A cut list from a photo, PDF or drawing
Most cut lists start on paper, in a PDF from design software or in someone else’s spreadsheet. Cutspan reads them into the parts table so you check the list once instead of typing it again.
From paper to parts table
Upload
A photo, scan, PDF, spreadsheet, Word or text file up to 8 MB.
Read
The AI reader turns it into rows: sizes, quantities and names.
Check
Compare the table with the source — reading is a draft.
Calculate
The same optimiser, layouts and exports as a typed list.
The assistant beside the table
Ask in plain words
“Make the shelves 20 mm narrower” or “add two doors” — it edits the table, boards and machining.
Or say it
Speak the list instead of typing; the recording is turned into text.
In ChatGPT or Claude
Use the same optimiser from your own AI assistant.
Read more →Honest limits
It is good at
- Handwritten and printed lists
- Tables in PDFs and spreadsheets
- Turning a description into rows
Check it for
- A misread digit or a swapped length and width
- A missed row on a poor photo
- Units: every size should be in millimetres
Photos and PDFs need a free account — an email address, no password. Reading files and assistant messages use a daily allowance; typing, pasting and CSV import are free and unlimited.
Files it reads
Photos (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC), PDF, spreadsheets (XLSX, XLS, ODS, Numbers), documents (DOCX, DOC, ODT) and plain text, up to 8 MB. A CSV in the standard columns is read exactly without AI — see the CSV template.
Questions
Is my file kept?
The file is sent to the contracted AI provider to be read and stays in your browser beside the list; see the privacy notice.
Does a CSV go through AI?
No. A CSV is read exactly, in the browser, without AI.
How many files can I read?
There is a daily allowance; signing in gives you your own, larger one.
Plan your cut list now
Free, in the browser, with no account. Layouts, edging totals and machine files from one list.