The process is quite different between square-sided-only versus curved parts, and things like material properties, machine type, and tooling affect minimum distances between cuts.
There is no one system for automating this that I know of. Back in my day it required an expert or two and some time to figure it all out. I seen a general approach to this type of computation, but it's quite intensive and definitely not suited to ColdFusion. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Reinbold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:12 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: ColdFusion to Generate Cutlists? I've been working on this problem for some time and I'm about ready to throw in the towel. The client has a sheet of plywood and needs to have an application show the most efficient way to make a series of cuts (cutlist) so that waste is minimized. I know this problem has to have been solved several times over before now and I don't want to be reinventing the wheel. However, my Google searches are either turning up commercial products or binaries created from C or Delphi code. If anyone has an idea how to approach representing this problem or some great resources online I'd love to hear it. Matthew Reinbold Creative Principal - Vox Pop Design - http://voxpopdesign.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292353 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
