Product updates

What's New in Easel

New tools, apps, and improvements from the Easel team.

September 2026

Nest Shapes dialog with the controls on the left and the proposed arrangement on the right

Nest Shapes & Fill Material

Stop dragging parts around to save stock. Select your shapes and Easel packs them onto the material for you — or, with a single shape selected, fills the whole sheet with as many copies as will fit.

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Custom material form, wood texture tiles with a tint applied

Custom Material Appearance

Your custom materials now look like the stock you're actually cutting. Give any material in your Toolbox its own wood or metal texture, add a color tint, or set a solid or two-color plastic — and see it everywhere Easel draws that material.

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Easel Generate Session History

You can now see previous generations and iterate on any previous generation in a single Easel Generate session.

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Outline Shapes

You can now quickly create outlines of shapes or groups in Easel!

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August 2026

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Continuous Raster Pass for 3D Carves

3D finishing passes now have a Raster Order setting. Choose Sections to keep the machine cutting with as few lifts as possible, or Continuous to sweep each raster line across the whole model before starting the next.

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Create a group from multiple volumes

Group cutouts

Grouped shapes just got more powerful! You can now add a cutout outline to a selected group, making it easier to build complex shapes incrementally by combining primitives.

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July 2026

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Wavy Wall Art App

We've released a new app that makes it easy to create dynamic 3D artwork for hanging on your wall.

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Project Progress Tracking

Save build photos, notes, and project settings as you go! Each step, workpiece, individual part, and the completed assembly can now be included in a project, making it easier for others to see the full story from first cut to finished piece when you publish to the Project Gallery. It’s also a great way to keep track of your own results and the changes you’ve made along the way.

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V-Carve Inlay Application

This has been one of the most requested features from our community, and we're thrilled to put it in your hands.

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