Design software for material layout
Design software for material layout to reduce waste
Avoiding three problems running the optimizer.
One major feature in our Professional version is the design software for material layout.
A user wrote in with a question about a problem he was having trying to optimize his project.
I put together this short video of me analyzing what might have gone wrong.
The source of problems with the optimizer – evidenced by red highlight boxes around part names — is almost always one [or more] of three things.
- The material exists but is not sized with the stocking function.
- Wrong orientation for a board.
- Wrong direction for the grain.
Watch the video.
So if you have questions or problems send me an email.
David Rozewski
My woodworking love started in 6th grade in school shop class. I have a BS in Industrial Technology and an MBA. At my first job, I computerized a production accounting system – the results were positive, and I loved the challenges. I left the corporate world to begin woodworking full time and one of my first decisions was to use CAD for my designs. I found that CAD did not meet all my needs. I wrote a specification of what I wanted and turned it into a prototype. SketchList 3D incorporated in 2007. We completed programming and launched. Today thousands of woodworkers use SketchList 3D.
