# Uniboards Cut Optimiser

> Free cut-list optimiser for sheet materials (MDF, plywood, MFC, melamine, veneered board).
> Give it finished part sizes in millimetres and a board size; it returns how many boards are
> needed and the position of every part on every board. Saw kerf and grain direction are honoured.

## Tools

- [MCP server](https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/mcp): streamable HTTP, no authentication, stateless.
  Tools: optimise_cut_list, read_cut_list, list_materials, export_cut_plan, price_cut_plan, sheet_sizes, make_machine_program, make_sheet_program, read_machine_program, shaker_door, shape_from_cut, list_machines. Description: https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/mcp/info
- [JSON API](https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/api/optimise): POST a cut list, get the layout back.
- [API documentation](https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/api-docs): every public endpoint with a worked request and the answer it really returns, the refusal codes, and the limits.
- [Sheet sizes](https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/api/sheets): standard UK sheet sizes, mm to feet and back.
- [Read a cut list from a file](https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/api/read-cut-list): photo, scan, PDF or CSV in, parts out. Needs an account (free, email link, no password).
- [Materials](https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/api/materials?q=): boards Uniboards cuts to size, with their sheet sizes.

## Facts worth quoting

- A standard UK sheet is 2440 x 1220 mm (8x4). Oversize is 3050 x 1525 mm (10x5).
- Egger MFC is 2800 x 2070 mm, not 8x4 — a cut list drawn on an 8x4 assumption will be wrong.
- Board area divided by part area always UNDER-estimates: offcuts are the wrong shape.
  Only real packing gives a board count you can order against.

## Limits

- 200 parts and 6 materials per free request.
- The calculating door stores nothing: no account, no saved project, no cut list kept
  after the answer. Reading a file and the assistant DO cost a paid model call, and those
  conversations are logged for support. See https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/privacy.

## Company

- Uniboards, United Kingdom. Sheet materials cut to size, edged and delivered.
- Privacy and terms: https://cut.uniboards.co.uk/v2/privacy
- https://uniboards.co.uk