I am new to cnc and Easel. I want to make the Oreo cookie box and trying to do it with Easel. It appears it cannot be done. I have gotten the image of the Oreo cookie from google and made it into an SVG file. When I select “Cut outside shape path" it does just that. However, what I want to do is cut down all the materials between each shape of the Oreo cookie like it appears on a real cookie. Just the shapes standing proud of one another. Can that be programed using Easel or is that not possible? Do I need a more advanced software program. I have looked at several Easel YouTube and learnings on the Easel website but they don’t appear to address. I see the one posting from 2017 where the guy appears to have done it but I don’t know what feature he is using. Appreciate any help.
What I did here was copy the Oreo as a PNG. I used the " image trace" tool on the PNG. I adjusted the sliders a bit and then clicked on “invert”. If I were doing something like this, I’d remove the outer waste. Basically I’d make multiple files to cut out a box and make the top separately. Whether you invert or not is based on what you want removed I guess.
I combined all the elements…use edit tool… and found the size. I made a second Circle the same size. I selected cut on line. Then I stuck one on top of the other.
Now for the bottom of the box, I’d use the same size circle as a starting point and remove the middle…etc.
For the record I haven’t made anything like this with Easel but I just might try it out…LOL.
Between the apps and editing the drawing you should be able to do your box with Easel.
Thanks very much for the response Martin. Will give it a try.
That worked! Thanks!
There is also an Easel project for this in the Easel project gallery: