Set the cutting type and optimisation criteria for board layouts

Choose straight cuts or nesting, then tune recuts, optimisation criteria and stacking for the layout.

1. Type of Cutting: 'Straight Cuts' (guillotine layout for beam/panel saws, with Saw Width in mm, default 4, the kerf consumed between panels).

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2. Type of Cutting: 'Nesting' (CNC router layout, with Minimum Part Separation, default 15 mm, the gap between nested parts).

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3. Straight-cuts-only knobs: Maximum recuts allowed (0-3 or No Limit).

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4. Straight-cuts-only knobs: Optimisation Criteria - Least Material, Least Processing Time, Balanced (weighted by Additional Time Weight and the money costs of material per ~1 sq.ft and time per minute), or Decide after Comparison.

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5. Stacking lets multiple identical sheets be cut in one pass up to a Maximum Stack Height in mm.

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6. The Maximum recuts allowed setting is available only for straight-cut (saw) layouts; it does not appear for nesting layouts.

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7. The balance factor (shown as Additional Time Weight) defaults to 1.

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