I wrote one 20+ years ago in Autolisp and C. Wasn't easy, cost the government a ton of money, and don't have any of the source.
On 10/30/07, Matthew Reinbold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is a fairly common optimization problem and there are hints of other stuff > being out there. For example, there is an open source cutlist app written in > Delphi that, if I had more patience, I would sit down and try and reverse > engineer for CF. There also seems to be shadows of a ruby api(?) for this > sort of thing but the links to the actual script their referring to are dead > ( > http://groups.google.com/group/Ruby-API/browse_thread/thread/41990420606da989/244d39b1a8012627 > ). While expecting a library, tag, or cfc in ColdFusion may be a bit of a > stretch I really expected there to be some previous work out there in Java > that could have been built upon. > > The way I'm going to proceed is based on what Adam offhandedly mentioned - > letting users visually set pieces in place. Rather than doing the equivalent > of a mathematical thesis trying to solve this, only to have the user desire a > different optimization (rip-cut verses cross cut, max off side verses max off > bottom) I'll just allow them to organize the pieces how they best see fit. As > long as the number remains low having the user eyeball the desired > optimization is vastly more efficient than building a specific algorithm that > ignores their work requirements. > > Having the user start out with an optimized layout would be awesome but, > given the new direction, it is a 'would be nice' and not a need. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
