New Excel add-in delivers dramatic savings for the linear material cutting.
1DCutX calculates how to cut linear materials (bars, pipes, etc) with minimal waste without leaving the Excel. It reads spreadsheets, generates reports and graphical layouts within your workbook.
Online, January 10, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Industrial and construction companies, professionals and hobbyists often face the same problem - how to cut smaller pieces from a large linear material stock (bar, pipe, beam, etc.) that comes in a standard size. This is so-called "length cutting optimization" problem and it has been intensively studied for decades by scientists and engineers. If you tried to solve this problem manually you'd spend some time and end up with a far from optimal solution that produces a lot of material waste. Fortunately there is a big variety of software products available on the market that can solve the length cutting optimization problem with a much higher productivity and material utilization rate.
As usual along with a solution comes a drawback - you have to spend time and money to find, compare, purchase and learn how to use such software. However, almost everybody knows Microsoft Excel, which has been successfully used by hundreds of millions users around the globe as an inventory, financial and order processing tool.
Optimalon Software brings the length cutting optimization functionality into Excel and therefore helps the regular users to save time and reduce material waste.
Denis Smirnov, marketing director of Optimalon Software: "Our new product 1DCutX combines two important features. First, it makes the complex numerical optimization so simple and intuitive that anyone can do it in a couple of minutes. Second, it takes away all hassles involved with third-party software. 1DCutX works with Excel, as the Excel menu item or the ribbon element. Hence, since you don't need to import/export/save/load any additional files anymore all data is saved within your workbook practically eliminating any potential errors."
1DCutX supports either waste or both waste and cost minimization scenarios. Additional parameters, like saw kerf, minimal waste size and completion mode, help you to account for the features and limitations of the utilized cutting hardware.
More information, YouTube video-presentation, and free trial version of the 1DCutX are available at Optimalon Software Web site:
http://www.optimalon.com/length_cutting_excel.htm