Setting up your materials library and sheet goods

Your materials live in one library on your account: define a sheet once and every project can use it. Set it up right and the cut list prices and cuts true. Open it here: Materials Library.

What goes in the library

The Materials page holds three kinds of stock: sheet goods, edgebanding and hardwood. Each entry carries its species, thickness, grain and the roles it can play. The library is synced to your account when you are signed in, so every project and every computer sees the same materials.

Pricing that matches how you buy

Price a material the way your supplier sells it: per sheet, per piece, per linear length, or by the board foot, with edgebanding priced by the roll. The plan totals what to buy from those prices.

Different parts, different materials

A cabinet does not have to be one material. Sides in 19 mm plywood with a thinner back and tray bottoms is normal, and the planner supports it: in Pro mode you assign materials per part - backs, trays, nailers - and the cut list keeps each part on its own sheet stock.

Edgebanding is a material, not an afterthought

Edgebanding lives in the library with a real thickness, and that thickness changes the cut size on the faces you edgeband. A part with no edgebanding is cut at its finished size - never deducted for edgebanding it does not have.

Entered once, used everywhere

Your sheet stock and edgebanding inventory are account-level and shared across jobs. You do not re-enter them per project, and the Cut List Optimizer nests onto the same stock, remnants included.