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4 sizes of part to nest, all 350 wide by  500, 2500, 3100 and 8000 long:

 

 

 

 

Nesting across 2 plates each of 3 sizes:

•2x 2400x1200,

•2x 3000x1500

•2x 6000x3000:

 

(One of the 4 parts to nest  8000x350  is larger than all the plates- it will not be nested as it does not fit)

 

Without SmartFit

 

Nesting the plates in the order presented: in this case smallest to biggest, results in smallest parts being nested into the smaller plates first, resulting in 5 plates used, including one of the largest plates being only half-utilized:

 

 

 

If we reverse the order of the plates, biggest to smallest, then the two largest plates are used, and one of them is only a fraction used; it would have been better to nest this on a smaller plate.

 

 

 

With SmartFit

If the setting is changed to SmartFit (or one of its variants):

 

 

We get one big plate filled up, one small plate mostly full:

(the order the plates are presented with this setting does not affect the outcome)