I'm a few months into building a nesting tool aimed at small laser/plasma/router shops. The kind of shops that currently nest by hand or eyeball it because SigmaNEST and Lantek cost more than their machine.

Before I keep building features I think matter, I'd rather just ask people who actually cut stuff:

• What's the one thing existing nesting software gets wrong or makes painful?
• If you nest by hand right now, why? Is it cost, complexity, or you just don't trust the software?
• Common-line cutting, lead-in/lead-out control, remnant sheets, grain direction, which of these actually matter day to day vs nice to have?
• What file formats do you live in? DXF in, G-code out? Something else?
• Is there anything you've wanted for years and nobody's built?

Not pitching anything here, genuinely trying to not build the wrong thing. Roast away if my assumptions are off.