A method for cutting workpieces out of a panel-shaped material using a laser beam of a laser flatbed machine in the context of a cutting process, the method comprising the steps of: outputting (step 51A) a pallet from a panel cutting unit of the laser flatbed machine, wherein a processed panel containing the cut material and the remaining panel surrounding the cut material lies on the pallet, and sorting out (step 51B) the cut material so that the remaining panel is exposed and the remaining panel is arranged on the pallet for producing an image recording, wherein the remaining panel is provided in a recording region of the camera, or alternatively providing (step 53) a remaining panel in a preparation region on a pallet that is associated with a panel cutting unit of the laser flatbed machine in a recording region of a camera of the laser flatbed machine, producing (step 55) an image recording of the remaining panel using the camera, the remaining panel having been processed by the laser flatbed machine and having inner cutout regions from which cut material was removed, evaluating (step 57A) the image recording in order to determine a remaining panel outer contour of the remaining panel, evaluating (step 57B) the image recording in order to determine an inner cutout region of the remaining panel, the inner cutout region lying inside of the remaining panel outer contour and being determined by an inner cutout contour identified in the image recording and/or by a threshold analysis of the image recording, deriving (step 59) a remaining area of the remaining panel using the remaining panel outer contour and the inner cutout region, the remaining area able to be used as the basis for a laser cutting process, and outputting (step 61) panel planning geometric data which define the geometry of the remaining area, arranging (step 63) cutting contours on the remaining area determined by the panel planning geometric data and creating the cutting plan using position data of the cutting contours and optionally using the panel planning geometric data and/or data of a translational and/or rotational transformation, reading in (step 65) the cutting plan into a control unit of the laser flatbed machine, retracting (step 67) the pallet containing the remaining panel into the panel cutting unit of the laser flatbed machine and carrying out (step 69) a cutting process on the remaining panel according to the read in cutting plan. outputting (step 51A) a pallet from a panel cutting unit of the laser flatbed machine, wherein a processed panel containing the cut material and the remaining panel surrounding the cut material lies on the pallet, and sorting out (step 51B) the cut material so that the remaining panel is exposed and the remaining panel is arranged on the pallet for producing an image recording, wherein the remaining panel is provided in a recording region of the camera, or alternatively providing (step 53) a remaining panel in a preparation region on a pallet that is associated with a panel cutting unit of the laser flatbed machine in a recording region of a camera of the laser flatbed machine, producing (step 55) an image recording of the remaining panel using the camera, the remaining panel having been processed by the laser flatbed machine and having inner cutout regions from which cut material was removed, evaluating (step 57A) the image recording in order to determine a remaining panel outer contour of the remaining panel, evaluating (step 57B) the image recording in order to determine an inner cutout region of the remaining panel, the inner cutout region lying inside of the remaining panel outer contour and being determined by an inner cutout contour identified in the image recording and/or by a threshold analysis of the image recording, deriving (step 59) a remaining area of the remaining panel using the remaining panel outer contour and the inner cutout region, the remaining area able to be used as the basis for a laser cutting process, and outputting (step 61) panel planning geometric data which define the geometry of the remaining area, arranging (step 63) cutting contours on the remaining area determined by the panel planning geometric data and creating the cutting plan using position data of the cutting contours and optionally using the panel planning geometric data and/or data of a translational and/or rotational transformation, reading in (step 65) the cutting plan into a control unit of the laser flatbed machine, retracting (step 67) the pallet containing the remaining panel into the panel cutting unit of the laser flatbed machine and carrying out (step 69) a cutting process on the remaining panel according to the read in cutting plan.