Wood · Cut list
Cut list template: a printable sheet and an Excel file
A blank cut list, two ways. A sheet to print, with a row for each part: reference, length, width, quantity, grain, edges, material and notes. And a template for Excel, with the columns the cut list optimizer reads, so the finished list is pasted into it as it is. Free, nothing to install.
The sheet, to print
Download the Excel template (CSV)
For a PDF, press Print and choose «Save as PDF» in the browser's print window. It is one page, on A4 or on Letter.
Cut listJob Date
| Ref. | Length | Width | Qty | Grain | Edges | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grain: y if the part must not turn. Edges: taped long edges and taped short edges (20 = both long, 22 = all four). · syntaxflow.io/wood/cut-list-template/
From the sheet to the cutting plan
- Fill in one row for each different part, in millimetres or in inches, with how many of it there are. Length is the side that runs with the grain.
- In the Excel file, Grain takes a y when the part must not turn, and Edges two digits: how many long edges and how many short edges are taped (10 one long edge, 20 both, 11 one of each, 22 all four); leave them blank otherwise. If only short edges are taped (01, 02), format that column as text, or mark them later in the optimizer's row.
- Then select the rows in Excel, copy, and paste them into the optimizer under «Paste a list from a spreadsheet or WhatsApp»: the heading row is skipped. The file itself can be pasted too, as it is. Material and notes stay on the paper sheet: the optimizer works one board at a time and reads six columns.
The file is a CSV separated by commas, saved as UTF-8: Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice open it into columns.
Questions people ask
- What goes on a cut list?
- One row for each different part, with its reference, its length, its width and how many there are; the grain, if the part must not turn; and the edges that are taped. The sheet on this page adds the material and a column for notes.
- How do I open the cut list template in Excel?
- Download it and open it: it is a CSV file separated by commas, which Excel in English splits into columns, saved as UTF-8. Google Sheets and LibreOffice open it too.
- Can I paste the template into the cut list optimizer?
- Yes, as it is: its six columns are the ones «Paste a list from a spreadsheet or WhatsApp» reads, and the heading row is skipped. Material and notes stay on the paper sheet.