WorkshopCut vs Kesim

Waste less material on every build. WorkshopCut turns your cut list into an efficient sheet layout and a step-by-step cutting sequence, accounting for kerf, edge trim and grain. Your first project is free. Premium unlocks unlimited projects and parts, PDF export, Workshop Mode, CSV import/export, remnant inventory, multiple materials per project and cutting service pricing. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. Stop guessing how to arrange parts and start cutting with a clear plan. WorkshopCut turns a cut list into optimized 2D sheet layouts for plywood, MDF, melamine, OSB, particleboard, and other panel materials. Enter your stock sizes and required parts, then generate a practical cutting plan that accounts for real workshop constraints. OPTIMIZE MATERIAL • Compare multiple layout strategies • Minimize sheets, improve material use, simplify cuts, or reduce cost • Account for saw kerf and edge trim • Respect grain direction and rotation locks • Plan with multiple stock sizes, quantities, and prices • See utilization, cut counts, costs, and reusable remnants • Plan several materials and thicknesses in one project • Estimate panel-shop cutting charges per cut, metre or sheet CUT WITH CONFIDENCE • Follow every cut in step-by-step Workshop Mode • See the active workpiece, cut direction, and exact cut position • Inspect, zoom, and select individual parts • View clear dimensions directly on the sheet layout • Track edge banding on each side of a part SAVE AND REUSE OFFCUTS • Identify useful leftover material automatically • Save remnants to your inventory • Include compatible remnants in future optimizations • Track available and consumed offcuts EXPORT COMPLETE PLANS • Create detailed, workshop-ready PDF cutting plans • Include every sheet, part, measurement, and cut sequence • Import or export part lists with CSV • Share plans for printing or workshop use BUILT FOR REAL PROJECTS • Millimeters or inches • Decimal and fractional measurements • Projects for cabinets, furniture, shelving, kitchens, closets, and DIY builds • Clean native experience for iPhone and iPad • Projects sync privately across your devices with iCloud WorkshopCut is designed for woodworkers, cabinet makers, carpenters, furniture builders, DIY makers, and anyone who cuts sheet goods. Measure carefully and verify every dimension and cut before using a generated plan in your workshop. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Tell Kesim the parts you need and the material you have. It works out how to get them out of the least stock, then shows you the exact order of saw cuts that produces the layout. Built for people who cut sheet goods on a table saw, a track saw or a panel saw. WHY THE LAYOUTS ACTUALLY WORK Guillotine cuts only. Every cut runs edge to edge, because that is what a saw physically does. A denser layout that needs a cut to stop halfway across the sheet is worthless to the person holding the saw, so Kesim never produces one. Real kerf accounting. The blade turns a few millimetres into dust at every pass. Kesim subtracts a full kerf between neighbouring parts and squares off your edge trim before placing anything. Ignoring that is the classic way to finish a job one part short. Grain locking. A part whose grain must run one way is never quietly turned to make the numbers look better. WHAT YOU GET • A layout for every sheet, with the yield and the cost • A step-by-step cut sequence — rip, then crosscut, in order • An offcut rack: save the leftovers worth keeping, and the next job cuts from material you already own before it opens a new sheet • Sheet goods and linear stock — plywood, MDF, glass and sheet metal, or pipe, timber, extrusion and moulding • Inches with fractions or millimetres, whichever your shop uses • PDF and CSV export, so the plan goes to the shop printer PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Your projects are stored on your device and never sent to us — we run no servers. Optional iCloud backup keeps a copy in your own iCloud account, and it is off until you turn it on. FREE AND PRO Free plans jobs of up to 10 parts, which covers a shelf or a small box. Kesim Pro — monthly, yearly with a free week, or a one-time lifetime purchase — unlocks jobs beyond the free limit, the offcut rack, PDF and CSV export, several stock sizes per job, and a more thorough search. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy policy: https://kesim.app/privacy Support: https://kesim.app/support