Plan: cut list and sheets

Tasks

How do I set the sheet I will buy?

1. Open Plan: the tables are left, the layout in the middle, the result right.
2. In Stock (N), put the long side in Width, the short side in Height and the count in Qty, in the unit set in the Parts (N) header (a 275 × 130 cm panel is 275 and 130).
3. Open the row chevron and set Material to the parts' label, such as Plywood · 18 mm.

Labels never mix; an empty Material accepts any part. Qty is a hard limit: extra parts go to Not placed (N).

What is the 5 mm trim?

The layout keeps 5 mm free on every edge: a bought panel is not square.

• Edge 5 leaves 2430 × 1210 mm usable on a 2440 × 1220 mm sheet; a 2435 mm board cannot be placed.
• The trim cuts are not in the cut order, whose distances count from the drawn edge and include the 5 mm.
• Edge is in Options › Advanced; 0 suits a square sheet.

How many sheets and cuts?

The card gives You need N sheets, N% waste (highlighted above 30 %) and one line per sheet size.

• Each sheet in Layout gives its N cuts.
• Cut order (N) lists each sheet's cuts and names the released part.

Why is a part in Not placed?

• Bigger than every sheet: the panel names the largest sheet. Split the board in the model.
• Qty used up: raise it.
• Material differs from every sheet, or Grain fights it with Allow rotation off.
• It fits only without the Edge trim.

The panel states only the size case.

Can I add a part that is not in the model?

Type in the last Parts (N) row or press Add. With a model cut list, it sits under Added by hand, editable; model rows are read-only. Update cut list keeps it.

I changed the model. Is the list current?

No. Update cut list appears; Optimize stays blocked until you press it. Make the cut list merges identical boards, drops sheets no board uses, and adds a 2440 × 1220 mm row per missing material with its own quantity.

Where are the files, cost and offcuts?

Report / PDF is in the result column; Export in the top-left menu holds Cut list CSV and Report / PDF. Cost per unit is in a sheet row; the report repeats it. No offcut store exists; add a real offcut as a Stock (N) row.

Facts

• Defaults: mm, Kerf 3 mm, Edge 5 mm, sheet 2440 × 1220 mm.
• Width allowance and Height allowance add to the cut size of a part.
• Optimize is in the top bar, or a phone bottom bar while it can run.

What the assistant does itself

• Sheet counts: sheets with sheet:[length,width] in mm (each side 300–6000) or stock:[{sheet,count,material}] (8 sizes, 200 sheets each), same optimizer, a 3 mm kerf and a fixed 5 mm trim; it reports sheets, yield and unplaced boards per material.
• It sees the model only, not hand-added parts or the Plan's stock: pass the real sheet size.
• It changes the model only; the user presses Update cut list.
• Only the user clicks, downloads, prints, types parts and stock, and installs the app.

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