# OpenCutList ## History OpenCutList started with its first commit on GitHub on December 3, 2016. The idea was first announced on the French site **L'Air du Bois**: [Un autre plugin Sketchup pour les fiches de débit ?](https://www.lairdubois.fr/blog/56-un-autre-plugin-sketchup-pour-les-fiches-de-debit.html) ## Team ### Boris Beaulant Boris was a game programmer in another life. He switched to furniture design and making more than 10 years ago. His professional website is [Boris Beaulant](https://borisbeaulant.com/). Shortly after he began his career as a furniture designer, he also initiated and programmed the website [L'Air du Bois](https://www.lairdubois.fr/), a French collaborative woodworking platform. Boris is the creator and main developer of **OpenCutList**. ### Martin Müller Martin's background is in system and network administration. A graduate from the University of New Mexico in Computer Science (though it was quite some time ago), he likes algorithms and data science. He is currently working part-time on the project, as a scientific assistant. He is the main developer of the cutting diagram algorithms and manages the translator team. ### Translators The core team takes care of the French, German and English versions. The versions in other languages are contributed by volunteers. These contributions are invaluable, as automated translation of specialized software like OpenCutList would be ineffective! ## Sponsoring The development and support of **OpenCutList** requires a lot of time from us developers, as we strive to provide a very qualitative product and want it to continue evolving. To give **OpenCutList users** the opportunity to show their appreciation by supporting financially the project, we have created a collective on [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/lairdubois-opencutlist-sketchup-extension). Financial goals for the funding (and development!) of the next version are periodically set, and it usually takes 1 or 2 months from the call for financing to the delivery of the release (see also [OpenCollective Updates](https://opencollective.com/lairdubois-opencutlist-sketchup-extension/updates)). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.opencutlist.org/opencutlist.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.