The first hit on Google: http://cutlistplus.com/
Back in my day, when I was programming CNC machinery, we would have our sample shop cut out a set of individual parts, then lay them on a piece of raw material. We would then move them about, manually, until we thought we had the best efficiency. Then, when we got a good 3D solid-modeling CAD system, I would lay out the parts on the screen, then generate the cutting path of the routers. Of course, we would only rout non-straight parts. If they were straight, we would cut them on a table saw or tenoner. However, it's the algorithm you need and I betcha, once you had the algorithm, you could definitely use CF to compute the proper cut list. But it aint gonna be easy. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: ColdFusion to Generate Cutlists? 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:292368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
