FlooringFrom our projects
How many rolls do we really need?
Linoleum, vinyl or carpet from the roll: this question comes up before every order. The software works it out from the plan, entirely without AI, and shows where the strips lie and what is left over.
The installer moves a seam by hand. Strips, cutting list and key figures are recalculated.
The software shows what the seam costs. Whether it stays that way is up to the installer.
Fewer is not possible: this area needs at least 2 rolls. The layout manages with 2.
Starting point.
Before every order someone sits down with the plan and a calculator. The areas for linoleum, vinyl or carpet are marked in colour on the plan. How the strips lie and where the seams go lives in people's heads and in experience.
Order too little and you have to reorder. Order too much and offcuts pile up in the store, and soon nobody knows how big they are.
How many rolls do we really need for this building, and how do we cut them?
What we built.
A web application that calculates a cutting proposal from a plan as a PDF. No AI is involved here; everything is calculated.
- Reading areas from the plan calculatedThe software reads the coloured areas straight from the PDF and compares each with the figure in the room stamp. That way it shows when something does not match.
- Dividing into strips calculatedFor each room the software suggests a laying direction and divides up the strips by fixed rules, for example no seam in a door reveal and no edge strip that is too narrow. If the installer does not like a seam, they move it elsewhere and everything is recalculated.
- Figures that add up calculatedBought, laid, left over and usable, waste. Beside them is how many rolls would be needed at the very least in theory. That shows how good the layout really is.
- Offcuts, cutting list and report calculatedWhat is left over and usable goes into the offcut store and is planned in before a new roll on the next job. There is also a cutting list per roll and a PDF report with the strips on the plan.
What the AI does not do.
- No AI guesses here. Areas, strips and key figures are calculated by fixed rules. Every figure can be checked.
- A proposal, not a promise. The layout is reasoned, but nobody has proven that no better one exists. The installer decides on product, direction and seams.
- The site does its own sums. The software does not know about uneven edges, delivery batches or prices, and it orders nothing. How much waste really arises only shows when the floor is laid. Anyone who moves a seam in the PDF only changes the drawing. Recalculation happens in the application.
What we learned.
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Rolls, tiles, running metres: tell us how you calculate today. In a conversation we will see what can be worked out from your plans. No obligation, of course.
