Staz wrote:
> 
> > Le vendredi 15 mars 2002, à 09:48 , Craig Hoyt a écrit :
> >
> >> As for shearing... It is a structural analysis of an object.
> >> Pressure is
> >> put on a test piece to find it's failure point. All components used in
> >> structural support has to be tested to insure suitability for each
> >> construction application.
> >
> in this context, it means getting the best possible cuts out of stock
> lengths.

I have one of those algorythms in use in my big FB3 app (we cut aluminum
stock lengths into door pieces). It uses linked lists, tedd! :)

What I would like is an algorythm for a 2-dimensional optimization
allowing rotation of the sheet. When I think about it, my brain
threatens to explode.

PB