Able Cut Optimiser Practical sheet layouts with less waste

Workshop planning tool

Turn a cut list into a practical sheet layout.

Enter your stock and required pieces, then run several packing passes to find a low-waste arrangement. Everything runs locally in this browser.

Your job stays on this device
1

Job settings

Edge trim
Rules and display
2

Available stock sheets

Add each stock size you are willing to use. Leave quantity blank when supply is effectively unlimited.

Label Length Width Qty Material / group Price AUD Grain Priority
3

Required pieces

Higher priority values are packed first when available stock is limited.

Label Length Width Qty Material / group Priority Rotate Grain Edge note
Ready to nest the pieces? The optimiser tests several order, placement and split strategies.

How it works

Using the cut optimiser

Basic workflow

  1. Set kerf and any edge trim.
  2. Add the stock sheet sizes available.
  3. Add every required rectangular piece and quantity.
  4. Calculate, inspect the layouts, then print or export the cut table.

Grain and rotation

Stock grain describes the direction across the full sheet. Piece grain describes the direction across that piece before rotation. A piece only rotates when the resulting grain direction remains compatible.

CSV import

The importer accepts the included combined template. It also recognises keyed sheet-plan CSV rows using N, K, LT, RT, TT, BT, S and P row identifiers.

About the result

The layouts are generated with repeated guillotine-packing heuristics. They are practical cutting plans, but highly constrained jobs may still benefit from a manual review.