Free Cut List Calculator
Enter your parts and a sheet size — get a live optimised cutting layout for plywood, MDF, melamine and other sheet materials. Millimetres only, with up to 5 rows and 10 individual parts, counting quantities across all rows. Parts rotate freely; no sign-up needed.
Use the preview anonymously in your browser. Sign up only if you want to save or import this cut list into the full app — no card required.
Remaining area includes reusable offcuts and material removed by the blade (kerf); it is not all unusable waste.
Public preview: up to 5 rows and 10 individual parts (quantities included). Millimetres only; parts rotate freely. Sign up free to save bigger jobs and keep adding pieces.
Typical: 3 mm for a standard circular saw blade.
Remaining area includes reusable offcuts and material removed by the blade (kerf); it is not all unusable waste.
- 2×Side panel— 720 × 560 mm
- 1×Back— 720 × 600 mm
- 2×Shelf— 568 × 520 mm
- 1×Shelf— 520 × 568 mm
Print this page uses your browser’s print dialog for the current layouts and per-sheet part lists.
Sign up free to save this preview and get a full printable cut plan and cut list summary. You can also add more parts, edge banding, grain direction and multiple sheet sizes. We'll carry your cut list into the full CutList app after sign-up. .
How this calculator works
Enter your parts
Enter width × height in mm and a quantity for each row. The public calculator allows 5 rows and 10 individual parts in total. Name each row so the diagram stays readable.
Pick your sheet size
Start with a preset or enter a custom sheet size in mm. The default is 2440 × 1220 mm; check the actual dimensions of your stock.
Set your blade kerf
Kerf is the width of material removed by the blade. The initial value is 3 mm. Measure your saw’s actual kerf and adjust it to match.
Read the layout
The diagram, sheet count, remaining-area percentage and cut edge length update live. Parts rotate freely, so check their orientation. Remaining area includes offcuts and kerf.
Take it to the workshop
Print the current page from your browser. Sign up for free to import the list into the full app, save the project and create a full printable cut plan and cut list summary.
The cut list formula
A cut list calculator is a 2D bin-packing problem. You have rectangular parts to fit into rectangular sheets, with two extra constraints: each cut crosses the current section of material (“guillotine” cutting, as on a panel or table saw), and each cut removes a kerf of material equal to the blade width.
The algorithm compares five part orders using both short-side-fit and long-side-fit placement rules. Each pass places parts in free rectangles and splits the remaining space while accounting for kerf. The calculator chooses the result with the fewest unplaced parts, then the fewest sheets, then the shortest estimated cut edge length.
Results depend on your part sizes, sheet dimensions and kerf. This is a heuristic: it finds a practical layout but does not guarantee the mathematical minimum number of sheets. Check the actual material and each cutting sequence before starting work.
When to use this calculator vs the full CutList app
Use this page for a small cutting-layout preview in millimetres. Sign up for free to save the list in the full app, control grain direction and get a printable project cut plan with a full summary.
| Feature | Calculator | Full app |
|---|---|---|
| Live optimised layout | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dimensions in millimetres | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom sheet sizes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grain direction | — | ✓ |
| Edge banding | — | ✓ |
| Multiple sheet sizes per project | — | ✓ |
| Material library | — | ✓ |
| Save projects | — | ✓ |
| Offcut inventory | — | ✓ |
| Print the current page | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full printable project cut plan + cut list summary | — | ✓ |