ProNest 2025 LT

ProNest^® LT is a powerful CAD/CAM part nesting software designed for light industrial, mechanized cutting in production environments. It provides a single software solution for all your conventional plasma, waterjet, and oxyfuel cutting machines...Try it free for 7 days.

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Benefits

Ease of use

Incredibly easy to learn and use, with intuitive screens, and a wide variety of helpful features.

Built-in design tools

Import CAD files, artwork, and signs, or create your own designs using powerful built-in tools.

Better part quality

Hypertherm’s built-in expertise means the best possible cutting parameters are applied for each job’s unique needs, resulting in sharper corners, cleaner edges, and improved hole quality.

Automatic nesting

Nest jobs even more quickly and efficiently using optimized auto nesting strategies.

Increased productivity

Faster, fully automated interface can reduce your programing time from hours to minutes, while specialized cutting techniques can reduce total cut time by up to 50%.

Unlimited technical support

Get unlimited access to technical support, training, and software updates at no additional charge.

Ease of use

Incredibly easy to learn and use, with intuitive screens, and a wide variety of helpful features.

Built-in design tools

Import CAD files, artwork, and signs, or create your own designs using powerful built-in tools.

Better part quality

Hypertherm’s built-in expertise means the best possible cutting parameters are applied for each job’s unique needs, resulting in sharper corners, cleaner edges, and improved hole quality.

Automatic nesting

Nest jobs even more quickly and efficiently using optimized auto nesting strategies.

Increased productivity

Faster, fully automated interface can reduce your programing time from hours to minutes, while specialized cutting techniques can reduce total cut time by up to 50%.

Unlimited technical support

Get unlimited access to technical support, training, and software updates at no additional charge.

Supported applications

Cut process support

Plasma – conventional air/oxygen (e.g. Powermax^®, MAXPRO^®)*
Oxyfuel
Waterjet – conventional, straight cutting machines (e.g. OMAX^®)**

*For high definition plasma (ex. XPR™, HyPerformance^®) please see ProNest.

**For advanced waterjet applications including bevel cutting, please see ProNest.

Cut process support

Plasma – conventional air/oxygen (e.g. Powermax^®, MAXPRO^®)*
Oxyfuel
Waterjet – conventional, straight cutting machines (e.g. OMAX^®)**

*For high definition plasma (ex. XPR™, HyPerformance^®) please see ProNest.

**For advanced waterjet applications including bevel cutting, please see ProNest.

Standard features

Comprehensive machine support

All major brands/manufacturers/models

Advanced part design and development

Integrated 2D CAD program to create and edit CAD files
Variable Shape Parts library to develop common parts from templates

CAD/CAM import and conversion

Import CAD files (industry-standard file formats)
Import PDF
Import OMX or ORD
Raster to vector converts static images to CAD
Automatic CAD file correction and error notification
Automatic spline/ellipse smoothing and reduction
Separate multiple parts from a single CAD file
Automatic mapping of CAD layers to processes (cut, mark, etc.)

Fast, easy job setup

Material database (with grade and gauge)
Custom remnant creation (define irregular shapes for nesting)
Grain constraint
Safe zones for plate clamping applications
Multi-head cutting

Built-in process expertise

Material type, thickness, grade and class-based process parameters:
- Separations for part, plate, and pierce spacing
- Kerf compensation and feedrate
- Lead-in/out style optimized for part geometry and quality
- Cutting techniques
- Disable automatic height control based on part geometry
- Pre-pierce and edge pierce
- Pre-heat timing for oxyfuel
Cut sequencing (automatic or manual)
Pre-pierce and edge pierce

Interactive manual nesting

Group parts into clusters for nesting
Color parts according to part property
Drag, drop, bump, and auto-bump parts on the nest
Move, mirror, and drag to rotate parts
Click and drag to automatically array parts
Prohibit/permit nesting inside of a part
Part interference detection
Edit lead-in/out position and properties within the nest
Animated cutting sequence simulation
Control cut direction and cut sequencing on part-by-part basis
Plate cropping
Nest around material defects for waterjet
Waterjet quality

Detailed reporting

Management and shop reports
Export reports directly to PDF, Excel spreadsheet, CSV, or webpage

Simplified costing

User-defined machine and labor production costing
Automatic calculation of part production costs and part/nest utilization

Choice of output

Post-processor with NC output
DXF output
OMX or ORD output

Comprehensive machine support

All major brands/manufacturers/models

Advanced part design and development

Integrated 2D CAD program to create and edit CAD files
Variable Shape Parts library to develop common parts from templates

CAD/CAM import and conversion

Import CAD files (industry-standard file formats)
Import PDF
Import OMX or ORD
Raster to vector converts static images to CAD
Automatic CAD file correction and error notification
Automatic spline/ellipse smoothing and reduction
Separate multiple parts from a single CAD file
Automatic mapping of CAD layers to processes (cut, mark, etc.)

