Generate a board layout and choose Accept, Abort or Re-generate
Open the Board Layout tab to start generation, then decide whether to accept the best layout so far, abort the run, or force a fresh regeneration.
Opening the Board Layout tab in a work order triggers layout generation. A 'Generating Board Layout' modal shows overall progress, an iteration counter, an OVERALL totals bar and per-board-type cards with the best solution so far (sheets, estimated time, offcut area). Two exits: 'Accept & Continue' stops the optimization early and keeps the best layout found so far (the confirm reminds the user they can Force Re-generate later); 'Abort run' permanently discards the run, behind a danger confirmation. Board types whose result was reused from a previous run's cache are hidden from the progress modal - seeing fewer cards than board types is normal. Nesting-type layouts show sheets-only stats (no time/offcut figures, which only apply to straight cuts). To recompute from scratch, use the '...' menu in the board layout header and pick 'Re-generate' (its confirmation, 'Force Regeneration', says it discards all current layouts). On the board type listing, a card showing '-' for panels and yield means generation did not succeed for that board; clicking it re-triggers generation, and a card with zero panels shows a 'This board has no panels' message instead of opening.
'Re-generate' in the board layout header's '...' menu (its confirmation is titled 'Force Regeneration': 'Regenerate the board layout for all board types? This discards all current layouts.') discards any manual drag-and-drop placements made on the board layout and rebuilds a fresh system-generated layout.
Letting the generation run to completion rather than clicking 'Accept & Continue' early gives the optimizer the full time it needs to try the panel-fitting combinations and return the best layout it can find.