Stone Nest – benchtop slab optimiser

Job

Client Site Business (on client sheet) Quote valid (days)

Pieces

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Orientation: any / lengthwise 0–180° / locked (vein/book). Tap each edge on the piece drawing to set wall / polished / mitred / joined, add a vein match group (prefer or must match), priority, finished edge + auto apron, waterfalls, auto splashback height, and per-piece cut-outs (sink/cooktop, offsets from end/edge, corner radius 10–15 mm — never square). Cut-outs are drawn/checked; the packer still nests the full rectangle, EXCEPT unplaced small pieces may be rescued into a cut-out only if you tick that cut-out's “Usable void” (default OFF — see Settings clearance, ≥50 mm from the cut-out edge; narrow bridges are crack-critical, fabricator to confirm). Tick “Assumed size” for placeholder sink/cooktop sizes that still need appliance confirmation. Slabs can carry rectangular defect (no-cut) zones and a photo filename label.

Drawings → Pieces

Slabs

Options

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Client choices from the same job: different stone, waterfalls on/off, splashback, 20/40mm edge, pieces in/out, size changes. Pick applies that option to Layout / Quote / Print / DXF. Prices only from your Rates — ? means no rate yet. Nothing is sent to the client; Present is a clean show screen.

More — setup

Set up once. Tap a section — everyday work is in steps 1–5.

Machines in the workshop

KerfMarginOffcut ≥

Auto-split

Void mm

Void

Stone bridge left between a cut-out edge and any piece reclaimed inside it. Default OFF per cut-out; only unplaced pieces are rescued.

Machine guide

Kerfs are typical bands from the brief — measure yours with calipers when blades change.

Ask your fabricator

My Rules

How rules work

Your rules add on top — the built-in safety warnings (60mm join-to-cut-out, square corners, porcelain margins…) always run and can't be turned off. No code: tap + Rule, pick IF, pick THEN. This job rules travel with the job; Save as standard copies them to every new job (stone-nest-rules-v1). Blocked quotes are flagged here — the client sheet just says “Price on application”.

Registers

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Physical + catalogue slabs by supplier. Catalogue seeds have qty 0 and no cost — duplicate one to stock, measure it, and type your own $/slab if you want it in quotes (register cost beats the rate card). Tap a tile to edit. No supplier contacts or prices are pre-filled.

Import

Suppliers

Rates

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Stored separately in this browser and shipped empty — add your own rates; no web prices pre-filled. Ex GST unless you tick GST-inclusive. Slab costs match by slab name, then preset, then material. Choose Markup % (added to cost) or Gross margin % (share of sell price) — they are not the same. Choose Bundle if your rates already include labour, otherwise hourly labour is added on top.

Quote in CSV

Files & backup

Restore

DXF +kerf/2

CSV

Old files still work. Header: type,name,length,depth,qty,rotate,thickness. Optional columns: join_at,join_count,cutout_dist,support,material,usable_length,usable_depth,measured,margin,orientation,match_group,priority,finished_thickness,auto_apron,waterfall,waterfall_height,splashback_height,cutouts,kind,parent,defects,photo_ref (cut-outs e.g. sink:900x460@500,95,r12+assumed+void — +assumed = confirm appliance size, +void = usable void; type=note rows carry job notes; defects x,y,l,d,label;…); type=remnant rows import into the register. Slab qty blank or "unlimited" = unlimited. In Google Sheets: File → Share → Publish to web → CSV.