Do I need SketchUp or a CAD seat to use it?

No. PanelCut Studio opens in the browser - desktop, tablet or phone - and installs nothing. The app itself is static: no Node.js, no PHP, no database on the server. Build the carcass in the app, or bring geometry in as DXF from whatever CAD you already use (LINE, LWPOLYLINE with arcs, POLYLINE, ARC, CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, SPLINE, INSERT blocks). It gives back DXF R12 for the machine, a dimensioned DXF sheet for the bench, plus PDF, CSV, SVG, GLB and glTF. Project data never leaves your browser.

PanelCut is free - so what is paid, and how does the licence work?

The furniture panel side - PanelCut Studio - is free, with no key and no account. The paid one is its sibling page, KompozitCut Studio, for aluminium composite facade cassettes: same codebase, same engine, different job. Its pricing is still phase 16 on the roadmap, so there is no checkout yet. When it opens, the licence check runs on the server rather than in the browser, keys are stored only as hashes, a key covers a few machines, and the application code is not downloadable without a valid one. None of it applies to the free app.

It is alpha - what can it not do yet?

Version 0.26.0-alpha, and honest about the gaps. There is no 2D sketch editor for free profiles or custom holes, no CNC operation UI for holes, grooves and pockets, and no machine-specific post-processor or G-code - you get the DXF and set the machine up yourself. Nesting is rectangle-based (shelf and MaxRects); true-shape nesting is not in yet, apart from mirrored trapezoid twins. Parts run 50 to 6000 mm with at most 8 dividers. Read the issue list, then check the first sheet before you cut it.

IN THE LABRuns in your browser

PanelCut StudioNo Cut Lists by Hand: Draw the Panel Once, and the Cut List and CNC DXF Arrive

Name: PanelCut Studio — by hand vs with the plugin
Uploaded: 2026-10-11T06:01:54-07:00
Duration: 30 s
Description: Cut list by hand, then redraw it in CAD → Set the panel, export both DXFs

In the workshop, the file goes straight from the drawing to the machine, not via a hand-typed list. Build the carcass or import a DXF, and PanelCut nests it, adds kerf and edge banding, then exports both the machine DXF and the dimensioned shop drawing.

236 checks green
2 nesting engines
25 validation rules

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Desktop browser · Tablet browser · Phone browser · Static hosting - no Node.js, PHP or database needed · Apache / cPanel (only for the optional PHP licence gate) · Nginx (example config documented) · v0.26.0-alpha

Left: the job by hand. Right: the same job with the plugin.

PanelCut Studio

Every feature, at a glance

What the plugin does for you, drawn rather than listed.

Build the carcass or bring a DXF

Set up sides, top, bottom, back, up to 8 dividers and shelves by size, or bring in a drawing from the CAD you already use as a DXF.

Nesting for the saw or the router

Guillotine-safe layouts for the panel saw, free layouts for the router; grain-directed faces never rotate, and 3 wood sheet sizes come ready.

Cut size with kerf and banding

Net size and cut size stay apart: kerf, edge trim and per-edge banding are added, and your part notes survive when the geometry changes.

Pick it in 3D, find it in the list

Assembly, translucent, exploded and single-part 3D views sit beside the sheet layout; click a part in the model and it is picked in the table, and back.

A bad sheet never reaches the saw

25 validation rules feed a three-level issue list; a critical error locks the production export before any material goes to waste.

Two DXFs from one model

The nested sheet with true contours for the machine and a dimensioned sheet for the bench, plus PDF, CSV, SVG and GLB, all from the same data.

Workload test

99% less work with PanelCut Studio

By handCut list by hand, then redraw it in CAD

55 min

With PanelCut StudioSet the panel, export both DXFs

30 sec

99%

less time on this job

110×

faster

The time the same job takes by hand and with the plugin; the share and the speed-up are worked out from those two times.

01
One Drawing, Every Shop Document
One carcass, or one imported contour, feeds the nesting, the cut list, the machine DXF and the dimensioned shop drawing. You never type the same size twice.
02
A Change Never Breaks the Cut
Move a thickness, a kerf, a joint mode. The layout, the labels and both DXF files come back correct - your part notes stay put.
03
A Bad Sheet Never Reaches the Saw
Saw kerf, edge banding, V-groove unfolding, K-factor bends - computed. 25 rules stop a bad sheet before anyone cuts it, so material goes into the job, not the scrap bin.

The technical bit

For the people who read the manual first.

