Apart from those that are part of dedicated cabinet software packages (like Cabinet Vision, Mozaik...) or that come bundled with your CNC machines, what other stand alone cut list optimizers do you use or recommend?
For the last 2 years I've been using MaxCut, but some of it flaws have started to impact my workflow; every time I open a previously saved project it recalculates the part arrangement from the start and every time it's different than before, so that thing apparently has no memory. The other thing is that it does not remembers certain settings, like sheet trim paramaters, so it has to be input manually every time, even for previously saved projects.
Also, part names collide with part dimensions on printed diagrams for smaller parts, so I have to check those manually on the screen and write it down by hand on the paper.
I've been checking CutList Plus, looks like it could be worthy alternative, but the trial version does not allow me to import reasonably long list of parts to test how good it really works.
Does anybody uses CutList Plus or do you have any other to recommend?
I'm looking for something up to $500.
Eventually, I suppose I'll end up with Mozaik in the near future, but not just yet.
Thank you