Window, door and curtain-wall profile systems, box section, and general aluminium extrusion — cut lists here usually mean several required lengths per profile against a handful of standard stock lengths. Barcut Pro's 1D optimizer decides which stock lengths to use for which combinations, rather than committing to one length at a time.
Most aluminium suppliers stock more than one bar length per profile. Enter every length you actually hold — the optimizer chooses between them per pattern, which is where the real waste reduction comes from.
Kerf varies by blade and saw — measure your own rather than assuming a number. See the kerf guide for how to measure it directly on your equipment.
Aluminium offcuts above a useful length are often worth keeping for smaller parts on a later job. Set your minimum useful offcut to your shop’s real threshold, not a default.
A window run typically needs uprights, transoms and cills at different lengths — solve each profile’s cutting list against its own available stock lengths for that profile.
A profile cutting list — 2150mm × 6, 1400mm × 8, 980mm × 10 — against 6500mm and 6000mm stock, 4mm kerf, 20mm end trim, 250mm minimum useful offcut. Run through Barcut Pro’s actual engine:
| Stock length | Cuts |
|---|---|
| 6500mm | 2150 + 2150 + 2150 |
| 6500mm | 2150 + 2150 + 2150 |
| 6500mm | 1400 + 980 + 980 + 980 + 980 + 980 |
| 6500mm | 1400 + 980 + 980 + 980 + 980 + 980 |
| 6000mm | 1400 + 1400 |
| 6000mm | 1400 + 1400 + 1400 + 1400 |
6 bars, 24 real cuts, all 24 required pieces placed, 89.2% material yield. Full breakdown in the aluminium extrusion waste guide.
Yes. Barcut Pro is used for aluminium profile and extrusion cutting — window, door and curtain-wall systems among them — the optimizer works on lengths and quantities, so it applies to any linear aluminium stock.
Yes — enter every stock length you hold for a given profile, each with its own available quantity or left unlimited, and the optimizer decides which lengths to use for which combinations.
Yes. Enter your saw’s actual measured kerf and it’s deducted at every cut in the returned plan — see the kerf guide for how to measure it.