Simple Cutting Software X – Building a Cutlist
Now working on my third cabinet build project, I’ve come to appreciate using software to sort out the cultist for plywood. I’m using a demo version of Simple Cutting Software X, and it works pretty well, with some exceptions.
Of the detractors for the software, it tends to “optimize” the cuts rather than make them all work in the grain direction you prefer.
I’m now getting the counter subtop, shelves, and plinth base cultist organized to break down two more sheets of plywood, and then on to laying out for cutting 1/4 Baltic birch for backs and door panels. You can tinker with it in the Fibre column so that it will shift pieces around, but it still will not give everything you want. Depending on the stock size of your sheets, though, it is simple enough to shift a couple of cuts on the fly and get most of what you want done. English or Metric works.