Because of ever more complex geometries for windows, facades, and winter gardens, and also interior architectural elements, the share of shapes in the product mix continues to increase. With a usual cut optimization, normally the circumscribed rectangle for a shape is considered in the optimization. Precisely with triangular shapes, this results in very low yield, since under some circumstances, up to 50 % of the rectangle’s area becomes waste.
The A+W module A+W Shape Optimizer can help you here by combining shapes from different items in space-saving fashion within a rectangle. In order to keep the work required on the cutting table as low as possible, a maximum of 2 shapes are nested within the rectangle. A+W Shape Optimizer considers the required auxiliary cuts so that the shapes can be removed easily from the circumscribed rectangle.