Free calculators for sheet material work
Small tools for the questions that come up before cutting. Each one works in the browser without an account, and every parts list it makes opens in the optimiser with one click.
Shelf sag
How much will a shelf sag? Enter span, depth, thickness, material and load to see the sag, the longest sensible span, and plan the shelves in the optimiser.
Read more →Sheet weight
How heavy is a sheet of MDF, plywood, MFC or OSB? Weight per sheet and per square metre for any size and thickness, for delivery, handling and fixings.
Read more →Cabinet doors
Cabinet door sizes from the carcass: full overlay or inset, one or two doors, edge and centre gaps. Count the sheets and plan them in the optimiser.
Read more →Drawer boxes
Size drawer boxes for side-mount runners from the opening, runner length and box height, with a parts list to count on sheets and open in the optimiser.
Read more →Hinge calculator
How many concealed hinges a cabinet door needs and where the cups go, by door height, with the same rule the optimiser uses to drill them.
Read more →Drawer fronts
Share a carcass height between drawer fronts, equal or graduated, with edge and centre gaps. Get front sizes, count the sheets and open them in the optimiser.
Read more →Bookcase cut list
Enter height, width, depth and shelves; get every part of a bookcase, the number of sheets to buy, and open the list in the optimiser.
Read more →More calculators in the guides
How many sheets
Area estimate against the real layout, on two sheet sizes.
Read more →Edge banding
Metres, allowance and rolls for every tape thickness.
Read more →Parts across a sheet
How kerf and trim change what fits.
Read more →Kitchen carcasses
Base and wall units to a parts list and sheet count.
Read more →mm to feet
Sheet sizes and parts in millimetres, feet and inches.
Read more →CSV checker
See which columns import before you import.
Read more →Offcuts first
What comes off the rack and what to buy.
Read more →BPP and MPR files
A real machine program for a part.
Read more →Plan your cut list now
Free, in the browser, with no account. Layouts, edging totals and machine files from one list.