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Professional 1D and 2D cutting optimization directly in your browser. Wood, glass, metal, plastic – any material.
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Everything in one place
What competitors sell in separate tools — it’s all included here
2D Panel optimisation
Guillotine algorithm with rotation, grain direction, and multiple stock sizes.
1D Linear optimisation
Bars, profiles, tubes, strips. First-Fit Decreasing with automatic off-cut recycling.
Off-cut inventory
Save leftover off-cuts to your inventory, then add them back as stock for future jobs. Set a minimum size threshold to skip tiny scraps.
PDF + CSV export
Printable cutting plan as PDF. CSV for production lines (UTF-8 BOM, Excel-ready).
DXF + SVG export
Open the cutting plan in AutoCAD, Inkscape or any CNC software. R12 DXF for maximum CAD compatibility.
Material cost & optimization
Enter price per sheet. Switch between waste minimization and cost minimization mode. See exact material spend per job.
CSV import
Import existing cut lists from Excel/CSV.
Material library
Save frequently used materials to your library and load them with one click.
Material-specific mode
Tag each stock and part with its material; the optimizer cuts each material only from stock of the same material, in one run across 2D, 1D and Wood.
Panel label printing
Generate a printable label sheet for every cut part — name, dimensions, material, edge banding, and order info. Stick on parts in the workshop.
Edge banding calculator
Assign edge banding material to each edge of every part. Automatically calculates total edge banding length per material — shown in results and PDF.
Production progress tracking
Mark layouts as in-progress (yellow) or completed (green) directly in the cutting plan. Status persists across sessions — perfect for shop floor use.
Quotation export
Generate a professional PDF quotation with your company logo, customer info, itemised material costs, edge banding, cutting charges, and VAT.
Cutting sequence visualisation
Step-by-step animated cutting sequence in the SVG layout. Navigate forward/back or play automatically — ideal for following on a panel saw.
Calibration cut
Take a set width off one edge before the first part, so a damaged or out-of-square board edge becomes a straight reference. Pick the width and the side — the sawing plan opens with that cut.
Cut length, cut count & edge trim
Every panel run reports the sawn length and the number of cuts — cut lines first, saw passes underneath. Trim is set separately for all four edges. On every plan, including without an account.
Company branding & custom fields
Your logo, company name, and tagline on every PDF export. Add up to 4 custom fields (customer, order number, notes) that appear on cutting plans and labels.
Metric & imperial units
Work in millimetres or inches — flip one toggle and every entered dimension converts. The unit is remembered per cut and synced across your devices.
Share a plan by link
Send a saved cutting plan to a customer or supplier as a read-only page. No attachment, no account at their end. Links expire after 90 days and you can revoke any of them instantly.
Short a board? Guarantee the cuts that matter.
Set your real stock as a hard cap, then flag the parts that must be cut. The optimizer puts your priorities in first — even if filler has to drop. Works in 2D, linear and wood.
The optimizer runs on your device
CutOptim computes your cut plans entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded just to optimize. No tracking, no ads, no data harvesting.
Client-side only
All cutting calculations happen locally in your browser. Zero server calls for optimization.
No tracking cookies
We use Umami — cookie-free, GDPR-compliant. No personal data collected.
You decide what to save
Cut lists stay in your browser while you work. If you save, share, or use a team workspace, that project data is stored encrypted on our EU servers.
GDPR & CCPA compliant
Full compliance with EU and California privacy regulations. Delete your account anytime.
Why CutOptim?
Compared to the best-known alternatives
★ = unique advantage on the market · ? = not stated by the vendor, we could not verify it · Competitor tiers compared: optiCutter Professional, CutPlan.ai Pro. Public pricing and feature pages, checked 27 July 2026. CutOptim is our product.
We publish the measurement, not a yield promise
Anyone can quote a yield percentage. We compute, for every test job, the theoretical minimum number of sheets any plan could use — then show how far ours is from it. Published academic instances, every job listed, the raw data downloadable.
Three steps to your cutting plan
Enter stock material
Enter the dimensions and quantity of your stock sheets or bars.
