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+using OpenNest.CNC;
+using OpenNest.Engine.Jobs;
+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Desktop.Tests;
+
+public class AutoNestJobTests
+{
+    private static Drawing Square(string name, double side, int required)
+    {
+        var program = new Program();
+        program.Codes.Add(new RapidMove(new Vector(0, 0)));
+        program.Codes.Add(new LinearMove(new Vector(side, 0)));
+        program.Codes.Add(new LinearMove(new Vector(side, side)));
+        program.Codes.Add(new LinearMove(new Vector(0, side)));
+        program.Codes.Add(new LinearMove(new Vector(0, 0)));
+        var drawing = new Drawing(name, program);
+        drawing.Quantity.Required = required;
+        return drawing;
+    }
+
+    private static Nest NestWith(params Drawing[] drawings)
+    {
+        var nest = new Nest { Name = "job" };
+        foreach (var drawing in drawings)
+            nest.Drawings.Add(drawing);
+        nest.Plates.Add(new Plate(new Size(48, 96)) { Quantity = 1 });
+        return nest;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ForRemaining_AsksForWhatIsNotPlacedYet_OnTheTemplateStock()
+    {
+        var square = Square("square", 10, 5);
+        var nest = NestWith(square);
+        nest.Plates[0].Parts.Add(new Part(square));
+
+        var request = AutoNestJob.ForRemaining(nest, nest.Plates[0], "Default");
+
+        var item = Assert.Single(request.Items);
+        Assert.Same(square, item.Drawing);
+        Assert.Equal(4, item.Quantity);
+        Assert.Equal("Default", request.EngineName);
+        Assert.Equal(nest.Plates[0].Size, Assert.Single(request.Stock).Size);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ForRemaining_SkipsCutOffsAndPlacedDrawings_AndIsNullWhenNothingRemains()
+    {
+        var placed = Square("placed", 10, 1);
+        var cutOff = Square("cut-off", 1, 3);
+        cutOff.IsCutOff = true;
+        var nest = NestWith(placed, cutOff);
+        nest.Plates[0].Parts.Add(new Part(placed));
+
+        Assert.Null(AutoNestJob.ForRemaining(nest, nest.Plates[0], "Default"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ValidResult_IsCommittedOntoTheEmptyPlate()
+    {
+        var square = Square("square", 10, 6);
+        var nest = NestWith(square);
+        var request = AutoNestJob.ForRemaining(nest, nest.Plates[0], "Default");
+
+        var result = NestPipeline.Run(request);
+        var kept = AutoNestJob.Keep(nest, result);
+
+        Assert.True(kept.Nested, kept.Note);
+        Assert.Null(AutoNestJob.RefusalReason(result));
+        var plate = Assert.Single(nest.Plates);
+        Assert.Equal(6, plate.Parts.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(0, square.Quantity.Remaining);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ResultPlacingNothing_LeavesTheNestUnchanged()
+    {
+        var tooBig = Square("too big", 200, 1);
+        var nest = NestWith(tooBig);
+        var request = AutoNestJob.ForRemaining(nest, nest.Plates[0], "Default");
+
+        var result = NestPipeline.Run(request);
+        var kept = AutoNestJob.Keep(nest, result);
+
+        Assert.False(kept.Nested);
+        var reason = AutoNestJob.RefusalReason(result);
+        Assert.StartsWith("Auto Nest placed nothing; nothing was changed. Not placed: ", reason);
+        Assert.Contains("too big", reason);
+        Assert.Empty(Assert.Single(nest.Plates).Parts);
+        Assert.Equal(1, tooBig.Quantity.Remaining);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenNest.Desktop/AutoNestJob.cs b/OpenNest.Desktop/AutoNestJob.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using OpenNest.Engine;
+using OpenNest.Engine.Jobs;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Desktop
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Auto Nest with the desktop dialog's defaults and no dialog: every drawing's remaining
+    /// quantity, with its priority and rotation constraints, on sheets like a template plate,
+    /// through <see cref="NestPipeline"/>. Only a valid, keepable result that places something
+    /// is committed, onto the nest's empty plates first and then new plates from its defaults.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class AutoNestJob
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The job for <paramref name="nest"/>'s remaining quantities on stock like
+        /// <paramref name="template"/>; null when nothing remains. The nest is not changed, so
+        /// the caller can solve it off its thread.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static NestPipelineRequest ForRemaining(Nest nest, Plate template, string engineName)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(nest);
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(template);
+            var items = nest.Drawings
+                .Where(d => !d.IsCutOff && d.Quantity.Remaining > 0)
+                .Select(d => new NestItem
+                {
+                    Drawing = d,
+                    Quantity = d.Quantity.Remaining,
+                    Priority = d.Priority,
+                    RotationStart = d.Constraints.StartAngle,
+                    RotationEnd = d.Constraints.EndAngle,
+                    StepAngle = d.Constraints.StepAngle,
+                })
+                .ToList();
+            if (items.Count == 0)
+                return null;
+
+            return new NestPipelineRequest(engineName, items,
+                NestStockBuilder.FromTemplate(template, null),
+                new NestJobOptions(maxPlates: NestRenest.MaxPlates, salvageRate: 0,
+                    minimumSalvageDimension: nest.MinimumRemnantDimension));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Commits <paramref name="result"/> to <paramref name="nest"/> on the nest's own thread
+        /// when it is valid, keepable and places something; otherwise leaves the nest unchanged
+        /// and says why in the note.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static NestRenestResult Keep(Nest nest, NestPipelineResult result)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(nest);
+            return NestRenest.Keep(result,
+                valid => NestPipelineCommit.ApplyToPlates(valid, () => EmptyOrNewPlate(nest)));
+        }
+
+        private static Plate EmptyOrNewPlate(Nest nest) =>
+            nest.Plates.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Parts.Count == 0) ?? nest.CreatePlate();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Why <see cref="Keep"/> would commit nothing for <paramref name="result"/>, naming the
+        /// first problem; null when it would commit.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string RefusalReason(NestPipelineResult result)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(result);
+            if (!result.IsValid)
+                return $"Auto Nest found {result.Violations.Count} layout problem"
+                    + $"{(result.Violations.Count == 1 ? "" : "s")} (first: {result.Violations[0]}); nothing was changed.";
+            if (!result.CanKeep)
+                return "Auto Nest's layout cannot be kept faithfully; nothing was changed.";
+            if (result.Plates.All(p => p.Parts.Count == 0))
+                return "Auto Nest placed nothing; nothing was changed."
+                    + (result.Unplaced.Count > 0
+                        ? " Not placed: " + string.Join("; ", result.Unplaced.Select(u => u.Describe())) + "."
+                        : "");
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}