Fast, easy job setup

Material database (with grade and gauge)
Custom remnant creation (define irregular shapes for nesting)
Grain constraint
Safe zones for plate clamping applications
Multi-head cutting

Built-in process expertise

Material type, thickness, grade and class-based process parameters:
- Separations for part, plate, and pierce spacing
- Kerf compensation and feedrate
- Lead-in/out style optimized for part geometry and quality
- Cutting techniques
- Disable automatic height control based on part geometry
- Pre-pierce and edge pierce
- Pre-heat timing for oxyfuel
Cut sequencing (automatic or manual)
Pre-pierce and edge pierce

Interactive manual nesting

Group parts into clusters for nesting
Color parts according to part property
Drag, drop, bump, and auto-bump parts on the nest
Move, mirror, and drag to rotate parts
Click and drag to automatically array parts
Prohibit/permit nesting inside of a part
Part interference detection
Edit lead-in/out position and properties within the nest
Animated cutting sequence simulation
Control cut direction and cut sequencing on part-by-part basis
Plate cropping
Nest around material defects for waterjet
Waterjet quality

Detailed reporting

Management and shop reports
Export reports directly to PDF, Excel spreadsheet, CSV, or webpage

Simplified costing

User-defined machine and labor production costing
Automatic calculation of part production costs and part/nest utilization

Choice of output

Post-processor with NC output
DXF output
OMX or ORD output

Optional modules

Productivity modules

Automatic Nesting
Common Line Cutting
Chain and Bridge Cutting
Skeleton Cut-up

System requirements

Internet	Internet connectivity required for subscription license
CPU	1.4 GHz x64 processor or faster (3 GHz recommended)
Memory	4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
Display	VGA display with at least 256 colors and a resolution of 1024 x 768
Disk space	2 GB available disk space
Microsoft^®Windows^®operating system	Windows 11, Windows 10 (64-bit OS only)
Spreadsheet program	Microsoft Excel^® 2010 or later is recommended for editing ProNest settings spreadsheets. If Microsoft Excel is not available, an alternative spreadsheet program can be used instead.

Resources

Manuals and documents

Software maintenance plans - A4

Last updated 03/21/2023

Products > Brochure/Guide

PDF (208KB)

CAD/CAM software family brochure - A4

Last updated 04/29/2024

Products > Brochure/Guide

PDF (2.22MB)

ProNest LT data sheet

Last updated 04/09/2024

Products > Brochure/Guide

PDF (1000KB)

ProNest LT OMAX software subscription plan

Last updated 06/13/2024

Products > Brochure/Guide

PDF (180KB)

ProNest waterjet process support - A4

Last updated 03/21/2023

Products > Brochure/Guide

PDF (296KB)

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ProNest LT subscription plans

Unlimited technical support, training, and updates included in all plans

Essentials

/mo.

per user

Supports:

Air Plasma and oxyfuel cutting

Features include Smart Start tier, plus:

Part design and development
CAD/CAM import and conversion
Job set-up
Built-in process expertise
Interactive manual nesting
Automatic Nesting
Reporting
Costing
Output to CNC, DXF

Start a free trial

7-day trial followed by automatic billing

Unlimited

/mo.

per user

Supports:

Air Plasma, oxyfuel, and OMAX waterjet cutting

Features include Essentials tier, plus:

Common Line Cutting
Chain and Bridge Cutting
Skeleton Cut-up
Support for Powermax^® Sync HySpeed^® technology
Support for Powermax^® Sync Optimized Hole
Support for OMAX quality settings
Output to CNC, DXF, OMX, or ORD

Start a free trial

7-day trial followed by automatic billing

Unlimited + Waterjet

/mo.

per user

Supports:

Air Plasma, oxyfuel, and additional waterjet cutting brands

Features include Unlimited tier, plus:

One waterjet post processor

*Available models include: Flow, WardJet, JetEDGE, Advanced Cutting Systems, GPA, Hornet, Koike, Lonestar, Machitech, and Romeo

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7-day trial followed by automatic billing

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See who is using ProNest LT

The quality with ProNest LT is incredible compared to what we were getting before on the same cutting equipment.”

Mitchell Mill Systems

Metal fabrication, plasma

I am very happy with ProNest LT, and pleased with the benefits we have received... Hypertherm has been very helpful in the transition and adoption process, and I believe this positive working relationship will continue.”

Wuxi Yusheng

Dyeing & Finishing Machinery, Oxyfuel