Add required parts
List the pieces you need to cut, manually or by CSV import.
Optimize & export
One click and your cutting plan is ready as PDF and SVG visualization.
Simple, transparent pricing
Try it free. Only pay when you really need more.
- ✓3 optimisations / month
- ✓1 saved project
- ✓2D Panel + 1D Linear
- ✓SVG visualisation
- ✓PDF + CSV export
- ✓CSV import
- —Cloud project saving
- —Excel + DXF export
- —Custom company logo on PDF
- —Off-cut inventory
- ✓Unlimited optimisations
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓2D Panel + 1D Linear
- ✓SVG visualisation
- ✓PDF + CSV export
- ✓Unlimited off-cut inventory
- ✓CSV import
- ✓Cloud project saving
- ✓Excel + DXF export
- ✓Material-specific mode
- ✓Custom company logo on PDF
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓3 team members included
- ✓Shared project workspace
- ✓Annual billing (save 17%)
No subscription? Buy optimizations when you need them.
Call the cutting engine from your own software
The same engine the app runs on, over HTTP — from your ERP, your quoting tool or a machine’s own software.
- Send parts and stock as JSON — get the full layout, the guillotine cut plan and the yield metrics back
- Deterministic: the same input returns the same output, so responses are cacheable and testable
- All three modes in one API: 2D panels, 1D linear, and timber with cross-section matching
10,000 requests / month — hard cap, no overage · 14-day trial · billed in EUR
Free calculators
Online tools for cutting planning and material estimation.
Base Cabinet Cut List Calculator — Kitchen Carcass Sizes
Enter the worktop height you want and get the exact kitchen base cabinet cut list: carcass, plinth, door and rails, with the board thickness already taken out.
Bookshelf Cut List Calculator — Sizes and Shelf Span
Enter the outer sizes of a bookshelf and get the exact cut list — plus the free span of every shelf, before it is cut.
TV Stand Cut List Calculator — Outer Sizes to Parts
Enter the three outer dimensions of a TV stand and get the exact cut list: every part with its size, quantity and grain direction.
Expert guides
Tips, techniques, and best practices for cutting optimization.
What Is Nesting? True-Shape Cutting Optimization
Nesting packs irregular shapes to cut from the fewest sheets — for laser, plasma, waterjet and more. How true-shape nesting works and who uses it.
How to Build a Fence: Posts, Rails & Picket Cut List
Building a fence means cutting posts, rails, and pickets from stock timber. Here's how to plan the cut list, spacing, and post depth with least waste.
Fast vs Balanced Cutting Optimization: When to Switch
Balanced searches hardest for the densest saw-cuttable plan; Fast skips the one costly step to solve large jobs much faster. Here is exactly when to use each.
What is cutting optimization?
Cutting optimization is the process of arranging parts on stock material — panels, boards or bars — so the cutting plan uses the fewest sheets and leaves the least waste. CutOptim does this automatically with guillotine-compatible cutting plans (every cut runs edge to edge, so the layout is cuttable on a panel saw). How much you get out of a sheet depends on the piece mix, the stock sizes and the kerf — our open benchmarks show how close the plans come to the theoretical minimum.
- Kerf
- The width of material removed by the blade on each cut. A 3–4 mm kerf is typical for a circular saw; CutOptim subtracts it from every cut so the plan stays accurate.
- Yield (material utilization)
- The share of purchased material that ends up in finished parts. Higher yield means less waste. What is achievable depends entirely on the job, so we measure against the theoretical minimum rather than quote a typical figure — the benchmarks page shows every job we tested.
- Guillotine cut
- A straight, edge-to-edge cut that crosses the whole panel — the only kind a panel saw can make. CutOptim’s 2D algorithm produces guillotine-compatible plans.
- Nesting
- Placing parts on a sheet to fit as many as possible while minimizing the gaps between them. For rectangular parts this is the core of 2D cutting optimization.
- Offcut
- A usable leftover piece large enough to reuse on a later job. CutOptim can track offcuts and feed them back into future cutting plans.
Questions & answers
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