Optimize how you cut your panels, online and free
SliceLab lays out your parts on the panels with guillotine cuts, allowing for the saw kerf and respecting the grain, so you get the most out of every panel.
What SliceLab does
Guillotine cuts
Every cut runs from edge to edge, just like on a panel saw, and the plan comes with the cutting sequence in order.
Kerf, trimming and grain
It allows for the saw kerf and edge trimming, and only rotates the parts that can turn without crossing the grain.
Edge banding
Mark the edge banding on each side of a part and it tells you how many metres of each material you need.
Offcuts
It points out the offcuts worth keeping for the next job.
Plans for the workshop
A PDF report with the cutting plans, the parts list and the cutting sequence, ready to print.
Your projects, always at hand
Open them on any computer and save them to your own whenever you like. Import and export parts as CSV.
How it works
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Add your panels
Size, thickness, material and grain of the panels you have.
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Add the parts
Type them in or import them from a spreadsheet.
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Optimize and print
SliceLab works out the layout and gives you plans ready for the workshop.
Without an account or with a free one
Without an account
- Optimize and see the plan for each panel.
- Import and export the parts as CSV, and the project as a .json file.
- Up to 50 parts per calculation.
- Your projects are kept for 7 days.
With a free account
- Everything above.
- The workshop report, printed or as a PDF: the plans, the parts list and the cutting sequence.
- Up to 2000 parts per calculation.
- Your projects are kept for 15 days.
If you start without an account and create one later, your projects move to it.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. Optimizing and seeing the plan is free and needs no account; the workshop report needs an account, which is free too.
Which panels can I use?
Whatever you have: melamine, chipboard, MDF, plywood or HDF. Enter the sizes your supplier sells, 2440 × 1220 mm, 2800 × 2070 mm or whatever they are, and how many you have, or 0 if you can buy as many as you need.
Does it allow for the saw kerf?
Yes: it takes off the blade thickness at every cut, usually 3 or 4 mm, and the trimming you set for the panel edges.
Where is my project stored?
On our server, in Spain: 7 days if you have no account and 15 if you do. Before then you can save it to your computer as a .json file and open it again whenever you like. The privacy policy explains it.
Guides and tools
Everything to get your furniture ready before you cut it, free and without signing up.
Want your own website with SliceLab?
We build your complete website with SliceLab built in, ready to give your customers a professional panel optimization and cutting experience.
If you run a board shop, a timber warehouse or a joinery, we can develop a website tailored to your business, with your brand identity and the full power of SliceLab included.
Already have a website? We can also put the SliceLab calculators on it.
Get in touch and tell us about your project.