15. Subtractive CAM & 2D Nesting
Subtractive manufacturing carves desired shapes out of raw solid stock. This chapter covers CNC cutter radius offsets, inside corner dogbone reliefs, No-Fit Polygons (NFP), and irregular sheet nesting heuristics for minimizing material waste.
Related Concepts
2D Irregular Nesting
Explore concept →Interactive geometrical visualization of No-Fit Polygons and Bottom-Left-Fill sheet packing.
CNC Offsets & Relief
Explore concept →Interactive geometrical visualization of cutter radius compensation and dogbone corner reliefs.
Fabrication & Panelization
Explore concept →Planar quad meshes, conical offsets, developable unrolling, and geodesic grids.