Quote Originally Posted by Jim Becker View Post
Unless you're painting the solid stock, a "cut list" for that is of marginal use other than minimum material calculation. Every board has to be considered by eye for color and grain to maximize the quality of the finished project and cut lists don't account for that very well. In fact, sometimes you have to cut "non parallel" to a natural edge for your first length-wise cut to get a good component. IMHO, of course, but I'm anal about this kind of thing.
That's true for primary wood, but not for secondary wood. I've found Cutlist Plus FX to be quite useful in laying out the 90 parts for the 18 drawers in the double spice cabinet I'm making.

Mike