What is a Cut List Optimizer?Ī cut list optimizer is a tool that helps woodworkers create the most efficient cut list for their projects. SketchList 3D is unique because it integrates both an optimizer and a cut list report into the process of designing your work. The material optimizer is one and a cut list is another. And we all know what time is….Are you a woodworker? Are you tired of spending hours manually creating your cut list? There are tools that can help you. The the extent it is integrated into the design process - meaning a change in the design is automatically made in the cut list as well – it saves even more time. In any case – cut list software will save you time an money. Some users generate lists for the company / person who does the wood cutting for them. The additional advantage of the cut list is that all or parts of it can be send to a spreadsheet file in case you need to manipulate data. (Now I know that you have never cut a board short – but this is a nice feature for the others out there.) Cut list reports. (as well as the material layout diagram) builds that ‘extra’ 3/4 inch into the cut size of the part. The best thing about that is if a board contains 3/4 inch of dado, the cut list report Another nice features is that it differentiates the design sizes from the cut sizes. In SketchList 3D that is a flexible report that allows you to specify exactly what data and in which order the report contains. The third area of cut list functionality is – indeed – a cut list. But you can also specify showing the dimensions and the edge trimming sizes. With it you can do things like adjust the kerf width. The second cut list function – maybe not that obvious -is the set up form. The most obvious cut list function is the production of the diagrams that show how to best layout parts on their source materials. In SketchList there are three parts of the cut list solution. Think about it – what do you pay for a 4 by 8 sheet of cherry plywood? Many users report the materials saved with the layout diagrams pay for the cost of SketchList 3D many, many times over.
I looked at many solutions and interviewed a number of programmers before I found a solution that could be designed, programmed, and integrated into the overall design process. It is not at all easy to do this programming for this. So when I began developing SketchList 3D I made sure to include a cut list function that would show users how to layout parts to reduce scrap.
My idea was that any type of cut list should be a by product of the design process and not an added step. I would type in parts names and dimensions and it would show me how to lay out things like sheet goods. One of the first software products I bought for woodworking was CustList Plus.
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