Sheet Cut Optimizer

Plywood, MDF & melamine · edge-to-edge cuts · grain and kerf aware

Cutting boards to length instead? Use the Cut List Optimizer.

  1. 1Pick your sheet4 × 8 plywood, 5 × 5 Baltic birch, a metric panel, or anything custom — with prices if you want the cheapest answer.
  2. 2List your partsQuantity, length, width and a name. Tick Grain on any part that can't be turned sideways.
  3. 3OptimizeGet a scaled diagram of every sheet, the parts on it, and your total cost and waste. Nothing leaves your browser.

Units

Fractions are fine: type 23 1/4, 30-7/8 or 4'.

Sheets you can buy

Length runs with the grain. A 4 × 8 sheet is 96 long by 48 wide.

LengthWidthPriceMax

Leave Price blank and it optimises for the fewest sheets instead of the lowest cost. Leave Max blank for unlimited.

Parts you need

QtyLengthWidthName Grain

Grain ticked means the part must stay the way you typed it — length along the sheet's length. Unticked lets it be turned 90° to save material.

Saw settings

Every layout here is guillotine-compatible: each cut runs all the way across the piece it's cutting, so you can do the whole thing on a table saw or with a track saw.

Your sheet layouts will appear here.
Add your sheet size and parts, then press Optimize layout.

Support this tool

This optimizer is free to use, and anything you build with it is yours. It's a one-person hobby project, put together in whatever time is left over after the day job. If it saved you a sheet of plywood, a small donation helps me keep building and sharing free tools like it.

Request an improvement

Missing a sheet size, a feature, or a unit you need? Tell me and I'll look at adding it.