Nesting and Cutting Optimization Software

Bug fixed for some particular cases of 1D (linear optimization) with Priority different from 0 which can result in the crash of the application.

Settings (technical, interface, language) have been moved under the Settings menu.

New commands for Import and Append (to existing data) for Parts and Stock.

Clear for Stock has been moved under the Additional button since the stock is automatically maintained by the program and should be rarely deleted.

Project commands have been renamed to Import and Export to make clear their purpose.

Results can be shown in Tabular format (containing the coordinates of a piece).

Various new information can be shown/hidden from the Additional button of the results.

There are some new predefined folders in the working folder. Parts are saved in a special folder named parts. Results and Statistics are saved in the results folder. Projects are saved to projects folder.

Bug fix to the multi-stage algorithm.

Various bug fixes and improvements.

We invite you to download and test this new version of our program.

Starting with version 2 of our Simple Cutting Software we have introduced an important feature: the ability to handle fractional values.

For instance, instead of typing 100.5, you may do this more elegantly with 100 1/2 (please note that blank space between 100 and 1/2).

Width, Height of parts and stock can be typed in as fractional values. Also, the parameters of the optimization can be fractional.

Here is a movie showing the new feature:

You cannot specify any value as fractional. For instance you cannot specify 100 1/3, because this means 100.33333333333… and in real-world you cannot cut with this precision.

So, all fractions will be rounded to some value. The rounding parameter is specified in Settings | Round all fractions to.

Rounding happens as follow:

– parts are rounded up (ex: 1/3 is rounded up to 1/2 – the actual value depends on the rounding parameter).

– stock pieces are rounded down (2/3 is rounded to 1/2).

– cutter thickness is rounded up.

– break size is rounded up.

– maximal cut length is rounded down.

One more thing: You cannot mix fractional values with real values (containing the decimal symbol “.”). For instance you cannot specify both 100 1/2 and 510.34 ! Choose one option only and stick with it!