Textile industry
cutting optimizer
Fabric, leather, faux leather, foam — maximum yield for textile industry and upholstery.
Start optimizingWhy does textile cutting waste 20–35% of fabric?
Cutting from fabric rolls is particularly complex: pattern direction, material width, and part placement all matter. Waste typically averages 20–35%.
How does roll-based optimization reduce fabric waste?
CutOptim's 1D mode is perfect for roll-based cutting where material width is fixed and optimization runs along the length. Rotation control ensures pattern direction compliance.
Industry at a glance
Pattern direction
Per-part rotation rules to maintain pattern orientation.
1D roll mode
Fixed-width roll cutting — optimizes along the length.
Visual plan
SVG visualization for easy use at the cutting table.
Common use cases
Real-world scenarios where cutting optimization makes the biggest difference.
Upholstery & furniture
Cutting fabric, faux leather, and foam for sofas, chairs, and automotive seats. Pattern direction must be preserved across all pieces.
Curtains & drapes
Cutting panels from fabric rolls for windows. Multiple identical widths with varying heights — ideal for 1D optimization.
Industrial textiles
Filter fabrics, geotextiles, and technical membranes cut from standard roll widths. Minimize waste on expensive specialty materials.
Leather cutting
While natural hides are irregular, rectangular leather sheets and faux leather rolls benefit from 2D and 1D optimization respectively.
An upholsterer cuts 28 different-sized upholstery pieces from 150cm-wide furniture fabric for a 3-piece sofa set.
Common textile materials
| Material | Standard sizes | Kerf | Tip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upholstery fabric | Rolls: 140–160cm wide, 20–50m long | 0 mm (scissor/rotary cutter) | Use 1D mode with fixed width = roll width. Set kerf to 0mm. |
| Curtain fabric | Rolls: 280–320cm wide | 0 mm | Wide rolls — consider using 2D mode for complex layouts |
| Faux leather / vinyl | Rolls: 130–140cm wide | 0 mm | Pattern direction often matters — disable rotation for directional materials |
| Technical textiles / felt | Rolls: 100–200cm wide | 0–1 mm (laser cutting) | Laser cutting has near-zero kerf; manual cutting has none |
Automate it — the Engine API
Cutting panels of fabric to length from a roll is a 1D problem, and the same engine that runs here is available over HTTP. Your software sends the piece lengths and the roll width/length as JSON and gets back the optimized layout, the number of rolls and the running metres used.
- ✓Deterministic: the same cutting list always returns the same layout, for reproducible costing.
- ✓Free validation: POST /v1/validate/1d checks a job with no key and no quota.
- ✓Attach a meta object (order line, SKU) and it comes back on every placed piece.
- ✓Cutting irregular garment patterns or shaped blanks? True-shape nesting of arbitrary polygons is a separate endpoint — POST /v1/optimize/nest — interlocking the outlines with continuous rotation.
POST /v1/optimize/1d
{
"parts": [
{ "length": 2200, "qty": 12 },
{ "length": 1500, "qty": 8 }
],
"stock": [{ "length": 30000, "qty": 20 }],
"options": { "kerf": 0 }
}