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24th February 2014, 03:47 PM #1Novice
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Any rivals to CutlistPlus software
I have used CutlistPLus for about eight years to produce cuttings lists for my hobby projects. Cutlist is a capable program and handles sheets and dimensioned timber stock. But it has a weakness that is beginning to annoy me.
I've just googled for similar software, but most are dedicated to 2D sheet material; ie, no thickness dimension of the parts is needed. I wonder if anyone in this forum has experience with other software.
Bevin
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25th February 2014, 10:43 AM #2
http://www.maxcut.co.za/
I don't know if this product will even do what you want, so I'll leave it up to you to investigate further.
I have used their free version off and on for a number of years and found it very useful.Cheers.
Vernon.
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25th February 2014, 01:25 PM #3Novice
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Hi Vernonv,
Thanks for that info, but unfortunately MaxCut v2 (the latest version) does not handle timber boards, only sheet material. And while I could enter sheets with timber board dimensions, I would have to fudge other aspects as well.
Regards,
Bevin
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31st March 2015, 02:27 AM #4Senior Member
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An old thread but here are my experiences.
I have tried Cutlist fx and liked it but I baulked at doing a credit card payment online (once bitten forever shy) once my trial ran out, wish they would offer a Paypal option.
I tried the Cut List plugin for Sketchup (only works with v8) it worked but as far as I could tell you can't specify custom stock dimensions, so no good for me.
I tried Maxcut v2 it's free and more importantly does what I need it to.
MaxCut specifies sheet material but as you can specify width, length, thickness and grain direction I can't see any problem using it for dimensioned stock and I am doing just that.
Anyway so far at least it gets a big thumbs up from me. There is apparently a "Professional Edition" underdevelopment which will allow costings etc and if it's not too expensive i'll buy that when/if it comes.
Dave