Cutter - Cut Optimizer

Soldier Developer

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Cutter is the linear cut calculator and cut list optimizer that helps you make the most of lumber, bar stock, tubing, pipe, and any linear material, calculating the most efficient and precise cutting plan to maximize material use and minimize waste.

How it works:
Enter your stock lengths and the measurements you need to cut. The app automatically calculates the optimal cut layout to make the most of every piece and delivers your precise cutting plan instantly.

Key features:
• 1D linear cut optimizer for lumber, bars, tubes, pipe, profiles and sections
• Precise cutting plan: clear, detailed diagrams ready for the workshop
• Work in inches — decimal or fractional — or metric (mm, cm, m)
• Built-in unit converter
• Accounts for blade kerf (saw blade width or cutting loss), including dual-blade machines and 45° angled cuts
• Adjustable end trim: set the end-offcut loss on each stock piece for a clean finish
• Waste shown as both a measurement and a percentage for every job
• Supports multiple stock lengths in the same job
• Named cut lists — save, retrieve, and reuse your projects
• Visual cut diagram — grouped or individual view
• Export and share your cut list as PDF
• Select specific lists to print or export
• Reusable offcuts — optionally enable auto-adding leftovers, deducting consumed offcuts, and discarding by minimum waste threshold

Multiple lists per project:
• Organize your work into multiple measurement lists per project
• Import lists and export optimizations to Excel format
• Smart offcut selector adapted to each of your lists

Compatible materials and profiles:
Lumber, steel, aluminum, bar stock, angle iron, flat bar, channel, square tubing, pipe, conduit, rebar, PVC, aluminum profiles, copper tube, and any linear material.

Who uses Cutter:
DIYers and weekend woodworkers, cabinetmakers and furniture makers, metal fabricators, contractors and framers, plumbers, electricians running conduit, HVAC installers, and any professional who needs a precise linear cut list.

Premium features:
• Unlimited lists: work with as many lists as you need with no limits
• Unrestricted Excel: import measurement lists and export results to Excel without limits
• Custom cut angles — choose straight cut or 45° miter on either end (left, right, or both)
• Professional PDF reports with your logo and custom text
• Reusable offcuts — waste becomes usable leftovers starting from the minimum size you define
• Ad-free experience
• Priority cuts — mark essential pieces to optimize them first
• Material types — assign materials to pieces, stock, and offcuts for type-organized optimization with clear breakdown
• Material catalog — set an image for each material type and display it in the optimization, both on screen and in your PDF reports

Download Cutter and start saving material from your first job.

Ratings and reviews

You don't allow me to define sheet size in 2 dimensions. Not even as "scraps". That's a terrible assumption that all our stock has the same measurements. You also assume piece size is a definite measure, not an area that can be filled with smaller pieces. I need an option allowing divided pieces. I don't need help lining up the straight edges of pieces and wasting the rest. I need help figuring out how to cut sheet material to cover a defined area with the least waste and fewest pieces.

REPLY: Best wishes! EDIT: As of this writing, 03/31/23, the price has not been "readjusted." (Still ~$18.) Dev, I cannot suggest a price, but you'll know when it's acceptable because your sales will increase. I can tell you that I don't rent (SaaS) apps. For me to use your app, you would need to offer a reasonable one-time purchase price. ORIGINAL: Subscription only at ~$18/yr. No outright purchase. Ads are too numerous.

App does what it claims, but having to deal with an ad EVERY click is absolutely ridiculous. I get having to make something off your app, but this is beyond extreme. Edit- as I stated, some ads are understandable, EVERY click is excessive which is why few apps do it and those that do, fail. What are a few less adds compared to the # of downloads... especially when competitor apps are doing better...

What’s new

Minor bug fixes