"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:50:16 -0500, the infamous Swingman
scrawled the following:

On 3/21/2010 2:06 PM, Han wrote:

I seem to already have the plugin, but I had to upgrade and reactivate
Cutlist. Now I have version 2006.6.5

Mine's 2009.5.11

Two of my most useful woodworking tools ... hardly ever go into the shop
these days without SU drawings of what I'm going to do, and a CutList
Plus parts list and layout diagrams for cutting.

Holy ****, Batman! I just went to the CutlistPlus.com site and saw
the prices. For only $500, you can have a program tell you how to cut
a freakin' sheet of plywood? Or only $250 for a lesser program? And
$90 for the rock-bottom software? How do they get that? (Cutlist
used to be free.) I guess it helps to be working with tons of ply
daily.

I have been using CLP for quite a while IIRC 10+ years and do not ever
recall the program being free with the exception of a very limited
evaluation version. $500 gets you much more than a program that shows you
how to cut a sheet of plywood. To name a few perks the program provides, it
will track and releive your inventory of materials and produce several
reports with information concerning cost, mark up, tax, etc.

How do they charge those prices? On my Tower Bed Room project alone I
probably saved 3~4 days of planning on lay out of materials out of my
particular inventory of materials and their odd sizes. That alone paid for
the program. Then consider the reduction of wase in materials when a
project like my Towers Bedroom project which had probably 50 different sizes
of parts totaling in excess of 300 pieces on the towers alone.



Also absolutely great for pricing jobs. I've routinely updated the
materials database prices whenever I get a purchase invoice. Amazing how
often my BOM estimates using CutList Plus are to the penny, including
tax. I've have the Gold version and have been dead-on with the materials
estimates on a some pretty large kitchens, including doors, drawers, and
hardware, and months in advance.

Cool. I can see where the pricing tool is worth its cost. There sure
aren't many extra features per upgrade step, are there? I'd guess
that cabinetmakers would pretty much be the sole target market for the
Gold edition and cabinet manufacturers the sole target for the
Platinum edition.

True, there are not many extra perks to the higher priced versions for the
common hibbiest other than the ability to use more part pieces and sizes.
It can be a real bummer to need to enter 4 or 5 extra parts once you have
hit a particular program versions limit.




Can't afford surprises with the operating margins these days and CLP has
paid for itself many times over in that regard.

Grok that. But if margins are that low, shouldn't you be trying to
get more custom work, Swingy? Hang out on the corner of McMansion and
Main with a sign "Will Do Custom Cabinetry for Food" sign, eh?

Can't do that in West U. ;~) It would be frowned upon.