Free beta · Windows

Get the StoneNest beta

Enter your email below and your download link appears right here on this page — a 7-day full-featured free trial: DXF import, DXF export, up to 18 unit types — no card required. We'll also email you a copy of the link to keep.

Before you download, two clicks to know about: because this release is new, your browser may caution the file — that's a note about its age, not its safety. Edge: hover the download → ⋯ → Keep, then Show more → Keep anyway (the publisher line will say STONENEST LLC — that's how you know it's ours). Chrome: click the download's › arrow → Download suspicious file. Then open your Downloads and double-click StoneNest-Setup.exe — keeping the file doesn't run it. See it click for click with screenshots ↓

Start your free 7-day trial

Your download starts as soon as you submit. No card, no spam. One trial per shop.

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Want to lock the early-adopter rate too? That's a separate, free reservation — the $69/mo early-adopter seat (first 25 shops, rate locked for life) is held on the pricing page. Your trial doesn't reserve a seat, and reserving a seat doesn't charge you.
Nothing to activate: install StoneNest and open it — your 7-day full trial starts the first time it opens. No account, no key, no steps. If Windows SmartScreen appears while the certificate builds reputation, click “More info”, confirm the publisher reads STONENEST LLC, then Run anyway. Your browser will likely caution on the download itself too — here's exactly what you'll see, click for click ↓

Every build is code-signed by STONENEST LLC (Certum). How to verify your download →
Setup sends a one-time, anonymous install notice (version number only) so we know it arrived — the StoneNest app itself never connects to the internet.

What you'll get

  1. Run StoneNest-Setup.exe, then open StoneNest — your 7-day full trial starts right there, nothing to activate
    StoneNest workspace with a sample job loaded
    Screenshot placeholder screenshots/download-step-2.png Drop the real capture in at this path — the page picks it up automatically.
  2. Drop in your unit DXFs, set quantities, hit nest — slab count, yield, and layout in seconds
    Nested layout with slab count and yield shown
    Screenshot placeholder screenshots/download-step-3.png Drop the real capture in at this path — the page picks it up automatically.
  3. Export the AlphaCAM-ready DXF and take the count to your bid

Windows 10/11, 64-bit. WebView2 ships with Windows — nothing else to install. While your trial is issuing: try the estimator now →

What your browser will say — and why that's expected

This release is new, and browser reputation systems judge files by how many people have already downloaded them. Until enough shops have, Edge and Chrome both caution before saving it — that's a statement about the file's age, not its safety. Every build is code-signed by STONENEST LLC, the SHA-256 is published next to the download button above, and the warnings fade on their own as downloads accrue. Here is exactly what you'll see, click for click.

Microsoft Edge

  1. The Downloads flyout says StoneNest-Setup.exe “isn't commonly downloaded.” Hover the entry and click the … button, then choose Keep.
    Edge Downloads flyout with the ... menu open, showing the Keep option
    Screenshot placeholder screenshots/dl-edge-3-menu-keep.png Drop the real capture in at this path — the page picks it up automatically.
  2. Edge double-checks. Read the Publisher line — it should say STONENEST LLC; that's the code-signing certificate doing its job. Then click the arrow on the Delete button and choose Keep anyway.
    Edge's trust dialog showing Publisher STONENEST LLC and the Keep anyway option
    Screenshot placeholder screenshots/dl-edge-6-keep-anyway.png Drop the real capture in at this path — the page picks it up automatically.
  3. That's it — the flyout now shows the file with Open file. Click Open file to run StoneNest-Setup.exe and start the install.

Google Chrome

  1. The download bubble says “Suspicious download blocked.” Click the › arrow on the entry.
    Chrome's download bubble showing Suspicious download blocked
    Screenshot placeholder screenshots/dl-chrome-1-blocked-bubble.png Drop the real capture in at this path — the page picks it up automatically.
  2. Choose Download suspicious file — Chrome's wording for “I trust this one.”
    Chrome's download panel with the Download suspicious file button
    Screenshot placeholder screenshots/dl-chrome-2-download-anyway.png Drop the real capture in at this path — the page picks it up automatically.
  3. Now open the file — keeping it doesn't run it. Click the StoneNest-Setup.exe entry in the download bubble, or open your Downloads folder and double-click StoneNest-Setup.exe to start the install.

Norton, McAfee, or another antivirus?

Some antivirus products add their own caution the first time you run a new installer — same reason as the browsers: the file is new to them, not unsafe. If yours interrupts the launch, look for Open anyway, Allow, or Run it anyway (Norton shows this under “More details”), and check the publisher reads STONENEST LLC before you approve it. If the antivirus quarantines the file instead, restore it from the antivirus's quarantine screen and run it again.

Want certainty instead of trust? Verify the file yourself: right-click StoneNest-Setup.exe → Properties → Digital Signatures (signed by STONENEST LLC), or hash it and match the SHA-256 shown above. Full verification steps →