Design, CAD & BOMs

How to generate cutlists from shop drawings

A cutlist that someone retypes from a drawing is a new drawing. Spectr generates barcode-scannable cutlists from the CAD-born BOM so the machine schedule and the floor are working from the issued set.

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Key facts

Spectr can schedule cutlists directly onto CNC machines.
The system can tell forklift operators which containers to deliver and when.
If the cutlist is a photocopy with handwritten changes, you have already lost the revision.
Labour and material actuals should hit the same project the cutlist came from.

How shops handle this

Issue the BOM first
A cutlist without an issued product list is a suggestion.
Send cutlists to the machine schedule
Priority should be today’s site need, not whoever printed last.
Stage the right container
The operator should not hunt the rack for “that bronze coil.”
Close the cut
Scan or complete so the rest of the job knows what exists.

Common questions

We nest in a separate program.

Fine. Spectr is built to work with nesting tools. The product IDs still need to come home.

Who owns last-minute length changes?

Engineering. A shop-floor scribble that never returns to the record will fail on site.

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