When I started my current project, a large entertainment center (pictures hopefully in a couple weeks) I bought Cutlist Plus for $29.  It has already paid for itself.  The project used 5 sheets of plywood.  I probably would have used 6 or 7 figuring out the cuts myself.  It also saved a lot of time, being able to cut out all the pieces at one time, label them, then assemble them.  Highly recommended.

This was my first piece built from scratch.  Later I will post the lessons I leaned (read:  mistakes made).  Should be entertaining.

Paul