OptiCut v - Manual

OptiCut V  Panel and Profile Cutting Optimization

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OptiCut 50/ 200/ 500/ Pro/ Pro_PP

OptiCut V

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION I. 1 Pre Presen sentat tation ion

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I! INTRODUCTION

Pre"ace Cutting optimi!ation optimi!ation generall) re*uires multiple multiple com%inati com%inations ons that cannot all %e e(amined e(amined  %ecause  %ecause o" their their time time-co -cons nsum uming ing calc calcul ulati ation ons. s. +hus, an optimi!atio optimi!ation n so"tare so"ta re cannot ala)s ala)s "ind "ind the %est %es t solution solution (this solution  sometimes does not even exist or there might also be several ones), ones), %ut the more pertinent the selection criteria o" the e(amined cases (as opposed to the excluded cases) are, the more e""icient e""icient the solution ill ill %e. I! ' PRESENTATION OptiCut V is a cutting cutting optimi optimi!ati !ation on so"tare "or panels and %ars. It as de/eloped %) BOOLE * PARTNERS, editor "or pro"essional so"tare since 10, hose product range  %ene  %ene"i "its ts o" the the e(per e(perien ience ce o" thousa thousand ndss o" lice licens nses es used used in more more than than 3 count countrie ries. s. OptiCut V is mostl) used in the ood, metal, plastic, glass and stone sectors and is applied in material material trade (panels, sheet metal, glazing, profiles and joists), joists) , ca%inet making (wood or metal), metal), room la)outs, la)outs, "acade, oisting oisting,, etc.

In addition additi on to its optimi!ation optimi!ation "unction, "unction, OptiCut V o""ers /arious other "unctions, "unctions, as e(ample e(ample the stock managem management ent or la%el print print..

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Moreo/er, %oth the  Pro Pro and the Pro_PP  /ersions ha/e se/eral ad/anced "unctions as the optimum "ormat research (panels and bars), the limitat limitation ion o" the num%er num%er o"  simulta simultaneousl) neousl) produced "ormats and the adustment o" the cutting cutting angles angles (bar cutting). +he numerical control o" sas (Post processor function) is a/aila%le in the  Pro Pro #ersion "or %ars and in the  Pro_PP #ersion #ersion "or panels. OptiCut V is a/aila%le in 4 capacities, depending on the sole ma(imum amount o" pieces that can %e optimi!ed optimi!ed simultane simultaneousl) ousl).. +he limi limitt o" o " the %ar cutting lists +,- is 5 times higher  +p-: than the limi limitt o" the panel pa nel cutting cutting lists +p-

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 In the OptiCut V Version , the optimization algorithms of the panels and the bars have been separated for improved efficiency.

I! 2 INSTALLATION

installed ed on e/er) personal computer that runs runs ith 6indo 6indos s ( Windows OptiCut V can %e install Windows 98/ 2000/ XP Pro/ Vista ). 7ou can install it ith the "ile  I4tallOptiCut!  that is a/aila%le on C& or the e%site .% .%ool oole.e e.eu u. 6hen )ou e(ecute the "ile I4tallOptiCut!  the "olloing "olloing indo opens: opens:

 8o ust "ollo "ollo the instructions i nstructions : the instal i nstallatio latio n onl) takes take s a "e "e  seconds. Once OptiCut V is installed, )ou ma) e(ecute it /ia the shortcut on )our desktop. Clicking on the &emo /ersion %utton allos )ou to use OptiCut V in its demo mode until )ou enter  the 9cti/atio 9cti/ation n Code e ill ill pro/ide pro/ide )ou.

+o recei/e the 9cti/ation 9cti/ation Code, Code , )ou )ou ha/e to send us )our user code per '-mail or "a(.

6 I(PORTANT 7ou should a%solutel) ui4tall Opt  %e"ore alter alterin ing g )our )our hard hard dri/e. dri/e. OptiCut iCut V %e"ore +o do this, open ope n the the menu Start Programs o" o " )our computer computer and e(ecute the comman command d $oole ; Partners OptiCut 5 ?@ '&. I" the material (ELA_>?@ '& is a/aila a/aila%le %le in se/eral "ormats, )ou onl) onl) ha/e to create them successi/el) and then link them to the same material. I" )ou )ou use the hite melamin melaminee in another thickness, e.g. '# 11, it is regarded as another material that )ou should should create and use separatel) o" the pre/io pre/ious us one. he OptiCut V stoc!s can be managed either with the real "uantities or unlimited "uantities if orders are made according to your re"uirements. II! 2 (ULTI.(ATERIAL AND (ULTI.FOR(AT FUNCTIONS OptiCut V is a 1ulti.1atrial and 1ulti.7or1at so"tare.

