Most of what I like about the program is being able to input and use up all my off-cuts.

If you hand us both the same cutlist sheet we'll break it down totally different - doesn't matter if the sheet is set for prefer 'rip', 'cross', 'standard' or 'max cutoff'. He can see 2 steps in front of him, but not 10-20. My helper will only cut what the sheet says. I have the mental ability to correct/adjust on the fly if a sheet is 'weird' or I don't recognize a dimension (but I'm the guy designing from the ground up and integrating all my reports from cabinet vision to CLP). Pencil and marking off a sheet works just fine for a 2 man shop.

It has the upgrade to input the size of the board to the nearest defect, but I'm not paying $2k for a thermal printer to get the labels printed with that method. Solid stock: I just use the TigerStop and biggest to smallest method. I like the added features of the Silver edition, but it might be one of those things where they sound a lot cooler and more useful than they actually would be for my use.įor me: CLP is the starting point for all my off-cuts and sheet goods. Hmmm, perhaps I will start with the basic version (cheapest) and see if I need/want anymore than that. If I had to build something with 60/70 different parts might be worth it Regarding the SketchUp link, am just dabbling with this but most projects I build, its quick to enter the parts into the list without a link. Things I like about it - ease of use, quick to generate layouts, layouts can be tweaked based on different parameters (min waste, grain direction and so on), easy to put parts in, raw materials list is very flexible.

It does have a lot of functions I don't use like costing and labor which are aimed at a business. Silver might be a bit excessive for me as a hobbyist but it was the cheaper upgrade from the old fx I used to have, so not a big deal. I've used CutList Plus Silver for a few years, Ben.

Cutlist plus express