Works with: Desktop browser · Tablet browser · Phone browser · Static hosting - no Node.js, PHP or database needed · Apache / cPanel (only for the optional PHP licence gate) · Nginx (example config documented)
Version: v0.26.0-alpha
Interface languages: tr · en

Parametric carcass: sides, top, bottom, back, up to 8 vertical dividers, shelves and an optional front panel, with between/over joint mode and a back panel that overlays, insets, sits in a groove, or is left off.
Net size and cut size stay separate - saw kerf, edge-trim allowance and edge banding set per edge, alongside quantity, material, rotation permission and notes. Production data is keyed to the part, so your edits survive the next geometry rebuild.
Two nesting engines chosen by cutting method: shelf (guillotine-safe, for panel saws) and MaxRects (free cutting, for routers). Four sort orders are tried and the best kept, rotation locks on directional surfaces, trapezoid twins are matched mirrored. Presets included: 3 wood sheets (2100x2800, 1830x3660, 2070x2800 mm), 8 aluminium composite sheets (1000x3200 up to 2000x6000 mm), 9 thickness steps from 1 to 6 mm, parts from 50 to 6000 mm.
True polygon unfolding for composite cassettes, rectangular and trapezoidal: 90/105/135 degree V-grooves and L-groove, double bends, mitre / square / rivet-ear corners, and automatic splitting of oversize cassettes so the joint falls on a reveal. Facade wind load and panel stress come from the TS 498 table with B-coefficient interpolation, thermal expansion at 2.4 mm/m/100K.
Sheet-metal module with K-factor: bend allowance, OSSB and bend deduction (1.0 mm default, 0.5-2.5 mm range), inside or outside measurement side, and a live flat-pattern calculator.
25 validation rules plus 10 unfolding rules on a three-level issue list. A critical error blocks the production export and stamps the report as not fit for production.
DXF R12 twice from one model - the nested sheet for the machine, a dimensioned technical sheet for the bench - on SHEET / PARTS / HOLES / GROOVE / FOLD / MITRE / TEXT layers, with true contours instead of bounding boxes and optional cutting bridges. PDF, CSV, SVG, GLB and glTF come out of the same data.
DXF import that copes with real drawings: LINE, LWPOLYLINE with bulge arcs, legacy POLYLINE/VERTEX, ARC, CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, approximated SPLINE and INSERT blocks. Scattered edges are chained into closed contours, inner loops become holes, units are read from $INSUNITS, and a preview of parts, holes, open chains and layers with per-layer toggles comes before anything lands.
Five 3D views - assembly, translucent, exploded, unfolded, single part - beside a 2D SVG sheet layout. Click a part in the model and it selects in the table, and back again. Dimensions on the technical drawing are click-editable.
Fully client-side: project data never leaves the browser. Projects save as .pcs.json files with a separate local autosave per product page, the interface is Turkish and English, and 236 automated acceptance checks run green (132 core, 50 DXF import, 21 sheet metal, 12 htpasswd, 21 licence).

Still being built

Shipped, and what is next.

Shipped

Parametric carcass builder - dividers, shelves, joint modes and four back-panel types
Two nesting engines: guillotine-safe shelf for panel saws, MaxRects for routers, four sort orders tried each run
DXF import that chains scattered edges into closed contours, turns inner loops into holes and previews everything first
Composite cassette unfolding on real polygons: V and L grooves, mitre corners, oversize cassettes split onto a reveal
DXF R12 twice from one model - nested sheet for the machine, dimensioned sheet for the bench - with 236 checks green

2D sketch editor for free profiles and custom holes
CNC operation UI for holes, grooves and pockets, then machine-specific post-processors and G-code
True-shape nesting for non-rectangular parts, and pricing on the composite page

Before you ask

No. PanelCut Studio opens in the browser - desktop, tablet or phone - and installs nothing. The app itself is static: no Node.js, no PHP, no database on the server. Build the carcass in the app, or bring geometry in as DXF from whatever CAD you already use (LINE, LWPOLYLINE with arcs, POLYLINE, ARC, CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, SPLINE, INSERT blocks). It gives back DXF R12 for the machine, a dimensioned DXF sheet for the bench, plus PDF, CSV, SVG, GLB and glTF. Project data never leaves your browser.
The furniture panel side - PanelCut Studio - is free, with no key and no account. The paid one is its sibling page, KompozitCut Studio, for aluminium composite facade cassettes: same codebase, same engine, different job. Its pricing is still phase 16 on the roadmap, so there is no checkout yet. When it opens, the licence check runs on the server rather than in the browser, keys are stored only as hashes, a key covers a few machines, and the application code is not downloadable without a valid one. None of it applies to the free app.
Version 0.26.0-alpha, and honest about the gaps. There is no 2D sketch editor for free profiles or custom holes, no CNC operation UI for holes, grooves and pockets, and no machine-specific post-processor or G-code - you get the DXF and set the machine up yourself. Nesting is rectangle-based (shelf and MaxRects); true-shape nesting is not in yet, apart from mirrored trapezoid twins. Parts run 50 to 6000 mm with at most 8 dividers. Read the issue list, then check the first sheet before you cut it.