I'm creating some cabinets for my mudroom and got stuck on how much material I needed to order.  So I created a spreadsheet that takes cabinet dimensions and some options (like full top or stretchers, back or not etc.) and it generates a list of parts.  The cabinet construction is a simple frameless box with a dadoed in back panel. Here's a link if you want to take a look: [CabinetPartsGenerator](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/159GMmp18N7HzGGblI_fI4l5koy2j-460f3_UrAAvEfE/edit?usp=sharing) You can save a copy and play around with it.  It uses a javascript macro that will need permission to run, its embedded in your copy of the spreadsheet and you can look at the code to make sure I'm not doing anything nefarious.

It puts the parts in a tab for each cutlist website.  You can save each tab as a CSV file and import into the calculators for comparison.

In the end I don't think any of the cutlists actually did what I wanted.  They are really good at minimizing waste material.  But since I am using a track saw and table saw and not a CNC, I really want to minimize changes to the fence.  I'd prefer to line up as many cuts of the same width (using multiple sheets per setting).  Instead they list the parts in random orders.  I find it hard to figure out the sequence of cuts since it bounces between rips and cross cuts.

Cutlist EVO - It used 4 sheets with a yield of 67% with 55 cuts, grouped mostly by width.  Has settings to try and keep rip cuts, trading time for waste.  But their PDF export doesn't actually have a cutlist, just dimensions.  The web page lets you step through the cuts, but not mark off which ones you've done.  If it did, I could do rips first, then come back for cross cuts, jumping between panels as necessary.

Opticutter - Only used 3 sheets with an efficiency of 90% and 51 cuts. But I can't figure out how to get a list of cuts.  Feels likes its really designed for CNC and not manual linear cuts. And their layout is hard to get rip cuts.

Cutlist Optimizer - Used 3 sheets with 90% efficiency with 50 cuts, and to my eye has the most logical rip layout.

I think for my tools I would probably go with the old school Cutlist Optimizer, or if I don't mind the waste Cutlist EVO (which I think has the same author).  But I'd really like the website to let me walk through the cuts and mark off which ones I've done, and why does the PDF not have a list of cuts to make?

Cutlist Calculator Comparison w/ Spreadsheet Cabinet Parts Generator