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Mixed stock cut lists — pieces scenarios.

How does changing pieces affect mixed stock cut lists when the other inputs stay fixed?

What this decision changes

This supplied count describes physical items or prescribed positions. Repeated items can contribute to one pooled order only on the same compatible material basis. Method basis: Cuts are sorted longest first and placed into the first stock with room. This gives a reproducible practical allocation, not a proof of the minimum possible number of stock lengths.

The focus is pieces in the first repeated measured entry. Other repeated entries keep their own supplied values.

First-fit decreasing allocation of cut length + kerf into stock length − end trimStock Cut List Calculator

Evaluate your supplied alternatives

Start with your measured plan and selected product data. The initial values and range are illustrative. Each scenario changes only pieces in the first repeated entry; the other entered values stay fixed.

Measured plan and product inputs
Where to get this value

Use the actual usable quantity or dimensions of the product you intend to buy. Check the label and the unit shown here.

Cut item 1 · entry varied by the range
Where to get this value

Measure this dimension in your plan or on site and use the displayed unit. For irregular shapes, divide the geometry into the supported sections.

Cut item 2
Where to get this value

Measure this dimension in your plan or on site and use the displayed unit. For irregular shapes, divide the geometry into the supported sections.

Supplied comparison range for pieces

Nine evenly spaced values are evaluated. Whole counts are rounded to distinct integer scenarios. Values between the listed samples are not calculated.

4 evaluated scenarios

Baseline: Stock lengths for this allocation — 2 stock lengths. Rejected combinations remain visible below.

Stock lengths for this allocation across evaluated scenarios21223344
Each bar is one actual calculated stock lengths for this allocation. Horizontal values: pieces in the supplied count basis. Only the first repeated entry varies.
PiecesStock lengths for this allocationChange from baselineUse this scenario
1 2 stock lengths0 stock lengthsOpen in calculator
Exact quantity breakdown
Cut pieces
3
Unallocated offcut after kerf
4 m

First-fit decreasing; the allocation is feasible but may not be optimal.

2 2 stock lengths0 stock lengthsOpen in calculator
Exact quantity breakdown
Cut pieces
4
Unallocated offcut after kerf
0 m

First-fit decreasing; the allocation is feasible but may not be optimal.

3 3 stock lengths1 stock lengthsOpen in calculator
Exact quantity breakdown
Cut pieces
5
Unallocated offcut after kerf
2 m

First-fit decreasing; the allocation is feasible but may not be optimal.

4 4 stock lengths2 stock lengthsOpen in calculator
Exact quantity breakdown
Cut pieces
6
Unallocated offcut after kerf
4 m

First-fit decreasing; the allocation is feasible but may not be optimal.

Read the evaluated results

Compare the selected count with the total quantity and whole purchase lines. Boundary positions, kits and package rounding can make the order change in steps.

  1. Replace every illustrative baseline measurement and selected product value with the inputs for your actual task.
  2. Enter a comparison range on the focused input's stated unit and quantity basis.
  3. Review rejected combinations and use the exact detail lines to distinguish measured demand from whole purchases.
  4. Open an evaluated scenario in the full calculator to save its original inputs and quantity breakdown to a browser material project.

Keep the comparison within scope

The count and fixing or component schedule are inputs; capacity, performance and safe attachment are not determined.

Geometric or purchasing arithmetic from user-supplied values.

Does not select or approve construction specifications or handling limits.

Only the listed samples are evaluated. Intermediate values, alternate constraints and global cutting optimality are not inferred from the graph.

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Quantity method and illustrative scenarios checked 6 October 2026. Methods and scope.