timster68
08-08-2008, 06:23 PM
As I'm prepping to build a workbench I pretty much have all the parts laid out that I'm going to need. The next question I had was how many plywood sheets was I going to need and how to fully maximize them by laying out the cuts?
After a little searching I found a really slick app called CutList Plus. But they have something like 4 versions - 3 of which cost some $$$. Not wanting or needing all the bells and whistles of that, I found this small little (free) app
that does everything I need - plus it prints it all out. It is really great and anyone who wants to layout their cuts to maximize their wood or sheets should try it. PC only. It's a ZIP file is only around 280k and once Unzipped, there's a single EXE with some sample TXT files with some samples in there that you can look at.
Once you figure out how the interface works (quite simple actually) the program seems to have a real nice algorithm.
http://www.delphiforfun.org/programs/CutList.htm
1885
-Tim
After a little searching I found a really slick app called CutList Plus. But they have something like 4 versions - 3 of which cost some $$$. Not wanting or needing all the bells and whistles of that, I found this small little (free) app
that does everything I need - plus it prints it all out. It is really great and anyone who wants to layout their cuts to maximize their wood or sheets should try it. PC only. It's a ZIP file is only around 280k and once Unzipped, there's a single EXE with some sample TXT files with some samples in there that you can look at.
Once you figure out how the interface works (quite simple actually) the program seems to have a real nice algorithm.
http://www.delphiforfun.org/programs/CutList.htm
1885
-Tim