Structural bar, box section, angle and flat — general fabrication and metalwork cutting lists. The same 1D optimizer applies: enter what you need to cut, what stock you hold, and get a plan that uses the least stock across whatever lengths are actually available.
Steel bar and section is often heavier and longer than aluminium extrusion, which raises the practical cost of an extra bar — fewer bars used from an optimized plan translates directly to less material bought and moved.
Different section sizes and profiles aren’t interchangeable stock — run each section size as its own cutting list against its own available stock lengths.
Kerf differs meaningfully between blade types. Measure your specific saw and blade rather than assuming a number carried over from a different machine.
Where a machine needs a squared reference cut before the first real piece, set end trim per side so the plan already accounts for it rather than discovering the shortfall at the saw.
Yes. Steel bar, tube and profile cutting works the same way as any other linear material: enter your cutting list and available stock lengths, set kerf and end trim for your saw, and optimize.
Yes — the optimizer works purely on length and quantity, so it applies equally to bar, box section, angle, flat and any other linear steel stock cut to length.
Yes. Kerf is set per solve, so you can run different section sizes as separate cutting lists, each with the kerf that matches the actual blade or saw used for that size.