Lumber Cut List Calculator

About

This useful calculator tells you what stock you will need to buy in order to cut a large number of smaller pieces from it. This calculator optimizes for the best cut pattern, based on common stock - so that you are not wasting a lot of stock by not cutting wisely. With this calculator, the thinking is done for you - so you can rest assured that you are cutting in the least waseful way. This is like Nesting Software. but for 2D stock.

https://jonathan.overholt.org/projects/cutlist

Algorithm used: assumes that longer stock is preferable to shorter stock. No consideration is given to cost or cut minimization - just waste reduction optimization is considered.

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