topic Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

lgk1221 — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 03:07:48 GMT

Is there an add-on that anyone knows of that will output an optimized cutlist for working with plywood (4'x8' sheet...etc)?

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

Beyondforce — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 07:11:49 GMT

Hey @lgk1221,

I'm guessing you are looking for a BOM, which you can find under the Drawing.

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Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

lgk1221 — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 20:59:17 GMT

I was looking for something similar to the sketchup extension called "CutList". I have added a screenshot and the link to the extension that may help.

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[link to extension]

Thanks

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

mal_rixon — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 02:27:05 GMT

I have found a way to do it.

by using the CSV-BOM from here this will generate the BOM for you.

Because Fusion always takes X axis as length Y axis as width and Z axis as height ( Well that has been my experience) I have then written a macro for excel which will take the shortest dimension and put in the height column and longest dimension and put it in the Length column and the remaining dimension is put in the width column. You can then import the rearanged csv file into Cutlist Plus fx.

Attached is the macro for excel

enjoy all

Mal

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

Anonymous — Wed, 09 May 2018 20:17:38 GMT

Have or anyone had a problem with BOM telling you that it has an Error with a value such as 1/4?

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 19:52:57 GMT

Not exactly an excel pro here.. Can you shed a little light on how to actually use this? (if it is still relevant). My biggest issue with the bom creation is that is always puts the thickness as the length and the height as the thickness

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

kbsaltwater — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:58:22 GMT

Did you ever get an answer to this question. I am having the same issue.

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

jonnogibbo — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:05:31 GMT

https://cutlistevo.com/ is a free tool which can import the OBJ file (can be exported from the free version of Fusion360), and it will extract any rectangular parts, then create and optimize the cut list.

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

OGLLC — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:13:39 GMT

This is the best version I've seen.. do you know anything about the paid version vs free? So far.. pretty cool if it's not all buggy.

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

OGLLC — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:15:34 GMT

ATTACHED REPRESENTATIONS OF A MODEL I INPUT

It works.. but doesn't look like it's captured parts from the model such as Hardwoods.

If this can function on a level even CLOSE to cabinet visions cut-listing and BOM.. take all my money.

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

jonnogibbo — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 06:05:45 GMT

It’s in beta at the moment there are some complexities extracting some parts which may not be covered yet - happy to discuss further and let’s see if we can overcome any issues with your file - hello@cutrevolution.com

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

scott — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 02:04:42 GMT

Just used this to create a cut list for a small cabinet project I'm doing. It's astonishing. Imported the .obj file with no problem. I then defined stock that would 1) fit in my car and 2) was longer than my longest component.

The program then created a stock list and cut plan. I iterated the stock length (subject to constraints 1 and 2, above), to maximize % utilization.

Really cool. A couple of things to watch out for as you do it. If anyone's interested in a blow-by-blow, I'd be happy to post it.

To the authors (Jon?), you're taking the material name from Fusion's Appearance property, which is where you customize a material to look correct in the rendering. For example, I have 2 "birch" appearances, one for horizontal grain and one for vertical. Those import as 2 different materials. If you used the "material" property instead of "appearance," that's less likely to be subject to design modifications undertaken strictly for the rendering (i.e., all my part have material == "birch," while there are appearance variations within "birch." That might be a limitation in the .obj file import, I don't know.

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

jonnogibbo — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:29:51 GMT

Hi Scott - glad to hear the tool worked for you and thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately the OBJ file does have limitations and Autodesk have decided to map their fields to the available OBJ fields in this way, appreciate it’s not ideal but I can’t see an obvious way to use the material property as it’s not exported. I chose to use OBJ as it’s one of the non proprietary formats which is available to use in the free version.

Re: Cutlist for Woodworking Projects

scott — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:58:23 GMT

I figured it might be an .obj limitation. It's an easy workaround to change the part's material once imported.