Cut Smarter.
Waste Less.
Build Faster.
Drop a KISS file. Get cut lists, plate nests, and a quotable proposal in seconds. Built for the estimator and nester at a small-to-mid steel shop.
— Inside the app
Five nesters. One mode picker. Zero training.
Linear, plate, polygon, spreadsheet import, or a one-click KISS file straight from your detailing software. Pick the mode that matches your job — the rest is automatic.
The mode picker on first launch
— Real takeoff, real output
KISS file in. Cut sheet out. About eight clicks.
These are screenshots from a real Indolent Forge Nesting run: 183 parts across 27 material groups out of a Tekla KISS export. Not mockups, not demo skins.
KISS import
27 material groups parsed from a Tekla KISS export. One checkbox per group; Linear and Plate auto-route.
Run the nest
183 of 183 parts nested across 25 stock pieces. Export Excel, PDF, or a separate buyouts PDF for bolts and washers.
Yield, per stick
87.4% efficiency on six W6X152 sticks. Per-stock yield in green, drops marked, total LF and waste up front.
Visual diagram
Stock bars rendered to the millimeter. Parts colored, remnants in cream — instantly readable on a shop floor monitor.
Printable cut sheet
Navy-header B&W cut sheet built to print on any office laser. Every cut listed by part mark and length, drops included.
In-app license
14-day trial, full functionality. Activate in one paste of the license key — no account, no DRM ceremony.
— What you get
A full nesting suite that respects your shop floor.
Not a hosted SaaS. Not a yearly subscription. A real desktop app you own.
Drop a KISS file. Done.
Reads Tekla, SDS/2, and Advance Steel KISS output. Plates auto-route to the 2D nester. Bolts, nuts, washers auto-flag as buyouts.
Three nesters, one app
Length nesting (FFD/BFD with batch-yield optimizer). 2D plate nesting with shear-sequence planner. Polygon nesting from raw DXF.
Cut sheets that actually print
B&W-printable plate sheets with hatch patterns. Per-stick part-mark summaries. SHEAR SEQUENCE table on every plate. Helvetica + navy header bars.
Excel + PDF, no surprises
4-sheet Excel workbook (Summary, Buy List, Cut List, Yield). Proposal PDF with markup, scrap credit, and quote number. BOM grouped by material with AISC weights.
Slevin — offline AI that knows steel
No API key. No cloud. Slevin's entire knowledge base — 30+ reference documents covering AISC, ASME, API, AWS, OSHA, estimating, and proposals — ships inside the installer. Auto-detects W14X22, HSS6X6X1/4, and other section callouts and searches your steel-fab questions instantly.
Built for the estimator
No-login Simple Nesting view for quick quotes. Year-based quote numbers (YY-XXXX). Project save/load with version history. Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Z. Quotable proposals in seconds.
— How it works
Three steps. No training.
Drop the takeoff
KISS file from your detailing software, an Excel takeoff, or a CSV. Drag-and-drop into the app.
Pick your stock
Plate sizes auto-pick by yield. Linear stock uses your standard lengths plus any remnants in inventory.
Run the nest
Same-thickness plates share sheets. Dragon Plasma parts route to the 18'-6" table. Output: cut plan, BOM, proposal — in seconds.
— Pricing
$499. One-time. Forever.
Indolent Forge Nesting
Perpetual license. All 3.x updates included. No subscription.
- KISS / Excel / DXF / CSV importers
- 1D length nesting (FFD, BFD, batch-yield optimizer)
- 2D plate nesting + shear sequence planner
- Pro polygon nesting (jagua-rs)
- PDF cut sheets, BOM, proposal
- Excel exports (4-sheet workbook)
- AI assistant with AISC database lookup
- Bug reporting + email support
Frequently asked
More questions? Read the docs.