Production
Generate a cutting list
What this does
Produces the list the saw works from: every profile piece in the job with its length, its angles and what it belongs to.
Steps
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01
Open the manufacturing order, or the analysed sales order line.
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Open the cutting data — Cut-to-Cut Length (mm) and Cut Angle per piece.
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Check the piece count against the number of units — a missing piece here is a missing piece at the saw.
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Print or export the list for the shop floor.
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Issue it with the labels, so each cut piece can be identified after it leaves the saw.
Reading the list
- Cut-to-cut length is the finished piece, already accounting for the joint the profile uses — not the drawing dimension.
- Cut angle distinguishes a mitred corner from a square butt cut. Getting this wrong wastes the profile, not just the time.
- Pieces are grouped by what can be cut together, which is what makes optimisation possible.
Important
The cutting list is generated from the analysis, not from the drawing. If the design was edited and not re-analysed, the list describes the previous revision — and the saw will believe it.
Common mistakes
- Cutting from a list printed before the last design change.
- Reading a drawing dimension as a cut length.
- Cutting without labels, then owning a pile of aluminium nobody can allocate to a window.
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