Designing with xTool Studios

Creating 3D Boxes
In the applications tab on the left side column (3 squares and a diamond) there is a “box generator” option. Xtool has a few built-in box templates that you can choose from and modify to suit your needs 

 

 If the provided box templates are not what you are looking for, there are multiple websites that can generate or find different box shapes 

 

 

 

 boxes.hackerspace-bamberg.de/boxes.py is a good one to use since it has many different boxes to choose from and you can change the dimensions of those boxes to fit the sizes you need (Don’t make them too large or the cut outlines won’t fit in the XTool) 

 

 

 atomm.com is a design website with many other people's creations that can be used to find cool and interesting lasercut designs (results can be filtered to only show free items) 

 

 

 

 Once you have the box file you want and you have put it into the 

 XTool, DO NOT change the size of the shapes. If it does not fit within 

 a single board you can try having two boards in the machine and you 

 can reorganize the shapes to fit in a different configuration. The 

 shapes may be set as a multiselect and if they are you can ungroup 

 them with the button on the far right of the top tool bar. 

  

Creating Custom Cutouts
Find and import your shape 

 

 

 With the shape selected, click “edit” at the right side of the top bar 

 

 

 On the left menu that opened, click “Ai Cutout” 

 

 

 Click “Manual Cutout” in the top left corner 

 

 

 Using the magic wand and eraser, remove the background of the image and any inside parts of the shape that would be unnecessary and click confirm 

 

 

 Click “Trace” in the same menu as the “Ai Cutout” option 

 

 

 Leave the settings as is and click “Save” 

 

 

 A new object will be created that is the outline of the object you chose, this object has the “Score” and the “Cut” options in addition to the usual “Engrave” option 

 

 

  

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