CNC, laser, cutter and SketchUp file tools

Tools for makers, hobbyists and small workshops who switch software or share files between machines, so settings don't have to be typed in again by hand.

Laser Studio is a laser design app that runs in the browser: open an xTool, LightBurn, RDWorks or EZCAD project, an SVG drawing or a photo, draw and edit shapes, text and pictures with their cut, score and engrave settings, and save the design for xTool Creative Space, LightBurn or RDWorks.

The CNC tool library converter moves your cutters between Fusion 360, VCarve and Aspire, Carbide Create, FreeCAD and LinuxCNC, or into an Excel sheet: end mills, ball and radius mills, drills, chamfer and V-bits and more, with their diameters, flute lengths and angles and the feeds and speeds you have tuned.

The laser project converter opens xTool Creative Space (.xcs) projects in LightBurn or in Inkscape and other SVG editors, with layers, power and speed kept, and turns LightBurn or SVG designs into .xcs projects for xTool machines. Shapes, text (as outlines) and engraved pictures come across, and the page explains the few things that cannot be converted.

The RDWorks converter opens .rld projects from Ruida CO2 lasers, which no other program reads, and turns them into LightBurn projects, layered SVG and DXF with every layer's speed, power, mode and passes. It also works the other way, turning LightBurn, xTool and SVG designs into .rld projects for RDWorks.

The EZCAD converter opens EZCAD2 .ezd and EZCAD3 .ez3 projects from fiber and other galvo lasers without EZCAD and turns them into LightBurn projects, layered SVG and DXF. Each pen becomes a LightBurn galvo layer with its power, speed, frequency, pulse width and delays, and hatches arrive as fill settings or as the exact lines EZCAD saved.

The Vectric converter opens VCarve, Aspire and Cut2D projects (.crv and .crv3d) without Vectric software and turns them into true-size SVG and DXF files with their layers, for Carbide Create, Easel, Fusion, LightBurn and Inkscape. Text arrives as outlines, each sheet of a nested job as its own file, and Aspire 3D models as STL files and height maps. A table lists every toolpath with its name and kind.

The Silhouette Studio converter opens .studio3 and .studio designs without Silhouette Studio and saves them as true-size SVG and DXF files for Cricut Design Space, Inkscape, LightBurn and other cutting software.

The ScanNCut converter opens Brother ScanNCut .fcm files without CanvasWorkspace and saves them as true-size SVG and DXF files. It also works the other way, turning SVG drawings and Silhouette Studio designs into .fcm cut files for the 12 × 12 in and 12 × 24 in mats.

The SketchUp tool rescues .skp and .skb files that SketchUp refuses to open after a crash or a broken cloud sync: it shows what is still in the file, recovers every component, group, material and texture that survived, and writes the model again as a file SketchUp opens. It also saves models from SketchUp 2021 to 2026 for SketchUp Make 2017 and older versions, and converts any SketchUp model to STL for 3D printing, OBJ with textures, GLB and DXF.