I ended up making a side project for my side project and built MeasureToCut: https://measuretocut.com
I moved last year and started a bunch of DIY projects, and each one turned into a bunch of drawings on napkins and backs of receipts to figure out how much wood/material I needed to buy to avoid "one more trip to store". It tells you how much of a stock material you need, and shows you how to cut it, to minimize waste or minimize cost.
A few details
1D: works for boards, pipes, bars, etc. You enter lengths and quantities; it details the cuts onto the stock material.
2D (coming soon): will work for plywood and sheet goods and lets you see how your parts tile onto sheets.
Apparently the software engineer to woodworking pipeline is actually just a circle
I moved last year and started a bunch of DIY projects, and each one turned into a bunch of drawings on napkins and backs of receipts to figure out how much wood/material I needed to buy to avoid "one more trip to store". It tells you how much of a stock material you need, and shows you how to cut it, to minimize waste or minimize cost.
A few details
1D: works for boards, pipes, bars, etc. You enter lengths and quantities; it details the cuts onto the stock material.
2D (coming soon): will work for plywood and sheet goods and lets you see how your parts tile onto sheets.
Apparently the software engineer to woodworking pipeline is actually just a circle