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Entering Settings for the Plan
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Entering Settings for the Plan
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When sources and parts are entered, you can start to define the Settings for the plan. Click the Settings tab to open Plan Setting form.
There are two ways how to define Settings:
Entering parameters directly
Settings tab allows you to define cutting settings for given plan. Settings are grouped in three categories:
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Saw kerf (horizontal cuts) |
Enter if it is necessary to set saw kerf for horizontal cuts. |
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Saw kerf (vertical cuts) |
Enter if it is necessary to set saw kerf for vertical cuts. |
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Left trim cut |
Enter if it is necessary to trim the source on the left end (E.g. due to damage or deformation). |
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Right trim cut |
Enter if it is necessary to trim the source on the right end (E.g. due to damage or deformation). |
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Top trim cut |
Enter if it is necessary to trim the source on the top end (E.g. due to damage or deformation). |
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Bottom trim cut |
Enter if it is necessary to trim the source on the bottom end (E.g. due to damage or deformation). |
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Type of cutting |
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This is a non-guillotine (nested) cutting which provides the highest yield but is suitable only for special cutting machines. |
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This is a general guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with unlimited number of cut stages. It can lead to cutting plans with higher complexity but yield is still very high. Optimizer itself decides whether to start in vertical or horizontal dimension. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 3.5 cut stages, starting with vertical cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: vertical cuts, 2nd: horizontal cuts, 3rd: vertical cuts. 4th stage with horizontal cuts is allowed only for finishing parts. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 3.5 cut stages, starting with horizontal cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: horizontal cuts, 2nd: vertical cuts, 3rd: horizontal cuts. 4th stage with vertical cuts is allowed only for finishing parts. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting, the same as "3-stage relaxed ver" and "3-stage relaxed hor", optimizer itself decides whether to start in vertical or horizontal dimension. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 3 cut stages, starting with vertical cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: vertical cuts, 2nd: horizontal cuts, 3rd: vertical cuts. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 3 cut stages, starting with horizontal cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: horizontal cuts, 2nd: vertical cuts, 3rd: horizontal cuts. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting, the same as "3-stage exact ver" and "3-stage exact hor", optimizer itself decides whether to start in vertical or horizontal dimension. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 2.5 cut stages, starting with vertical cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: vertical cuts, 2nd: horizontal cuts. 3rd stage with vertical cuts is allowed only for finishing parts. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 2.5 cut stages, starting with horizontal cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: horizontal cuts, 2nd: vertical cuts. 3rd stage with horizontal cuts is allowed only for finishing parts. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting, the same as "2-stage relaxed ver" and "2-stage relaxed hor", optimizer itself decides whether to start in vertical or horizontal dimension. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 2 cut stages, starting with vertical cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: vertical cuts, 2nd: horizontal cuts. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 2 cut stages, starting with horizontal cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: horizontal cuts, 2nd: vertical cuts. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting, the same as "2-stage exact ver" and "2-stage exact hor", optimizer itself decides whether to start in vertical or horizontal dimension. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 1.5 cut stages, starting with vertical cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: vertical cuts, 2nd: horizontal cuts across all vertical strips at once. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting with maximum 1.5 cut stages, starting with horizontal cuts. Cut stages are: 1st: horizontal cuts, 2nd: vertical cuts across all horizontal strips at once. |
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This is a guillotine (edge-to-edge) cutting, the same as "2-stage simple ver" and "2-stage simple hor", optimizer itself decides whether to start in vertical or horizontal dimension. |
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Remnants (reusable rests) |
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Minimal length |
Define minimal length for remnants in this field. Function "Close project" will move rests with length and width greater or equal to defined values to the storage defined for new remnants. Function "Open project" will delete these rests from inventory. |
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Minimal width |
Define minimal width for remnants in this field. Function "Close project" will move rests with length and width greater or equal to defined values to the storage defined for new remnants. Function "Open project" will delete these rests from inventory. |
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Storage for new rems |
Define default storage for new remnants in this field. Function "Close project" will move rests with length greater or equal to minimal length into this storage. Function "Open project" will delete these rests from storage. |
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Production rate |
Set value from 0 to 100. Predefined value is 0 = production of remnants will be restricted as much as possible. 100 means production of remnants will be preferred as much as possible. Note: weighted production of remnants positively affects the yield and decreases scrap factor. |
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Extras |
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Group Optimization |
Check this box to ensure that parts belonging to the same P-Group will be cut only from sources belonging to one of defined S-Groups. P-Group is group of parts with the same P-Group identifier. S-Group is group of sources with the same S-Group identifier. See more below. |
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Grip (minimal size of rest) |
Define smallest allowed length and width of each rest created by cutting in each subsource. This is useful e.g. in glass cutting when minimal size on both sides of cut is necessary for grip. |
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Small sources rate |
Set if you want to prefer small sources to be used in plan. The higher is the value set, the higher is use of the small sources in calculation of cutting plan. (0 - no sizes are preferred, 33 - small sources are preferred to big sources with relative rate 33%, 100 - small sources are maximally preferred) |
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Layout parts order in reports |
Here you can set order of parts in layouts in reports. |
What is Group optimization?
CutLogic 2D allows grouping of parts and sources. Group optimization utilizes these groupings in order to find the best plan for given groups of parts among defined groups of sources. This is the way how Group optimization feature ensures the same parameters like color shade or surface patterns or by other words the same quality for all parts within given group. This feature is very useful especially in industries like furniture or window fashions where typical requirement is to ensure the same quality of all parts assembled into final products.
In one sentence, in case Group optimization is turned on, parts belonging to the same P-Group will be cut only from sources belonging to one of defined S-Groups.
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NOTE! Some of parameters are available only in Professional Edition or in Enterprise Edition. See chapter Editions Comparison for details. |
Copying predefined Settings from Materials
If you often use the same settings for new plans or if you want to setup different settings for different cutting machines, you can predefine them in Material Settings List form. Whenever you need it, you can load them to the plan.
By clicking the button [Settings], the Material Settings List form opens.
You can choose settings from Settings List and write them to the plan. Click the desired settings in settings list on the left side of the form and click the button [Copy to plan] to copy this settings to the plan.
