freecut is a free and open source cut optimizer software for optimizing rectangular cut pieces from panels. It is easy to use and after you have made the entries in the gui, a pdf file is created with the result.

This software is written in Rust using the Rust bindings for the FLTK Graphical User Interface library fltk-rs, comfy-table, pdf-canvas and the genetic algorithms and heuristics from the cut-optimizer-2d crate.

First install cargo and cmake, which is a dependency of fltk-sys.

Now, compile the freecut-crate:

cargo install freecut

This software helps you to optimize panel cuts.

To add a stockpiece, fill all fields and press the "add" Button, the stockpiece will apear in the table in the output fields.

To add a cutpiece, fill all fields and press the "add" Button, the cutpiece will apear in the table in the output.

If a pattern on the workpiece is to be taken into account, then select the respective direction. In this case, however, a pattern must also be selected on each cutpiece.

Choose a cutwidth between 1 and 15mm and a prefered Layout. Guillotine-Layout is better for panel-saws. Now press the [optimize]-Button and a pdf-File with a solution will be generated.

Contributions are welcome, please create an issue or pull request.