Free sheet-goods planner

Plywood & sheet-goods cut list optimizer

Turn mixed-size parts into labeled, kerf-aware sheet layouts. Lock visible grain, trim damaged edges, estimate stock cost, and keep the entire calculation in your browser.

Interactive planner

Build the cut plan

01

Stock sheet

Enter measured, usable stock—not the label alone.

02

Finished parts

Fractions such as 23 1/4 are accepted in inch mode.

PartWLQtyGrain
Current result

Layout summary

1Sheets
80.6%Part yield
$74Stock cost
7/7Parts placed
Sheet 148 × 96 in
Cabinet side23.25 × 34.5
Cabinet side23.25 × 34.5
Bottom28.5 × 22.5
Adjustable shelf21.88 × 28.38
Adjustable shelf21.88 × 28.38
Top stretcher28.5 × 4
Top stretcher28.5 × 4
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Planning estimate: this deterministic guillotine-style heuristic favors rectangular saw-friendly splits. It does not guarantee the global mathematical optimum or prescribe a safe machine sequence. Verify every dimension and operation.

A result you can audit

How this cut list optimizer works

The planner expands every quantity into an individual rectangular part, sorts the constrained pieces, and tests permitted orientations against the available rectangles on each sheet. Every placement creates new guillotine-style rectangles after the entered blade kerf is removed.

It favors low-waste placements with repeatable tie-breaking. That makes the result deterministic, but it remains a heuristic best-found plan—not proof of the global optimum. Sheet cutting is a combinatorial problem, and practical layouts also depend on the equipment and handling constraints the browser cannot see.

What is included

  • Common sheet presets plus measured custom dimensions
  • Imperial fractions or metric decimal measurements
  • Blade kerf and equal edge-trim allowance
  • Per-part quantity, labels, rotation, and grain lock
  • Labeled sheet diagrams, part yield, stock cost, CSV, and print view
Worked starting point

A small base cabinet on one screen

The sample includes two grain-locked cabinet sides, a bottom, two shelves, and stretchers on a 48 × 96 inch sheet. Change any dimension and the plan rebuilds immediately, so the example is evidence you can inspect—not a static claim.

See the complete base cabinet cut list →
Part yieldfinished part area ÷ purchased sheet areaKerf, trim, and offcuts remain outside finished part area.