Method for composing a set of floor panels

A method for defining a set of floor panels for flooring a room, based on a data set in accordance at least with the ground surface area of said room,

• wherein the method comprises the step of generating said data set at least in accordance with the ground surface area of the room to be floored;
• wherein the method contains the step of establishing a laying plan suitable for said room,
• wherein the step of establishing a laying plan is carried out by means of a computer,
• wherein the step of establishing a laying plan includes the computer proposing a laying plan on a basis of said data set, taking into account desired limitations,
• wherein said limitations are used to restrict a database of possible solutions;
• wherein said limitations include taking into account expansion joints at the walls of the room;
• wherein said limitations are used to restrict a first database including possible solutions;
• wherein said database of possible solutions at least excludes that short edges of floor panels in adjacent rows are positioned closer than a minimum distance to be maintained;
• wherein said database of possible solutions at least excludes that a short edge of a floor panel is positioned closer than a minimum distance to be maintained from a start or an end of a row;
• wherein said step of establishing a laying plan comprises at least the following sub-steps:
• proposing at least a first panel in a first row, wherein said first panel complies with said first database of possible solutions;
• updating or restricting said first database of possible solutions on a basis of at least a position of short edges of the first panel;
• proposing at least a first panel in a second row, wherein said panel complies with the updated or restricted version of said first database.