diff --git a/OpenNest/Forms/MainForm.cs b/OpenNest/Forms/MainForm.cs
index d6b22321..76c56364 100644
--- a/OpenNest/Forms/MainForm.cs
+++ b/OpenNest/Forms/MainForm.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ namespace OpenNest.Forms
                 plateIndexStatusLabel, plateSizeStatusLabel, plateQtyStatusLabel, plateUtilStatusLabel);
             toolStrip1.Items.Add(CreateActionButton("btnCutPlanner", "Plan Cutting",
                 Resources.cut_planner, PlatePlanCutting_Click));
+            toolStrip1.Items.Add(CreateActionButton("btnSimulateCutting", "Simulate Cutting",
+                Resources.cut_simulate, SimulateCutting_Click));
             toolStrip1.Items.Add(CreateActionButton("btnManualSequence", "Manual Sequence",
                 Resources.manual_sequence, ManualSequenceParts_Click));
             toolStrip1.Items.Add(postButton);
diff --git a/OpenNest/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/OpenNest/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index bf015739..2e20b932 100644
--- a/OpenNest/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/OpenNest/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ namespace OpenNest.Properties {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized resource of type System.Drawing.Bitmap.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static System.Drawing.Bitmap cut_simulate {
+            get {
+                object obj = ResourceManager.GetObject("cut_simulate", resourceCulture);
+                return ((System.Drawing.Bitmap)(obj));
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized resource of type System.Drawing.Bitmap.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/OpenNest/Properties/Resources.resx b/OpenNest/Properties/Resources.resx
index 51e96bc5..24c4d4cc 100644
--- a/OpenNest/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/OpenNest/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@
   <data name="shapes" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>..\Resources\shapes.png;System.Drawing.Bitmap, System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="cut_simulate" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
+    <value>..\Resources\cut_simulate.png;System.Drawing.Bitmap, System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="cut_planner" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>..\Resources\cut_planner.png;System.Drawing.Bitmap, System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a</value>
   </data>
diff --git a/OpenNest/Resources/cut_simulate.png b/OpenNest/Resources/cut_simulate.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..616cbfe3
Binary files /dev/null and b/OpenNest/Resources/cut_simulate.png differ