Optimal Cutting – Linear Material
1-D cut-length optimizer for lumber, trim, pipe, tube, bar stock and extrusions. Enter the stock you have and the cuts you need; Multiple AI search techniques compete and the better plan wins — fewest stock pieces first, then least waste. Saw kerf is charged between adjacent cuts.
Available Stock3 / 3 lines
One line per stock length: quantity, length. Accepted: 4, 6000 ·
4 x 6000 · 4 6000.
Imperial FFIISS: 3, 100604 = three pieces of 10'-6 1/4".
Required Cuts23 / 100 cuts
One line per cut length: quantity, length — same formats as stock. Lines starting with
# are ignored.
Settings
FFIISS = feet · inches · sixteenths, e.g. 080003 = 8'-0 3/16".
Pro allows up to 30 s for very large cut lists.
CSV import / export — Pro 🔒
Importing and exporting stock and cut lists as CSV is a Pro feature.
Go Pro for $14.95/mo