Area on land, sheet glass, timber, leather, cloth, steel plates/sheets, is always expensive. Therefore a program that minimizes the area requirement for a maximum number of items to be output would be welcome. There are two methods of distribution generally employed, i.e., Rectangulation and Random shapes.
The AREA SHEAR PROGRAM meets the Rectangulation requirement and the AREA CUT program meets the random shape requirement, including self-nesting. In both the instances, the output reports are in the form of 2D drawings along with associated cutting data. On performing a live cutting of materials based on the output drawings and data generated by the AREA SHEAR program, an annual wastage of 22% was brought down to 0.22% for a sheet metal panel manufacturing company and a 20% incremental extraction of products from plates and slabs for a heavy engineering fabricator company by utilizing the AREA CUT program.