New in this release

New in this release (v. 3.0.2 - 2008-09-23)

new feature: added global saw width setting. The saw width can be defined as a global value for all materials or for each material type
new feature: added new "Decimal Feet" unit to “Display units” and “Default data entry units”
bug fixed: Smart2DCutting failed to start (freezed at 20% while loading) if it could not access the database location (i.e. folder doesn't exists or network path not available). If the database path is not accessible, Smart2DCutting will display a warning message and will switch to the default database location:
"%commonappdata%\Rasterweq\Smart2DCutting\db".

version 3.0.1 - 2008-08-15

new feature: added edge banding support for parts
new feature: added cost calculation tab
new feature: added multiuser support (network support)
new feature: improved user interface
new feature: improved optimization engine - added new optimization level which handles better large parts
new feature: added per panel configurable trims
new feature: added per part configurable margins
new feature: added database backup/restore feature
new feature: improved import/export functions for panels and parts
new feature: added 'Works' field for parts to define operational costs for each part
new feature: other various minor new features and improvements
bug fixed: various minor bugs were fixed in this new version

version 2.5.1 - 2008-04-30

bug fixed: when all jobs were deleted, the creation of the folder for the first job failed
bug fixed: the surface value was not rounded correctly when the units used were inches. (i.e. instead of 40.0 sq ft, 39.993439 sq ft was displayed)
This issue did not affect the optimization or the cutting layout in any ways.
bug fixed: "Rectangle width is too small to draw text" error fixed for screen display.
bug fixed: the saw width can be set to 0 mm again as prior to version 2.5
bug fixed: the symbol " was not automatically added when entering fractional inches values and "Default Data Entry Units" was set to "Inches".
new feature: added the partcode field to the cutting layout too, not only to labels as before.

version 2.5 - 2008-02-12

bug fixed: "Divide by Zero" error message was displayed when previewing labels for a new job with no panels/parts defined.
bug fixed: material mismatch between panels and parts generated "Access violations"
bug fixed: the "Name band pos" value was reset to 0 when changing label styles in the "Labels" section.
bug fixed: if the parts list contained a part bigger than the specified panel, the cutting report displayed a wrong qty of used panels.
This only happened if a single panel size was entered and only in the "Cutting report" section.
bug fixed: problem when last job was deleted without previously saving its panels & parts data. The panels/parts data of the previous job were overwritten with panels/parts data of the deleted job.
This only happened if the deleted job was last in the jobs grid.
bug fixed: when using non-metric units the surface of the parts was computed wrong if the part qty was higher than 1.
This only happened if the units were set to in, ft or din.
new feature: ability to insert records anywhere in the grid instead of only at the end of the grid as before
new feature: allow decimal values for mm. Dimensions in mm can have now up to 2 decimals.
new feature: label interface improved
new feature: added part code column in parts grid. On labels this field is printed as barcode
new feature: added option to print labels in "Cutting layout order". The labels are printed in the order they appear in the cutting layout. The old "logical" order was kept and it is called now "Cutting report order"
new feature: added option to automatically execute "Booking of panels/parts" after optimization
new feature: added option to hide "Material", "Part-code" and "Turn" columns on the print preview page
new feature: added "last updated" info to stock grid
new feature: added option to print the job description on cutting layouts
new feature: added option to hide surface & offcuts info on cutting layouts
new feature: ability to edit the description field of panels, parts and offcuts on the cutting layout tab. The changes are visible on the printed cutting layout and on the labels. The text entered on the cutting layout tab is reset when a new job is loaded or when the optimization is executed. To keep the changes, the cutting layout needs to be saved.
This new feature facilitates the communication between the person who is generating the cutting layout and the workers who are cutting the pieces.

version 2.4 - 2007-09-28

bug fixed: when first job was selected, column order changing did not work well
bug fixed: background color appeared behind the copyright © message in printed (preview) output
bug fixed: tables were not resizing well for larger fonts
bug fixed: in labels section, when printing labels the right and bottom margins were fixed to a value that was too high, preventing the use of the whole label sheet (for some label formats)
bug fixed: when the number of labels to print was too high (i.e. > 10000) the generation of print preview took a long time and blocked the program.
Now, the program displays an alert informing the user about the high number of labels and asking for confirmation before proceeding with the print preview.
new feature: option to set the color of the cutting lines on layouts
new feature: option to set different fonts for screen and printer
new feature: unlimited qty for panels
new feature: automatically check for updates

version 2.3.4 - 2007-08-03

bug fixed: "Access violation at address xxxxxxxx in module oleaut32.dll read of address xxxxxxxx' error message fixed
new feature: Turkish language added to the user interface

version 2.3.3 - 2007-07-09

new feature: the nr. of layouts printed per page can be customized (up to 7 layouts per page)
new feature: ability to hide layouts and print only the cutting layout details (on print preview page for cutting layouts)
new feature: new label view option ("Label view 2"): the labels contained in the label report can be printed in label shape, too
new feature: Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian languages added to the user interface

version 2.3.2 - 2007-06-16

bug fixed: - The list of offcuts in the window for stock management contained an error: The quantity of each offcut was replaced by the id of the offcut

version 2.3.1 - 2007-06-02

new feature: the parts limit for the trial version was increased to 1000. The program can now be evaluated for a period of 30 days with a parts limit of 1000.

version 2.3 - 2007-05-19

new feature: customizable columns order for grids
new feature: the cutting layout can be saved to a plain text file for further processing using a cnc software

version 2.2 - 2007-05-08

bug fixed: "DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory... etc." error message fixed
new feature: improved optimization engine
new feature: added direction settings for optimization
- along width (parts to be cut only along the width of the panel)
- along length (parts to be cut only along the length of the panel)
- automatic (automatically choose the best direction)
new feature: added optimization level
- quick (still fast, but better than previous versions)
- full (slower, but more performant)
new feature: significant interface improvements
- the user interface looks better and is much easier to use
- added copy/paste support for all grids
- sort columns support for all grids
- font changing option
new feature: powerful print preview
new feature: customizable display settings (allows changing the background style and color for panels, parts and offcuts on both screen and printer)

version 2.1 - 2007-01-13

bug fixed: printing problem for HP Inkjet printers fixed
new feature: improved optimization engine
new feature: automatic conversion to the lowest common denominator when using fractional inches (this feature can be disabled from the settings dialog window)

version 2.0 - 2006-06-22

new feature: significant interface improvements
new feature: better and faster optimization engine
new feature: support for US Customary / British Imperial measurement units:
- inches, decimal ("59.0551")
- inches, fractional "59 4/64'')
- feet and inches ("4' 11 4/64'')
new feature: job management system (group panels, parts and cutting layouts together)

version 1.4 - 2005-03-02

new feature: label report (useful for those not wishing to use labels)
new feature: import / export CSV files containing parts and panels data