NestForge, true-shape nesting in the browser, every layout re-verified

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I come at this from the software side, not the workshop side. I kept seeing laser and plasma people complain about nesting tools that crash on real-world DXF exports or quietly produce layout they didn't fully trust, so I built NestForge: a true-shape nesting studio that runs entirely client-side (Rust compiled to WASM), with one design decision I'd like feedback onThe core idea: the optimizer is never trusted. After nesting, a second, independently implemented validator re-checks the layout from scratch (no-overlap, sheet containment, kerf and spacing distances, grain constraints) using robust geometric predicates, Shewchuk-style orientation tests, with borderline distance comparisons re-de

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Website: nestforge.dauerschicht.com/app