the first automatic result leaves fabric on the table.
Applications
Where fast fashion marker making software is used
Jersey tops and dresses
Tees, tanks and dresses from one knit, nested together by drop.
Capsule collections and drops
Small runs of many styles, a marker per fabric each day.
Private label manufacturing
Many brands' styles through one cutting room, each marker made in minutes.
Online-first and on-demand fashion
Small reorders of what sells, cut as soon as it is ordered.
Woven shirts and blouses
Stripes and checks matched across seams.
Settings to start from
A starting point for fast fashion
Rules per part come from text in your file (NAME, QTY, GRADE, ROT, TILT, FLIP) or the parts table; the rest is saved once in a nesting profile that starts every job.
| For | Setting | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Styles in one marker | one DXF per fabric, every style in it | styles fill each other's gaps |
| Grain | from the AAMA grain line | pieces stay on grain; half turns when the fabric has no nap or one-way print |
| One-way prints and napped fabric | ROT:0 per piece | every piece faces the same way |
| Tubular and folded knits | fabric fold per job | the marker nests on half the width; pieces with a mirror line go on the fold |
| Gap | 0–1 mm | multi-ply knives need little or no gap |
| Time | 1–2 minutes | short lead times; the first marker shows within seconds |
Preparing your files
From your CAD to Lescut
Lescut reads AAMA/ASTM DXF from Gerber AccuMark, Lectra Modaris, Optitex, Tukatech, CLO and most other pattern systems, and plain DXF or SVG.
- Put every style that shares a fabric in one export: a job nests one part library, so styles in separate files make separate markers.
- Export the sizes and quantities the order needs; Lescut does not grade, and each size keeps its SIZE in labels and report.csv.
- Use the pattern's name per style (NAME text or the AAMA piece name), so the cut pieces can be told apart in bundles.
- Mirror lines in the AAMA file mark pieces cut on the fold of tubular or folded knits.
Good to know
What Lescut does not do
- Lescut does not plan cut orders, ratios, ply heights or spreading: your planning decides what each marker holds.
- It does not grade patterns or read rule tables (.RUL): export the graded sizes from your CAD.
- One fabric width per job; the same styles on another width or fabric are a second job.
- It is not a PLM: styles, colourways and orders stay in your own systems, which can start jobs through the REST API on Pro and Enterprise.
Savings
What better nesting is worth in fast fashion
The same parts need the same area of material however they are nested, so a better yield means buying less of it. Fast fashion cuts low-cost fabric in large total volumes across many short markers, so a few points of fabric use add up over a season. The starting figures are an example for a cutting room making markers daily; enter your own.
78% today → 81.0% with nesting. This is your assumption; the trial measures it on your own files.
Engine time: how the plan is chosen
Count every lay cut from a marker; most markers need 2 to 5 minutes, and longer jobs keep shortening them. Your monthly volume divided by this gives the jobs a month, and the calculator picks the cheapest plan whose engine minutes and job length cover them.
The yield gain is your assumption; the trial measures it on your own files. More on how the fabric savings calculator works.
Pricing
Fast fashion marker making software plans, free for 7 days
Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial with engine minutes to nest your own parts against the rolls you would have used. Add a card when you sign up; you are charged only if you keep the plan.
Textile Starter
€29 per month
120 engine minutes, 8 vCPU per job, jobs up to 2 min
- Roll nesting: fixed width, shortest marker
- Rotation, grain and flip rules per part
- Part-in-part nesting
- DXF / SVG in, DXF / SVG out, layers kept
- Stripe and plaid matching, folded and tubular markers
- 1 user
€0 for 7 days. Card required. Cancel any time.
Extra engine minutes are €0.50 each, with up to 30% off. All fabric nesting plans.
Fast fashion marker making software: questions
Can I put several styles in one marker?
Yes. A marker holds every part of the file you upload, so export the styles that share a fabric together. Each style and size keeps its own name in the cutting file and the report.
How fast is a marker ready?
The first marker shows within seconds, and every shorter one replaces it live. You can stop and use the best one at any time, or let the search run to the end of its time: up to 2 minutes on Starter, 10 on Pro and 20 on Enterprise.
Can Lescut run markers from our own systems?
Yes, on Pro and Enterprise. The REST API starts jobs from a nesting profile with the parts as a stored library or as point lists, and returns the marker files, so a PLM or cutting-room system can order markers without anyone opening Lescut.
Do we have to change our pattern CAD?
No. Lescut reads the AAMA/ASTM DXF your pattern CAD already exports (Gerber AccuMark, Lectra Modaris, Optitex, Tukatech, CLO and others) and returns DXF or SVG markers for your cutter. Patterns and grading stay where they are.
How much fabric waste will we save?
It depends on your pieces, widths and current markers. Upload the pieces of a marker you already cut, on the same width, and compare the lengths: the free trial is enough for that test.
Does Lescut work for knits and jersey?
Yes. Open, folded and tubular fabric are all supported; on folded or tubular fabric the marker nests on half the width, and pieces with a mirror line in the pattern are cut on the fold.