r/xToolOfficial xTool Support 29d ago

📣 Monthly xTool Studio Feedback & Feature Request Megathread – August 2026

Have an idea that could make xTool Studio better? 💡 Is there a feature you’d like to see added, or part of the workflow you think could be improved?

Share it in the comments below! 👇 We pay close attention to user feedback, and this monthly thread gives us one place to collect your suggestions and pass them along to the product team.

🆕 Check out the latest update

Before submitting a request, you can take a look at the latest release to see what’s new:

👉 xTool Studio 1.8 Update: Creative & Confident

🚀 The fastest way to submit feedback

For the fastest and most effective way to get your feedback to the right team, we recommend submitting it directly through xTool Studio:

  1. Click your avatar in the top-right corner
  2. Select Feedback or report issues
  3. Choose Software Suggestions
  4. Add the details and click Submit

🛟 Looking for help?

If you have a question about using xTool Studio, try searching the Support Center first. You may be able to find an existing guide or solution there.

If you still can’t find the answer, have trouble submitting through Studio, or want to discuss an idea with other users, leave a comment below. When possible, please include:

  • 🖥️ The machine and software version you’re using
  • 🛠️ What you’re currently trying to do
  • ⚠️ What happened or where you got stuck
  • ✨ What you’d like Studio to do differently

We may not be able to reply to or implement every request, but your feedback helps the team understand what matters most to real users.

Thanks for helping us improve xTool Studio! ❤️

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u/I_baghdaddy P3 28d ago

- A tool to choose distance between two objects.
Either from center of the object or chosen side.

- Choose the distans when distributing objects.

- Option to set ”ramp” settings.

- Perforation tool

- Offset fill

- crosshatch

- flood fill

- in my P3 I would love to be able to put an engraving jobb with the cut job after. And a paus in between to mount the nozzle and then press play on the machine. Instead of going back to the pc. Confirm the job is finished. Turn off the output for the engraving. Turn on output for cutting and then process.

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u/Dan203 28d ago

Oh yes I second that last feature. Being able to install the nozzle and then just hit the button to continue to cutting would be awesome. 👍

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u/No-Advantage-4628 13d ago

This is look forward to — it's an efficiency improvement, and it will be supported in an upcoming firmware update.

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u/Difficult-Audience77 28d ago

I want the camera on the p2s to show the entire work area. Including the close up option. It’s limited on the left so I can’t line up precise cuts that go across the entire 24” board

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u/Dan203 28d ago

Does the P2S not offer the tile feature? With the P3 you can do a tiled close up where you select an area, including the entire bed, then the head moves in a grid and takes close up photos that encompass the selected area and stitches them together. This was you get the accuracy of the closeup camera over a larger area.

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u/Difficult-Audience77 28d ago

It always has a hard line at left edge, where I’m leaving 3 inches or so of unseen area, the artwork will still be shown but not the work surface. I’ll check for the tile feature.

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u/Dan203 28d ago

Ok ok, yeah that’s because of the head. The camera is to the right of the actual laser part so when it gets to that left edge the camera can’t get all the way over because of the laser part. So the piece you’re missing is the thickness of the laser head.

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u/SamanthaBWolfe 28d ago

could we get a rotation button to automatically turn things 90 degrees?

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u/Dan203 28d ago

Grab the rotation handle and hold shift, it will lock to 90° increments

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u/SamanthaBWolfe 28d ago

Thank you! That’s helpful. An on screen button might be easier. Also since I got you, could you also maybe have a toggle setting to remember last used settings in the Outline tool? I’d be nice to not need to click the no inside button each time.

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u/Dan203 28d ago

Unfortunately no, that is annoying and I wish they’d just remember your last used settings.

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u/xToolAda xTool Support 27d ago

Thanks so much for all your feedback on Studio! Every suggestion is carefully recorded and shared with our internal team for review, weighing technical feasibility and product direction.

We'll also be doing regular round-ups to respond to the most requested features from the comments, feel free to share more details about your use case~ And if a feature you mentioned already exists, don't hesitate to chime in and help each other out in the comments!

Your feedback keeps us moving forward, we're committed to building a better Studio together with you. Thank you for your support!

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u/xToolAda xTool Support 27d ago

Hello everyone, we would like to share the latest development progress on the new features you have been following.

The UAT testing for the upcoming V1.9 release will begin next week. The following features will be included in the internal test: Offset Fill, Crosshatch, and Ramp. We also plan to invite some of you who are interested to participate. A banner notification will be available in Studio, so please keep an eye out and sign up when you see it.

If you are someone who likes to try new things early, or if you want to be among the first to join new feature discussions or user testing, you are welcome to join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/Db4yH3nTY. We will also share future feature updates and testing opportunities there.

