Tile border layout — border piece length scenarios.

What this decision changes

Full required pieces must fit usable stock. Aggregate area or length alone cannot prove a feasible cut or roll allocation. Method basis: Straight lengths exclude the area occupied by corner pieces. Border pieces and corners remain distinct from field tiles.

The focus is border piece length. All other shared inputs remain fixed for each evaluated range.

Read the evaluated results

Look for jumps in purchased stock and rejected fits. The rows show actual evaluated allocations, not an assumption that every intermediate size will behave identically.

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

Permitted orientation, complete-run requirements and reserved cut losses remain supplied inputs; sampled layouts do not promise a globally optimal cut plan.

Dimensions, layouts, rates and material properties are supplied by the user.

Does not select construction specifications or certify safety.

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.