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Shops cut cabinets, counters and desks from flat 4×8 sheets on a CNC router. Before the machine runs, a programmer nests every part onto as few sheets as possible. That's your job here: match the shop computer's yield, so as little of each sheet as possible ends up as scrap.

Drag each part from the tray onto a sheet. Tap a part to turn it. Out of room? Add another sheet.
Yield is how much of the sheets you used becomes parts. Match the computer's yield to win the build.
Can't match it? Leave one offcut at least 24″ × 24″. It goes back on the rack for the next job, so the sheet isn't wasted.

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Cabinet

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Your yield–

Computer's yield–

Sheets used–

Best offcut kept–

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How the computer nested it

You just ran a nest.

That's real work. Somebody programs the machine, somebody runs it, somebody builds the piece, and somebody installs it in a lobby, a kitchen or an office you'll walk through one day. Every one of those is a job. The person who nests real jobs like these is called a CNC programmer.

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Bonus · take it apart · 1 of 3

Cabinet

Every piece starts as a list of flat parts. Tap a part to take it off. Some parts are in the way of others, so work out what comes off first.

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