Cut List Sorting

You can choose sorting options for cut lists from a shortcut menu on the top level of the Cut list folder and from the Document Properties tab.

You can collect identical bodies and choose faces and features to exclude in sorting. This option collects all bodies in a Cut-List-Item folder that are geometrically identical, but are generated by different features. For example, cylinders that are created by extrude or revolve features, but are identical in volume.

To use cut list sorting:

In this model, Extrude1 and Revolve1 bodies have the same volume, but appear in separate Cut-List-Item folders.

Do one of the following:

  • In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click the top level of the Cut list folder and click Cut List Sorting Options. Under Sorting Options, select Collect Identical Bodies and click .
  • Click Tools > Options > Document Properties > Weldments . Under Cut list options, select Collect identical bodies.
    To preserve the Collect identical bodies option in the Document Properties dialog box, create a template with this option selected. When you create new weldment parts with this template, the software automatically checks for identical bodies in the Cut-List-Item folders.
Both bodies now appear in the same Cut-List-Item folder.

To choose faces and features to exclude:

In this model, LPattern1 body was created from Boss-Extrude1 body, then Cut-Extrude1 was added to one pattern instance. You want to exclude the Cut-Extrude1 feature geometry from the cut list sorting.

  1. In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click the top level of the Cut list folder and click Cut List Sorting Options.
  2. In the PropertyManager, under Faces/Features to Exclude, select Cut-Extrude1 from the FeatureManager design tree.
    You can select features from the FeatureManager design tree or faces from bodies in the graphics area. This option is useful for collecting bodies generated from identical stock material by ignoring features such as holes, fillets, and chamfers.
  3. Click .
The bodies Boss-Extrude1 and Cut-Extrude1 appear in a single Cut-List-Item folder. The Cut-Extrude1 feature geometry was excluded when comparing bodies in the cut list sorting process.