Free Tool

Stop Wasting Sheet Goods

Create guillotine-safe plywood layouts that respect kerf, trim allowance, and grain direction. Export cut lists and diagrams for the shop in seconds.

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Cut List Optimizer showing parts table, materials, and optimize button

Why It Helps

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Real-World Constraints

Kerf and trim allowance are included so the plan matches what happens at the saw.

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Grain-Aware Packing

Enforce grain direction for plywood and veneers, or relax it for maximum yield.

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Shop-Ready Outputs

Export CSV cut lists, SVG diagrams, and a printable PDF for quick reference.

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Fast, Local, Private

Runs entirely in your browser. Your project stays on your device via local autosave.

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Edge Banding Compensation

Enter finished sizes and compensate cut sizes for edge banding thickness.

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Simple Material Presets

Start from common sheet sizes, then customize thickness, cost, and trimming.

Cut List Features

Parts + Materials in One Workspace

Add parts with quantity and grain direction, then choose sheet goods presets or custom sizes with cost and trim allowance.

  • Parts table with edit/duplicate
  • Material presets (4×8, 5×5, etc.)
  • Project import/export (JSON)
Parts list and material panel in the Cut List Optimizer

Guillotine-Safe Optimization (Kerf Included)

Generate layouts with edge-to-edge cuts suitable for table saw workflows. Kerf spacing is accounted for between parts and cuts.

  • Minimize waste / sheets / cuts priorities
  • Optional cut-line overlay
  • Unplaced parts detection
Optimized sheet layout diagram with placed parts and waste percentage

Exports for the Shop

Take the plan with you: download a CSV cut list, export per-sheet SVG diagrams, or print a PDF placement table.

  • CSV exports (parts + placements)
  • SVG sheet diagram export
  • Printable PDF cut list
Results view showing export actions for CSV and PDF

Common Questions

Yes. Set your blade kerf in Settings and the optimizer will reserve that spacing between adjacent cuts/parts in the layout.
Yes. Mark parts as horizontal/vertical grain. When grain enforcement is enabled, those parts will not be rotated against the material grain direction.
Enter the finished part size and select which edges are banded. The optimizer compensates the cut size by subtracting the band thickness for banded edges.
The app runs entirely in your browser and autosaves locally. Offline support depends on your browser cache, but the tool is designed to be usable without a backend.
No. Projects are saved to local storage in your browser. Export JSON if you want to move a project between devices.

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