Edit Materials

The "Materials" window is made up of 3 sections: Materials, Minimum offcuts values and Panel prices

  • Materials - allows you to configure materials options

    Smart2DCutting manages different material panels and parts based on the material field.

  Currency   - to change the currency of the price select its field and choose a new currency from the currencies drop-down list.
  Name   - the name of the material. This name appears in the "Material" field of panels, parts and offcuts.
  Saw width   - the saw width is defined for each material. The saw width is an important value. It should reflect the width of the cut to get accurate cutting layouts.
  Default band type   - the default band type for the material. When checking a checkbox in the "Edge banding" field, the default band type for the part material is set. If no default band type is configured for a particular material, the edge banding selection box will be displayed.
  Material price   - the price of the material per area unit. It can be defined per sq. meter, sq. inch, sq. foot or per panel. It is used for cost calculation.
When the price is defined per panel, the program will add to the total cost the price of each panel used, regardless of panel usage.
If you know the panel price you can use the Material price calculator to compute the price per area unit.
Material price for particular panel sizes can be set in the Panel prices section.
  Cutting price   - the price of the cutting operation, per length unit. It can be defined per meter, inch, feet or per panel. It is used for cost calculation.
  Weight   - the weight of material per area unit. It can be defined per sq. meter, sq. inch, sq. foot or per panel. It is used for the "Weights" report in the "Cutting Report" section.
  Description   - the description of the material. This field doesn't appear anywhere else in the program.

 

 
  • Consider cuts along the outside of the panels - when checked, the program will consider cuts around parts which shares some of their edges with the panel edges. If panel edges are nicely cut from the factory this option might not be needed but if the panels have irregular shapes or damaged edges (i.e. cutting from stone slabs) checking this option is mandatory in order to get accurate cost calculation for the cutting length.
    Please note that this option only affects the cost calculation for the cutting length. It doesn't have any effect on the optimization process.

 

 
  • Minimum offcuts values - allows to define the minimum dimensions for reusable offcuts, for the selected material type. Reusable offcuts are displayed on the cutting layouts and qualifies for the booking process.

    The key to maximum material yield is reusing offcuts.
    Surplus material that is left after cutting can often be used in another project.
    Smart2DCutting can determine which offcuts to keep based on minimum dimensions of reusable offcuts. Reusable offcuts are labeled on the cutting layout and printed in reports.
    For details on how to keep reusable offcuts see the Stock Management section.

  Enable tracking of minimum offcuts values   - when checked Smart2DCutting will report offcuts if their dimensions match any of the minimum Length and Width specified.
  Minimum offcuts values   - the minimum Length and Width for an offcut to be recorded. Up to 5 minimum offcuts dimensions can be defined for each material.

 

 
  • Panel prices - allows to define the material price at panel level, for the selected material type. There could be situations when the generic price per material is not satisfactory and a price set for a particular panel size is the best option. The price entered for a particular panel size overwrites the generic price of the material.

  Enable "Panel prices" for the following panel sizes   - when checked the price entered for a particular panel size overwrites the generic price of the material. The other panel sizes not set in this list will have the generic material price as defined in the Materials section.
  Length & Width   - the Length and Width of the panel for which the price is set.
  Material price   - the material price for the given panel size. It can be set per panel, sq. meter, sq. inch or sq. foot. The currency is locked to the currency of the selected material type.

 

 
  • Material price calculator - allows to calculate material price per area unit, giving the price per panel or per linear unit. This is useful when you only know the price of the panel (or per linear unit) but not the price per area unit.

    Enter the price per panel, the length and width of the panel and the material price per area unit will be calculated automatically. You can use the "Price unit" field to set the area unit for which the price is to be calculated: square meter, square inch or square foot. When the "Price unit" is set to "panel" the length and width fields can be left empty.
    To assign the material price to the selected material, click the "Set new price" button.
  Material   - the material for which the price is to be calculated. This field is read-only and it is changed automatically based on the selected material.
  Input price   - the price of the panel or per linear unit, as defined in the field "Input price unit" (see below)
  Input price unit   - the unit for which the input price is entered. It can be panel, m, in or ft.
  Panel length   - the length of the panel.
  Panel width   - the width of the panel.
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  Price unit   - the area unit for which the price is to be calculated. It can be panel, sq. meter, sq. inch or sq. foot.
Please note that for low prices of the panel, the material price per sq. inch can be very small ( < 0.01 ) and it will not be considered. In this situations please use sq. foot or sq. meter for the "Price unit" field.
When the "Price unit" is set to "panel" the length and width values are ignored.
  Material price   - the price of the material per area unit. The price is calculated for the area unit specified in the field "Price unit".
 


Use the buttons from the top buttons bar to Print , Add or Remove materials.