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What RotoScheduler does

Describes RotoScheduler 0.3.3 · checked 2026-10-16 D5

RotoScheduler plans production in a rotational molding factory: which mold runs on which machine arm, on which day, and for how many cycles. It uses RotoSpider's layout checks to see whether the molds fit the destination arm. RotoSpider is the separate tool for calculating and editing the mold layout itself.

The trial and the browser demo

The desktop trial opens a sample factory with a plan already made: six machines, 24 molds, 38 orders and fourteen dates, September 7 to 20, 2026. You can read the plan and plan by hand: move a mold run where the board shows room, undo, keep named versions, dispatch a day, enter what ran and export a sheet. Generate plan (experimental) offers an automatic starting point to review; automatic planning is still being developed.

The browser demo at rotoscheduler.app opens a sample board with nothing to install: the same six machines and dates, with twenty molds and forty jobs. Its calculations and edits stay in your browser; open, save and export use files on your computer. It supports manual moves and CSV export. Automatic planning, editing the factory inputs, Excel workbook export and support bundles belong to the desktop trial.

This manual follows the desktop trial on Windows; Install the trial covers macOS and Linux. The board pages apply to the browser demo as well, except what 0.3.0 added to the desktop: the start-by day on the job cards and the day's clock (see Each order's start-by day and When the day's time runs out); the browser demo keeps its own engine until its next cut.

What to read next

• Install the trial, then a first look at a plan: the ten-minute walk through the sample.
• The chapter on reading the board, page by page, when the sample has shown you what the board is.
• What the trial does not do before assessing a real production plan with it.