SlabCutOpt: A code for ornamental stone slab cut optimization

Rock masses are naturally affected by discontinuities, joints and fractures that affect their exploitation. After block extraction, different cutting pattern can produce different recovery ratio of the block. The optimization of the cutting pattern can be computed if the discontinuities are mapped by the use of non-destructive methods. We propose a software code able to compute the number of intersected slabs by different cuttings scenarios. The algorithm adopts a brute force computation of several scenarios as specified by the user. The software uses the Open MP library in order to reduce computation time. • The SlabCutOpt software allows the computation of the cutting scenario for dimension blocks. • The SlabCutOpt code is written in C++ and use the OpenMP library for fast computation. • SlabCutOpt require in input the fractures surfaces in ply file format and slab dimensions.