Online cut list optimizer

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Draft

A material is what makes stock and cuts match. Thickness is part of its identity.

No stock listed. Quantity blank means unlimited, which is different from zero.

No cut pieces yet. Add the pieces you need, or import a cut list from a spreadsheet.

Add a material first — cuts are matched to stock by material.

Optimization effort

Fast. Quick result for simple jobs. Builds the layout with the core placement strategies and stops there, with no improvement search.

Engine details

Work budget: 20 million work units
Improvement search: None
Sheet layouts tried: 4 strategy combinations
Determinism: A fixed amount of work, never a time limit: the same job always gives the same plan.

PriorityWhat breaks ties is fixed and documented; this chooses what is minimized first.

KerfUnits

Kerf is the material the blade removes at every cut. Type it as you would write it: 1/8, 0.125, 3.

Keep offcuts at leastWidthLength

Leftovers at least this size are marked as offcuts on the plan; smaller ones are waste. Linear stock uses the length. Clear both to mark none.

Set up the job

Describe the materialSheet, roll or linear, with its thickness.
List the stock you haveSizes and how many. Blank quantity means unlimited.
Enter or import the cut listType 24, 24.125, 1/8 or 24 1/2 — as written on a cut list.

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