I tried the CutList demo and did not find it all that inuitive to
use...especially for infrequent use in my home shop.

Tried demos of both CutMaster 2D Lite and SL8 from SheetLayout(.com). Both
user interfaces were easier to understand IMHO. SL8 lets you indicate
direction of grain for each peace plus it optionally uses color to id the
cut pieces.

Thanks all for your input. Given my limited needs, am sure one of these
packages will do the trick and are both $50 for the "lite" version.

Joe T.