Cutting Planner: Liner and Panel Cut list optimizer
Measures to prevent material price hikes
- Steel, bars, pipes, and other long materials:1D
- Plywood, veneer, steel plate, acrylic plate, etc :2D
Both types of material can be calculated. Saves material and labor costs.
Compatible with Windows11 (not available for trial in virtual environment)
What is Cutting Planner?
Cutting Planner is an optimization software designed to efficiently cut parts from sheet materials (2D) and linear stocks (1D). Cutting multiple parts without a solid plan often leads to excessive waste and unusable scrap. With Cutting Planner, you simply input the required dimensions and quantities, and the software automatically calculates the most efficient arrangement to provide an optimal cutting plan.
The 2D optimization feature generates guillotine-cut layouts, making it the perfect solution for equipment like panel saws and shearing machines that require straight, edge-to-edge cuts.
Streamline Your Workflow: Rapid Quotes, Lean Ordering, and Standardized Cutting Instructions
By optimizing material usage, Cutting Planner minimizes unusable scrap. This allows you to produce the same high-quality products while using less raw material, directly lowering your production costs.
The software also automates the "trial and error" process traditionally handled on the shop floor. By generating optimal plans in seconds, you can drastically reduce planning time and improve overall operational efficiency without needing years of experience.
- Optimal Cutting Plans for Everyone: Our intuitive user interface allows anyone to generate professional-grade layouts simply by entering dimensions and quantities.
- Faster Decision-Making through Visualization: View yield rates and loss percentages instantly through clear numerical data and diagrams.
- Immediate Results: Skip the time spent manually calculating layouts; get your team to work immediately with data-driven plans.
- Easy Data Entry: Quick copy-and-paste functionality from Excel and full CSV import/export support.
- Automation Ready: Utilize command-line options for automated calculations and data processing.
- Open Data Format: We use a transparent XML format for our data files. With our published specifications, you can even develop custom software to utilize our cutting layouts.
- Kerf Adjustment: Account for the saw blade width to ensure high-precision cuts.
- Grain Direction Support (2D): Specify whether parts can be rotated or must follow a specific grain/pattern direction.
- Remnant Priority: Set the software to prioritize using existing scrap material from your inventory first.
- Cutting Guides (2D): Clear auxiliary lines make it easy for operators to see exactly where to start their cuts.
- Trimming Feature: Define specific margins or "no-cut" zones on the edges of your stock sheets.
- One-Time Purchase: No recurring monthly fees.
- Lifetime Value: Once purchased, all future version updates are free of charge.
- Flexible Deployment: A single license covers up to 10 computers within the same organization.
Cutting Planner does more than just "pack" parts onto a sheet. It looks for the most practical solution.
Within the same yield rate, the software prioritizes layouts that reduce the number of cutting steps, saving time and labor.
- 1D (Linear): Choose between prioritizing the number of unique layouts or the length of the remaining material.
- 2D (Sheet): Features multiple candidate listing functions similar to 1D optimization.
It's easy to use!
Simply enter the size of the material and the size of the part to be cut out and let it do the calculations.
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Case Studies & Customer Testimonials.
The following are excerpts from actual customer comments received via e-mail or other means. We are sometimes informed of errors or problems, and each time we make improvements, the reliability of the system is further enhanced.
- It is easy to use and helpful.
- You have been very kind to us, even though we have not even purchased the product.
- It is a very useful software and we are grateful to use it.
- I am satisfied with the calculation speed and results.
- If we utilize the software, we are sure to increase the yield of boards.
- This software is very wonderful and easy to use, and after reviewing it in our department, we have decided to use it.
- We use it to cut out thin SUS sheets.
- What used to be done manually can now be done in a short time!
- Best cost performance.
- We use the command line option to link with inventory data.
- I am impressed that a task that used to take several hours is now done in seconds.
Cutting Planner is used in a wide variety of situations, from small workshops to well-known companies.