Here are the some of the more advanced features of our Plan-IQ software:

(1) Plan-IQ optimizes over multiple panels, even in multiple sizes.

(2) To facilitate setting up cutting jobs, Plan-IQ lets you define 'objects' that are effectively a set of different products in various quantities. In the job setup, all you need to do is x times some object, and the system will create the cut list.

(3) When you use a panel saw (edge-to-edge cutting), Plan-IQ will detect re-usable offcut, and add it to the database for subsequent jobs

(4) You can set the optimizer to minimize the number of different layouts, even if this is somewhat at the expense of lower yield. You can also set maxima on the number of different parts per panel, and the number of allowed rotations.

(5) Plan-IQ lets you set the trade-off between yield and layout complexity. For example you can set how much yield you are prepared to give up in order to avoid (for example) starting with a crosscut, or having to do 4th phase cuts. If the trade-off value is 0, it will block the crosscut or 4th phase cuts.

(6) you can set a target or fixed stack size

(7) instead of optimizing cutting layouts for panels, you can set the system to minimize the length used when placing parts on rolls of material. For panels, the optimizer can maximize the largest remaining offcut.

(8) For edge-to-edge cutting, Plan-IQ let's you define sawkerf, trim cuts, minimum cutting distance from the edge of the material, required space for retrim, and whether strips can at their maximum only a single part wide.

(9) For cutting on routers, the system can be set to produce layouts with the smaller parts on the inside of the layouts.