CWX Workflow Tools

Production Planning Calculators

Free customer-facing tools for estimating digital cutting, creasing, routing, material use, tool movement, and production time before a job reaches the machine.

Free Beta Resource These tools are currently available in beta while workflow logic, reporting, compatibility, and customer guidance continue to be refined. The full CWX Workflow Tools release is planned for October 2026.

PDF Tool-Path Analysis

Cut Path Estimator

Review a layered production PDF and estimate how camera registration, kiss-cut paths, thru-cut paths, tool lifts, traverse movement, and repeated production passes affect total sheet cycle time.

Compare PDF object order with optimized path sequencing.
Estimate camera-mark reading and movement time.
Review path length, enclosed area, vector objects, and lift events.
Open Cut Path Estimator

Packaging Production Planning

Packaging: Cut + Crease

Estimate complete packaging workflows that require registration, creasing, cutting, material planning, sheet changeovers, and usable shift capacity.

Calculate crease and cut operations in the correct production order.
Estimate total sheet quantity, material area, and changeover time.
Translate job duration into working days and shift capacity.
Open Packaging Calculator

Router Production Planning

Router Cutting

Estimate router-based jobs using tool-path distance, processing speeds, depth passes, material area, registration, automatic tool changes, and complete job quantity.

Model router processing time by layer and tool assignment.
Estimate pass count, tool changes, and per-sheet cycle time.
Review material use and complete job duration before production.
Open Router Cutting Calculator

Advanced Router Processing

Router Hatch + Island Fill

A more advanced planning tool for filled machining regions where hatch direction, stepover, nested islands, pocket avoidance, roughing, cleanup, finishing passes, and multi-tool strategies affect production time.

Estimate hatch-fill distance and stepover behavior.
Account for islands, pockets, and avoided interior regions.
Plan roughing, cleanup, finishing, and multiple-tool workflows.
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Use the Results as a Planning Reference

Each calculator is designed to help customers compare workflow choices, identify time-sensitive operations, and prepare more informed production estimates. Actual machine behavior, tooling, material response, operator handling, and finished output can vary. Confirm critical settings through controlled production testing before quoting or manufacturing.