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The company behind Bolt Cut and Bolt Nest. Purpose-built software for material optimization — use it in the browser, or plug the same engines straight into your ERP, MES and machine workflows.

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Panels & sheets True-shape nesting Web app + Industrial API

One family. Focused products.

The right tool for the material in front of you.

Two products, each built around one job. Choose by the shape of your parts — rectangular panels or free-form outlines.

A BOLT OPTIMIZATIONS PRODUCT

Panel & sheet planning

From cut lists to clearer plans.

Turn a list of rectangular parts into sheet-by-sheet cutting layouts for your stock material, ready to take to the saw. Learn more about Bolt Cut

Web appIndustrial API

Import cut lists from Excel or CSV
Stock sheets & saw-kerf allowances
Edge banding, grooves & boring
PDF reports, part labels & DXF

Open web app API reference

A BOLT OPTIMIZATIONS PRODUCT

True-shape nesting

Make room for every outline.

Arrange free-form part outlines on sheet material — curves, angles and cut-outs included — for CNC and profile cutting. Learn more about Bolt Nest

Web appIndustrial API

Import part outlines from DXF
True-shape placement with rotations
Parts with holes & inner contours
Multiple sheets, print & PDF

Open web app API reference

Two ways to work

A web app for your team. An industrial API for your systems.

Bolt Cut and Bolt Nest each run the same optimization engine two ways. Planners work in the browser; your software calls the API and gets layouts back as structured data.

Web app

Open it in any modern browser — nothing to install. Import parts, set stock and allowances, review layouts and print or export for the workshop.

Browser-based
Excel / CSV / DXF import
Reports & labels

Industrial API

A REST/JSON API for ERP, MES and CNC pipelines. Submit a job, poll for the result and receive exact part coordinates for every sheet.

x-api-key
async jobs
JSON in / out
DXF (Bolt Cut)
daily quotas

Read the API documentation Request API access

# 1 · Submit a rectangular cutting job
curl -X POST https://www.bolt-optimizations.com/api/v1/optimize \
  -H "x-api-key: $BOLT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "material": "18mm MDF White",
    "payload": {
      "payload": {
        "pieces":    [{ "length": 600, "width": 400, "canrotate": 1, "pieceExternalId": 101 }],
        "inventory": [{ "length": 2800, "width": 2070, "inventoryExternalId": 1001 }]
      },
      "bladeThickness": 4
    }
  }'

# → 202 Accepted
{ "jobId": "72d1e2c2-…", "status": "queued" }

# 2 · Poll until completed, then fetch the DXF
curl https://www.bolt-optimizations.com/api/v1/optimize/status/$JOB_ID -H "x-api-key: $BOLT_API_KEY"
curl https://www.bolt-optimizations.com/api/v1/optimize/$JOB_ID/dxf -H "x-api-key: $BOLT_API_KEY"

# 1 · Submit a true-shape nesting job
curl -X POST https://www.bolt-optimizations.com/api/v1/nest/jobs \
  -H "x-api-key: $BOLT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @nest-job.json   # sheets + part outlines

# → 202 Accepted
{ "jobId": "b9f04a1e-…", "status": "queued" }

# 2 · Poll for placements (or cancel)
curl https://www.bolt-optimizations.com/api/v1/nest/jobs/$JOB_ID -H "x-api-key: $BOLT_API_KEY"
curl -X DELETE https://www.bolt-optimizations.com/api/v1/nest/jobs/$JOB_ID -H "x-api-key: $BOLT_API_KEY"

API-key auth Async job polling JSON coordinates

How it works

Input. Decision. Next step.

Both products follow the same simple rhythm, so moving between them feels familiar.

Prepare your inputs

Bring your parts — a cut list from Excel or CSV, or outlines as DXF — then set your stock sheets and allowances.

Optimize

Run the optimizer and review the proposed layout sheet by sheet, with placements and totals in view.

Review & export

Check the plan against your real workflow, then export reports, labels or files for the workshop.

Efficiency, engineered.

Focused tools.
A practical next step.

Bolt Optimizations is the company behind Bolt Cut and Bolt Nest. We build focused software for material optimization — precise about inputs, clear about output.

Precise

Real dimensions, stock sizes and allowances, stated up front.

Practical

Layouts, totals and reports you can check against your real workflow.

Focused

Each product does one job well: panels in Bolt Cut, true shapes in Bolt Nest.

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Which job are you optimizing today?

Pick the product that matches your parts. You can always use both.

Rectangular panels & sheetsOpen Bolt Cut

Free-form part outlinesOpen Bolt Nest

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