6ith the 1ulti.1atrial "unction "unction )ou can enter or import cutting lists containing se/eral se/er al materials materials in an) order. $e"ore the optimi!ation optimi!ation,, this "unction "unction groups the cutting lines ith the same material, then launches launches a separate optim optimi!ation i!at ion "or e/er) material in the list. list. &uring &uring the optimi!atio optimi!ation n proces pro cess, s, the 1ulti.7or1at "unction "unction e(amines e(amines all the a/aila%le "ormats o" the current material and chooses "or e/er) cutting pattern the most appropriate one that can either either %e a hole hole modu module le or the o""-cut o" a pre/iou pre/iouss cuttin cutting. g. '"us t"e optimization result #ontains a #ombination of t"e a(ailable formats&

$oth the a%o/e "unction "unctionss appl) to panels as a s ell ell as %ars. =oe/er, )ou cannot mi( mi( panels and  %ars in in the same list. list. 7ou ould ould ha/e ha/e to create to separate "ile "iles. s.

II. 3 OPTI(U( FOR(AT SEARC? +his "unction, a/aila%le a/aila%le in %oth the  Pro and Pro_PP #ersions, ena%les )ou to search sea rch automaticall) automaticall) "or the sole most appropriate appropria te panel or %ar "ormat "ormat "or a gi/ gi/en en cutting cutting list. list. +he search sea rch is carried out in a /irtual /irtual stock, independent independent o" the real stock o" the gi/ gi/en en material. material.

In the a%o/e e(ample, OptiCut V tests >1 /irtual /irtual "ormats "ormats and suggest suggestss "or e(ample e(ample to use the the "ormat "ormat 15 ( 35 i" it it is %etter than the > others. his result result can be found, ev en if there is no format at all in stoc!. stoc! . For the %ar cuttin cutting, g, )ou ma) proceed in a simila similarr a):

In the e(ample a%o/e, OptiCut V tests 121 /irtual /irtual "ormats "ormats and "ind "indss "or e(ample e(ample the solution solution o" 1> %ars ith the same length length o" 25 mm. mm. #omparatively, in case of a classical multi$format optimization, OptiCut V would have been limited to the real formats and thus would have found a less efficient solution of %& bars of  ' mm length  * bars of + mm length. +he optim optimum um "ormat "ormat search s earch is particularl) particularl) interesting interesting hen )ou can order )our panel and %ar  "ormats "ormats to measure.  Please note t"at t"e t "e "ig"er t"e number of tested formats formats t"e longer t"e #al#ulations& #al#ulat ions&

III! PANEL CUTTIN" III! ' PANEL PANEL (ATERIALS AND PANEL STOC=S

$oth commands Panel materials materials and 'di 'ditt panels in the Stock menu open the "olloi "olloing ng indo:

+he panel speci"ic speci"ic trim cut /alues /alues are independant independant o" the glo%al glo%al trim cut /alues. /alues. =oe/er, the) could replace re place them or %e %e added to them, depending on the selected optim optimi!atio i!a tio n options.

III! 2 PANEL CUTTIN" LISTS

+he command command 8e  8e panel pane l cutting list in the File File menu opens the "olloi "olloing ng indo in hich hich )ou can either directl) enter e nter the cutting list or o r import it. '/er) piece has a main main re"erence and up to 1? addition additional al properties that )ou ma) create or parameterise in the +o +ools ols Pre"erences indo. indo. 'ach o" o " the the 4 edges o" a piece can %e de"ined de"ined either either %) its material material or %) its its thickness. thickness. +he thickness o" the the edges is su%stracted "rom the "inis "inishe hed d (entered) dimensions hereas the pre-cut is added. adde d. +hese +hese are the net cutting cutting dimensi dimensions ons..

+he shi"t and the control ke)s o" the the ke)%oard ena%le )ou to simultaneousl) simultaneous l) select se/eral lines ine s o" the cuttin cutting g list. list. +he %utton &uplicate &uplicate duplicates duplicates the selected select ed lines lines o" the cutting list. +he %utton @roup groups the lines ith identical content in one single line. +he %utton Multipl) Multipl) multiplies multiplies the *uantit) o" the the selected selec ted lines lines %) the same num%er. It is applied to the hole cutting list i" there is no selection.

III. ! 3 OPTI(IATION OPTI(IATION PARA(ETERS FOR PANEL PAN ELS S "  ral Para1 ara1 t r4

+he ta% @eneral o" the Optimi!atio Optimi!atio n Parameter indo i ndo looks like like this:

In order to simpl simpli") i") the use, OptiCut V o""ers se/eral optimi!ation modes ith pre-de"ined algorithm parameters. Contrar) to the "ast and standard modes, the ad/anced modes ena%le )ou to change the main cutting direction (turn around) so as to o%tain more e""ic e""icien ientt results results and %etter re-usa%le o""cuts. Please note that this this o"ten leads to more comple( cuttin cutting g patterns. he -igital control modes are specific to numerical saws and depend on the range of   products of the different manufacturers. +he Iterations Iterations cursor de"ines the the statistical precision o" the cutting cutting and leads to a %etter  optimi!ation result ithout ithout ignoring ignoring the parameter para meterss )ou de"ined. he best solutions are generally found before the % th iteration, but in some cases only after  the &th. +he option Second le/el trim cuts applies a second s econd trim cut during the cutting, cutting, i" the recutting le/el is higher higher than 2. +hanks +hanks to the option ast panel )ou can, pro/ided a panel is a/aila%l a/aila%lee in se/eral "ormats, gi/e gi/e priorit) to the "ormat "ormat that "inishes "inishes the cutting %) placing all the last pieces. piece s.

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