No, with Alibre you have to do your own optimizing. I just make all the shapes I have to cut out and lay them within a 4'x8' rectangle and arranging them so I end up with the most unused space. Not ideal but since I already use/have Alibre for other projects around the house and I paid $99 at the time thats what I use. I can't justify buying a program that will only optimize a sheet of plywood. I think that the cheap deal on Alibre has already passed and it's now pretty expensive. I noticed a link for laying out plywood using google sketchup.....