I'm not sure if this is any help but there is a freeware program called Unfold which was designed to do this with a text file input. Somehow you'll have to find a way to output a text file that is compatible with this program. It is at http://members.xoom.com/dgarmon/

The authors main page is at http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mgarmon/software.html

Hope this is of some help. Paul

p.s. I tried the optional links hopefully they worked.

> Does anyone know of a way to design the plywood panels from an AutoCad
> drawing (R14)? Is there some feature that will do this, or is there a
> program that will work with an AutoCad file?