2-dimensional Advanced Cutter - cutters rework
In my playthrough I only used advanced cutter to cut 12x12x12 blocks, never once for ability to split on any 1-d axis. Splitting on any axis, would require pairing 2-dimensional cutter with filter, which takes a lot of space, and most of the time you can save space.
My proposal is adding ability for advanced cutter to cut in 2 dimensions.
This would be in line with advanced mergers/advanced staplers which often replace two machines, due to merger taking 3 inputs, stapler making two holes.
Most of the time, stapler/advanced stapler does better job at splitting 1d piece into 4 pieces, while taking less space. Having two, pacing of 4x1 advanced stapler + 1x1 sorter results into a weird 5x2 shape, never worth it my full playthrough.
Use cases:
- I use 8x8x8 cubes as input for all my production lines, often I need to cut cubes into proper shapes, like into 4x4x8, 4x2x8,4x1x8, 1x1x8, etc. Advanced cutter would help save some space.
- Often, I need to split final output into 2x2 pieces, requiring chain of 2 cutters. Having 2-d cutter would simplify things.