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.
Type of Cutting: 'Straight Cuts' (guillotine layout for beam/panel saws, with Saw Width in mm, default 4, the kerf consumed between panels).
✓ Checked in the product on 11 October 2026Type of Cutting: 'Nesting' (CNC router layout, with Minimum Part Separation, default 15 mm, the gap between nested parts).
✓ Checked in the product on 11 October 2026Straight-cuts-only knobs: Maximum recuts allowed (0-3 or No Limit).
✓ Checked in the product on 11 October 2026Straight-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.
✓ Checked in the product on 11 October 2026Stacking lets multiple identical sheets be cut in one pass up to a Maximum Stack Height in mm.
✓ Checked in the product on 19 October 2026The Maximum recuts allowed setting is available only for straight-cut (saw) layouts; it does not appear for nesting layouts.
✓ Checked in the product on 11 October 2026The balance factor (shown as Additional Time Weight) defaults to 1.
✓ Checked in the product on 11 October 2026