Cut Calculator 3.11.1

Winner of This Old House's Top 100: Best New Home Products

According to This Old House Magazine, "Enter the lengths of lumber, sheet goods, crown molding, pipe, and other materials for a project and this app produces a cutting plan that gets the most out of your stock, minimizing waste. Invaluable."

The frustration of finishing a project only to discover you lack the necessary material is a common experience among builders and DIY enthusiasts. However, this issue can be effectively mitigated with the Cut Calculator app. By generating optimized cut plans, it minimizes waste and reduces the likelihood of underestimating material needs.

Cut Calculator is particularly advantageous for both linear cuts—such as baseboard and crown molding—and area cuts—including plywood and drywall. Its functionality allows for thoughtful planning to ensure cost-effective use of materials.

Features:

• Add all cut measurements in feet, inches, centimeters, or millimeters, utilizing either fractions or decimals, and mix between imperial and metric units.
• Input multiple available material sizes, allowing the app to determine the most efficient cutting strategy.
• Incorporate saw blade width (kerf) into your calculations, ensuring accurate planning by considering the impact of cuts on board length.
• For sheet goods, the app enables users to account for wood grain orientation or disregard it while optimizing cutting plans.
• Save cutting plans for future use, with quick and easy loading of previously created plans.
• Generate and print a PDF of your cutting plan design for reference or sharing.
• Export your shopping list via email or messaging platforms for convenience.

Using Cut Calculator can potentially reimburse your investment in the app after just one avoided error. As noted by MacNewsWorld, "Some people have a hard time visualizing the best way to utilize materials, and Cut Calculator creates a picture illustration of your materials and your cuts to help you best utilize what you have." Additionally, it was featured by Apple as a New and Noteworthy App in the Utilities category.