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Reuse Off cuts of boards in optinest and vcarve
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brendan kavanagh
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February 20, 2026 - 4:37 pm
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Great thanks Isaac  have a good weekend#

 

Caroline 

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February 20, 2026 - 3:46 pm
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Hi Caroline,

To save off cuts in OptiNest, use the icon in the following image:

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When this has been completed, you should see your off cut material saved in your stocks:

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To adjust the minimum sizing of your off cuts, this can be completed under Tools>Options:

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Any manual changes to this in VCarve cannot be automatically updated back in OptiNest.

I hope this helps, let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards, Isaac

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February 20, 2026 - 3:24 pm
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Hi Isaac 

 

here is the optinest file 

 

thanks Caroline 

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Hello,

Do you have a copy of the OptiNest file?

Saving off cut material needs to be done in OptiNest.

I will show you how this can be done.

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February 20, 2026 - 10:44 am
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Hi

I have a couple of questions re using off cuts from optinest 

see attached file from optinest how do i save the remaining board that is not used so that it can be reused in another job?

 

When i cut this job in vcarve (see attached file from vcarve) i moved the panels so that we maximised the board, can we save the remaining board to use again in another job?

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