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PaneCutter
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Version
1.4
The PaneCutter program is used for automatic cutting
plan design for manufacturers of furniture and other
products made from sheet materials (wood, metal, glass,
etc ..), whose product range is wide or permanently
changing.
Due to its sophisticated, recursive algorithm,
PaneCutter finds the optimum cutting plan with the
least possible waste of raw material. It offers several
solutions always sorted, so the most optimum is the
first, but the user has the possibility to choose other
solution.
PaneCutter is an easy to use, user-friendly software.
On the main window the user can set the width and
height of the main pane and the width and height of
each individual part. This information can be saved and
later loaded for a review. The list of individual parts
need not be saved to process the optimizing.
In case of some material (ex. glass) it doesn’t matter
which is the width and which is the height of an
individual part. In those case for a more optimum
solution the user can check the "part rotation allowed"
check box for each individual part. It is also
possible, that some of the individual parts can be
rotated, and the rest of them cannot. PaneCutter allows
the user to set for each individual part that it can or
cannot be rotated.
After entering each individual part, the "calculate"
button must be pressed to start the optimizing process.
The duration of the process depends on the speed of the
PC and the number of the individual parts. The user has
the possibility to chose which solution to visualize
(always the first is recommended). Each pane with the
optimum cutting plan design can be visualized on the
screen and can be printed at the same time.
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