{"id":32,"date":"2012-05-11T18:33:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T15:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2012-07-26T11:08:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T08:08:59","slug":"fractional-input-in-simple-cutting-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/?p=32","title":{"rendered":"Fractional input in Simple Cutting Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with version 2 of our Simple Cutting Software we have introduced an important feature: the ability to handle fractional values.<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>Width, Height of parts and stock can be typed in as fractional values. Also, the parameters of the optimization can be fractional.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a movie showing the new feature:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fractional values in Simple Cutting Software\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HfRelHczao4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You cannot specify any value as fractional. For instance you cannot specify 100 1\/3, because this means 100.33333333333&#8230; and in real-world you cannot cut with this precision.<\/p>\n<p>So, all fractions will be rounded to some value. The rounding parameter is specified in Settings | Round all fractions to.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding happens as follow:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; parts are rounded up (ex: 1\/3 is rounded up to 1\/2 &#8211; the actual value depends on the rounding parameter).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; stock pieces are rounded down (2\/3 is rounded to 1\/2).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; cutter thickness is rounded up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; break size is rounded up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; maximal cut length is rounded down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One more thing: You cannot mix fractional values with real values (containing the decimal symbol &#8220;.&#8221;). For instance you cannot specify both 100 1\/2 and 510.34 ! Choose one option only and stick with it!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-simple-cutting-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optimalprograms.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}