A real marker
13% shorter than the first fit, 85% of the fabric used
4 sets of a shirt pattern on a 1500 mm roll, nested by the Lescut engine. The first marker that fits is only the start: the search keeps reshuffling pieces and closing the gaps, and every shorter marker it finds replaces the last.
Patterns in, markers out
Straight from your pattern CAD to your cutter
No redrawing and no conversion step: Lescut reads the pattern exchange files your CAD already writes and returns the marker with every line of the original pieces.
AAMA/ASTM DXF in
Piece boundaries, internal cut-outs, grain lines, mirror lines and quantities come from the pattern file. Plain DXF and SVG work too.
Grain, rotation and flip rules
Set per piece, so directional fabric, naps and prints are never cut the wrong way.
True shape nesting
Curved pieces interlock instead of being boxed, and small pieces drop into the gaps and inside cut-outs.
Your cutter’s gap
Set the minimum distance between pieces to match your blade or kerf.
One DXF and SVG per marker
Notches, drill holes, sew lines and text travel along, on your original layers, with the marker length and efficiency written on it.
Layers your cutter expects
A cutter profile renames and recolours layers for each tool on your table.
Coming soon: stripes, plaids and folded markers
Pieces lined up with the stripes and checks of your fabric, and markers for fabric spread on the fold.
Pricing
Marker making plans, free for 7 days
Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial with 30 engine minutes. Add a card when you sign up; you are charged only if you keep the plan after the trial.
Textile Starter
€29 per month
60 engine minutes, 1 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 markers (coming soon)
- 1 user
Textile Pro
€49 per month
120 engine minutes, 8 vCPU per job, jobs up to 10 min
- Everything in Textile Starter
- 120 engine minutes per month
- 8 vCPU per job and jobs up to 10 min
- 2 jobs at a time
- Up to 5 team members
Textile Enterprise
from €190 per month
600 engine minutes, 8 vCPU per job, jobs up to 20 min
- Everything in Textile Pro
- 5× the engine minutes and jobs up to 20 min
- 8 jobs at a time, each on its own 8 vCPU machine
- Priority queue
- Unlimited team members
- REST API for your own software (on request)
- SSO (planned)
Need more engine minutes or more jobs at a time? Contact us. Cutting scanned hides instead? See leather nesting.
Questions about marker making
What is marker making?
Marker making is laying out every pattern piece of a cut order on the fabric width so the lay is as short as possible. The marker is the plan the cutter follows; every centimetre it saves is saved again on every ply you spread.
What is the difference between textile nesting and marker making?
None in practice: textile nesting is the general term for placing pieces on fabric, marker making is the cutting-room name for doing it on a roll of fixed width. Lescut does both as true shape nesting, on the real outlines of your pieces.
Which pattern files can I upload?
AAMA/ASTM DXF from your pattern CAD, plain DXF or SVG. From AAMA files Lescut reads piece boundaries, internal cut-outs, grain lines, mirror lines and quantities; notches, drill holes, sew lines and text travel along into the marker.
How long does a marker take?
You set the time. Lescut finds a first marker in seconds, then keeps searching for a shorter one until the time is up. You watch the marker length drop live, and can stop the job at any point and keep the best marker so far.
Can I keep pieces on grain or stop them from flipping?
Yes. Grain lines come from the pattern file, and each piece can have its own rotation and flip rules, so directional fabrics, naps and prints are never cut the wrong way.
Can Lescut match stripes and plaids, or make folded markers?
Both are coming soon. Stripe and plaid matching will line pieces up with the stripes and checks of your fabric, and folded markers will nest for fabric spread on the fold. Today Lescut keeps grain, rotation and flip rules per piece.
Which cutters can use the markers?
Any cutter whose software imports DXF or SVG, from automatic multi-ply cutters to single-ply knife tables and lasers. Each marker keeps your original layers and curves, and a cutter profile can rename and recolour layers for your cutter's tools.