Build your cutting plan
- Optimise for waste, beam count or cost
- Mark pieces as cut and resize them directly
- Create new cuts from usable offcuts
- Recalculate, lock and print your plan
wood cutting plan
Plan the project.
Optimise the cut.
Plan your build, organise every piece and optimise how your timber is used. Turn your measurements into a shopping list and a workshop-ready cutting plan.
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HOW IT WORKS
From measurements to a
workshop-ready cutting plan
Follow a logical process that eliminates guesswork and sets you up for a flawless build.
Set up your timber
Add the stock you have and the lengths you can buy.
Organise your project
Add and group pieces by assembly, project section, or tags.
Optimise your cuts
Generate a cutting plan using your preferred optimisation strategy.
Shopping list
See exactly what timber you still need to buy.
Cutting plan
Follow the plan and mark pieces complete as you cut.
01. Set up your timber
Start with the available stock
Add the stock you already have on hand and the standard lengths you can buy. The optimizer uses both when building your shopping list and optimising your cuts.
02. organise your OUTPUT
Keep every piece in context
Tag each piece by wall, frame, floor, room or any category you choose, so every cut still has meaning when you're in the workshop.
03. make the most of your timber
Choose what matters most for this job
Not every project has the same constraints. Toggle between our core calculation strategies to see how our optimizer engine balances material costs, offcut waste, and project structure.
Lowest Cost
Uses the most cost-effective combination of available stock lengths.
Least Waste
Fits pieces together to minimise leftover material and offcuts.
Group Pieces
Keeps related or tagged pieces together in the cutting plan.
Fewest Cuts
Reduces the number of cuts needed to complete your project.
3. optimize your cut
Choose what matters most for this job
Not every project has the same constraints. Toggle between our core calculation strategies to see how our optimizer engine balances material costs, offcut waste, and project structure.
Lowest Cost
Prioritises the cheapest combination of available stock lengths to minimise total spend.
Least Waste
Maximises material utilisation to generate the fewest and smallest possible offcuts.
Group pieces together
Keeps related parts together in the cutting plan, making them easier to cut, sort and assemble.
Simpler Cutting
Minimises total cuts and avoids complex nested part segments to speed up assembly.
Material Shopping List
| Stock Length | Quantity | Price Each | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4500mm | 12 | $12.00 | $144.00 |
| 3600mm | 8 | $9.60 | $76.80 |
| 2700mm | 5 | $7.20 | $36.00 |
| Estimated Total | $256.80 | ||
04. shopping list
Buy the right stock
Enter the stock lengths and prices available from your supplier, then compare what the project actually requires before you buy.
Material Shopping List
| Stock Length | Quantity | Price Each | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4500mm | 12 | $12.00 | $144.00 |
| 3600mm | 8 | $9.60 | $76.80 |
| 2700mm | 5 | $7.20 | $36.00 |
| Estimated Total | $256.80 | ||
05. cutting plan
Know exactly what to cut
Turn the optimised result into a practical cutting plan showing which pieces come from each piece of timber.
Set up your timber
Add the stock you have and the lengths you can buy.
1
Organise your project
Organise timber by wall, roof section, room, frame, or any assembly that makes sense for your build.
2
Optimise your cuts
Not every project has the same constraints. Toggle between our core calculation strategies to see how our optimizer engine balances material costs, offcut waste, and project structure.
3
Shopping list
Get a highly optimized, ready-to-print shopping list that eliminates guesswork at the lumberyard. Exact stock lengths, quantities, and cost metrics calculated for you in seconds.
4
Cutting plan
Follow the plan and mark pieces complete as you cut.
5
All the features you expect
Organise and find
Tag your cuts
Change tag colors
Change tag names
Filter by tags
cutting plan
Mark pieces as cut
Resize pieces directly
Add new cuts from waste
Recalculate any time
Lock your plan
Set the kerf size
Four optimisation strategies
make it yours
Multiple languages
Light & dark theme
Metric or imperial
Set your currency
stock, cost & shopping
Set stock you already have
Store lengths & prices
Automatic shopping list
Cost calculations
statistics
Number of pieces used
(Un)used on-hand stock
Total Waste
Total kerf
Saw cuts
Total
others
Real time updates
Save your project and come back later
Print-friendly plans
Works without an account
Everything in one place
Everything you need to plan, optimise and cut.
From the first measurement to the final saw cut, keep your timber, costs and progress organised in one practical workspace.
Organise every cut
- Group pieces with tags
- Rename tags and choose their colours
- Filter plans and cut jobs by tag
Plan stock and costs
- Use timber you already have
- Save available lengths and prices
- Generate a shopping list automatically
- See costs before you order
Make it yours
- Work in metric or imperial units
- Use fractions or choose decimal places
- Select your language and currency
- Choose light or dark mode
Know your numbers
- Track pieces and on-hand stock
- See total waste and saw kerf
- Count the cuts before work begins
- Review buying and cutting totals
Save, print and continue
- Save a project and return later
- Print visual or black-and-white plans
- See progress across the whole project
- Move cutting plans between projects
Which features are included in each plan?
Compare Free Forever and DIY side by side.
PRICING PLANS
Start for free
FREE FOREVER
€0
/ forever
- Up to 3 standard walls
- Standard timber lengths only
- Basic cut list generation
ALL ACCESS
PRO
€12
/ per month
- Unlimited walls per project
- Custom timber lengths
- PDF & CSV Export
- Priority cut optimisation
Pricing plans
Start free. Build more with DIY.
The essentials are free forever. Choose the DIY plan when you need larger projects, shopping lists, costing and printable output.
Free Forever
€0forever
Everything you need to plan one straightforward project.
- Up to 90 pieces
- 1 cutting plan and 1 project
- Optimise for the least waste
DIY
From €5.99
Choose short-term project access or a monthly plan
- Up to 500 pieces
- Shopping lists and cost optimisation
- Print and whole-project tools
REAL WORLD PROJECT
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garden office
Explore a complete frame organised into three cutting plans. See how the pieces, stock and cutting layouts come together in one build.
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Total Parts
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