The General tab controls plan visibility, stock cost warnings, optimization level, and general program behavior.

Plans visibility

Hide closed plans older than (days): Hides closed plans whose creation date is older than the specified number of days.

Hide open plans older than (days): Hides open plans whose creation date is older than the specified number of days.

These settings hide plans from view without deleting them.

Stock cost difference warning

Cost difference threshold: Sets the maximum allowed ratio between the highest and lowest stock costs in a plan before a warning is shown. The check runs before optimization and helps identify incorrect or inconsistent costs.

For example, a threshold of 2 triggers a warning when the highest stock cost is more than twice the lowest.

Optimization level

Select the balance between optimization speed and the search for better cutting layouts:

•Fast optimization: Prioritizes speed.

•Normal optimization: Balances speed and solution quality.

•Deep optimization: Spends more time searching for better solutions.

A higher optimization level may improve the result, but requires more processing time.

Program

Check for updates at startup: Automatically checks for available updates when the program starts, at most once per day.

Show control hints on hover: Displays a short explanation when you pause the mouse pointer over a control that has a hint.