How nesting and imposition works

Nesting — also called imposition — means arranging as many copies of a dieline as will fit onto a single printing sheet, so you print more and waste less. Die Cut Templates does this automatically for any dieline in the catalogue, and every layout is built on a real, production-ready dieline: what you nest is exactly what gets printed and die-cut.

1. Open a dieline in the nesting tool

Start from the nesting & imposition page, or open the live nesting demo to try it without signing in. Choose the dieline you want to lay out, then set your sheet size and margins.

2. Fill the sheet automatically

Turn on Full sheet and the layout solver arranges as many copies as will fit inside the sheet's margins. Prefer to set it yourself? Enter an exact number across and number down — up to 20 each way — and the sheet updates instantly.

3. Fit more with rotation

The solver rotates copies wherever it helps, so awkward shapes interlock and you get more parts per sheet than a plain grid would allow.

4. Read the efficiency of every layout

Each layout reports how efficiently it fills the sheet, so you can compare options and see the real numbers before you commit — not just how many copies fit, but how much of the sheet they actually use.

5. Export print-ready files and get a cost

When a layout looks right, export it as a print-ready PDF, DXF or SVG, and get an instant manufacturing cost for the sheet — so you go straight from layout to a quote.