What's New in Easel

Project Templates

Ever feel like you are out of inspiration for you next project in Easel?

With Project Templates you can easily browse, clone and modify pre-made projects from our community! Upon logging in to Easel you will see a row of projects to choose from, and a "More" button letting you browse further ideas. Clicking a template will clone it to you account, at which point you can start modifying or carve the project right away!

Improved 3rd party machine setup

Introducing a new streamlined process for adding 3rd party machines. You can now chose from an ever growing list of 3rd party makes and models. If your machine isn't listed please let us know in the feedback below.

New machine setup workflow:

Step 1: Select "Other (3rd party machine)"

Step 2: Chose your machine's manufacturer.

Step 3: Chose your machine model, your machine's work area will automatically be set.

Step 4: Select "Confirm Settings"

Step 5: Test and configure any accessories.

Need to setup a machine that we don't currently list? Choose other and enter your machine's work area.

Easier g-code downloading

The ability to download g-code has been moved from "Machine"->"General Settings" to the "Project" menu.

It will remain on the General Settings window for now but we hope its new location will be easier to find and use. In addition, multistage carves can now download as a zip file containing both g-code files. Users who wish to download the passes separately can also chose to do so. For assistance opening zip files see the following:

Windows / Mac

Machine Profiles

For those of us with more than one CNC and / or computer, setting up CNCs can eat a lot of time.

We'd like to fix that. We hope this system makes Easel Pro more helpful by letting you store your CNC configuration(s) on Inventables' servers and retrieve them as needed. Free users have access to one machine profile and can uninstall it to use a different machine. Adding multiple profiles is only available to pro users.

How it Works

1. Open the Machine tab in Easel
2. Click set up new machine and complete the setup steps.
3. Once set up, you can edit the name or other properties as well as uninstall it by clicking Edit your Machine.
4. Upon logging in from a different computer or new session, you can load your settings from the dropdown and skip the setup.
5. Easel Pro users will be able to set up multiple machine profiles and toggle loading between them by selecting it from the dropdown.

Note: if you have two machines of the same type (i.e. two x-carves) you may want to Edit their names to differentiate between them.

Included Settings

• Name
• Work area
• Spindle type
• Spindle control
• Spindle RPM
• Accessories
• Machine Type

Your saved cut settings will now be tied to specific machine profiles along with bit/material. That way you can differentiate different feeds and speeds for different machines.

Adding points to a shape

Adjust and edit your designs in Easel with more options. Add a point to an existing shape without having to re-create it with the pen tool.

How it works

1. Select your volume on the 2d editor.
2. Enter edit mode (e on the keyboard, double-clicking the volume or clicking the edit button).
3. Drag your cursor along the path of the shape and observe a potential point appear.
4. Click on the location you would like to add the point.
5. Drag/edit the new point as needed.

Issues

Working with extremely large or complicated shapes with a lot of points will degrade performance in Easel.

• Volumes with less than 1k points should receive no noticeable impact on performance.
• Volumes with 8k+ points will have up to a few seconds delay in the edit actions.