Which settings does every profile have?
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Search time | How long the job searches. It ends sooner only when no better nest can exist |
| Gap between parts (mm) | The clearance for your knife, saw, router or laser, also kept from the hide, roll or sheet edges and from defects |
| Tilt (± degrees) | How far a part may turn off its allowed angles. Keep 0 when grain, nap, stripes or a print run one way; parts with their own tilt keep it |
Which settings are there for leather?
- Goal: fewest hides, which leaves whole hides for the next order, or lowest leather cost, which uses each hide’s price.
- Sets mode: prefer complete sets, strict complete sets or maximum utilisation (see complete sets).
- Batches: each set from one batch, or a set may mix batches, which may improve utilisation but can introduce shade or grain differences.
- Hide groups: shade lots set per hide on the batch page, or each batch as one lot.
Which settings are there for fabric?
- Usable fabric width, open: selvedge to selvedge, minus the edge you do not cut.
- Fabric on the table: open in one layer, folded lengthwise, or tubular.
- Pattern: plain or random print, stripes along the roll, stripes across the roll, or plaid, with the repeat, first stripe and match tolerance (see stripe and plaid matching).
Which settings are there for sheets?
- Sheet sizes: width and length in millimetres, with a price per sheet; each job enters how many of each it may use.
- Goal: fewest sheets, or lowest material cost, which uses each size’s price.
- Sets mode: maximum utilisation, where new sheet profiles start, prefer complete sets or strict complete sets (see kits and sets).
How long should a job search?
A nest improves for most of the search. On fabric, the marker keeps getting shorter, and a minute is usually close to the best; on hides and sheets, a longer search often saves another hide or sheet. A job ends early only when no better nest can exist, and you can stop it at any time and keep the best nest so far. The longest search a job may have is set by your plan.
How do jobs use profiles?
Your first profile is the default, and every new job starts from it; the job form can pick another. A job copies the profile’s settings when it starts, so editing a profile later never changes jobs already run. Through the API, a job starts from a profile too, and its settings may override any of them, within the allowed ranges.
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