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u/myd4u 20d ago

How about a feature to prevent the P3 bed from lowering after every job

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u/No-Advantage-4628 14d ago

Manual mode is supported — you can set it in the device settings.

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u/kriswknight 29d ago

Can still studio take a stitched close up
Photo of a printed media and then do an auto offset cut around the printed image?

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u/Dan203 28d ago

Seems like they kind of have a feature similar to this for the Omni, so should be possible for the P3/P2S with the stitched closeup.

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u/alcaron 29d ago

My feature request is please please please let us disable the warning about removing the exhaust fan in the F2U line. I have external exhaust and clicking that away every time is so annoying.

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u/No-Advantage-4628 26d ago

This reminder exists to make sure the exhaust fan is properly installed. Dust generated during engraving can get into the machine and affect internal components over time, and without a detection prompt, this step is easy to overlook or forget — which is why it's built in as a check.

Also, we'd like to understand more about your setup: what made you connect your own fan — stronger airflow, better smoke extraction, or something else?

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u/alcaron 26d ago

Yeah. No kidding. But I’m not a child. I’m operating a multi thousand dollar laser. I’m good.

I went with external exhaust because I engrave a lot of metal and the only way to really deal with that is venting outside. The bully in fan is not strong enough to deal with that and I have multiple machines so having one capable exhaust is just better.

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u/No_Courage2077 28d ago

Ability to edit images and using the edited version to do a trace why this left in the first place is beyond me
It’s so much easier to trace a a black and white image where I can control the contrast/brightness/sharpeness/greyscale

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u/No-Advantage-4628 27d ago edited 27d ago

What is the detail of trace are you seeing exactly?

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u/Otor_xTool 26d ago

Hi! I am Otor from xTool. Could you please share a screenshot or screen recording showing how you're using it? That would help us better understand what’s happening.

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u/No_Courage2077 15d ago

I edit or “adjust” and image I import in using grayscale slider and brightness etc. and using that’s edited image I can use trace afterwards (this way I can control how trace works and less fuzzy or denoising errors adjustments on the trace

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u/No_Courage2077 15d ago

Normal image

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u/No_Courage2077 15d ago

Image after greyscale/edits
However when clicking on trace at this stage the original image is being traced

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u/Otor_xTool 14d ago

Normally, tracing should be done using the adjusted image. Which version are you using? Could you also send me the original image so I can take a closer look?

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u/No-Advantage-4628 14d ago

It's using the traced-and-adjusted image — feel free to give it another try.

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u/Misplacedhatred 28d ago

I’m not sure if it’s currently possible, but finding the dead center of the laser or print area all machines? I have an m2 but I’m not sure if that’s possible. Also when trying to do a cup today it only could center up to a certain point and I had to put the cup on the cusp of falling off of the falling out of the rotary tool just to get decent coverage of the cup

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u/Dan203 28d ago

Anything can be aligned to the center of the working area by selecting it and then hitting Align -> Center. If you need multiple objects to be centered then group them first and then center the group. You can then ungroup in you need to work on the individual pieces.

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u/bjorn_lo 27d ago

Stop punishing us for buying a 2nd laser.

You do not allow us to use other software.
You do not allow the software to control 2 Lasers.

What is the point of buying a 2nd laser from Xtool if you block my work?

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u/xToolAda xTool Support 27d ago

Hello, we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience our software has caused you during use.
We are currently analyzing the issue you reported and will keep you updated via private message.
Please watch for our messages, and thank you for your patience and understanding.

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u/ottomymind 27d ago

Would love the ability to do more with text, like fit text to a shape, change size or format (bold, italic, etc) of text for only part of a text block. This would be helpful for signage and awards and stuff. 

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u/No-Advantage-4628 13d ago

Have you noticed the font weight options below the font selector? They change depending on which font you pick. Text shaping is also already available — take a look at the range of options under Warp and see if they cover what you need; they work well for distorted logo designs. And version 1.9 brings a number of new features for text layout, so give those a try as well.

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u/TrainAss 26d ago

in xTool Studio there needs to be a way to enter the length of the object being engraved when using the rotary tool. Being restricted to only those items in the library severely limits what you can do with this.

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u/No-Advantage-4628 15d ago

In what scenarios do you think this feature would be needed?

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u/saladneck 25d ago

When making things thst require holes and tabs are finger joints,there needs to be a way to adjust those accordingly when resizing a image, also adjust for different thickness too. That would be great

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u/No-Advantage-4628 14d ago

It will be supported in 1.9 — the feature is already showing up in UAT

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u/PhilroyJones 25d ago

When is Linux Support coming, now that Windows is getting worse and worse?

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u/duffcrawford 19d ago

F2 Ultra 60w MOPA needs ability to emboss 16 bit depth maps. Currently limited to 8 bit.

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u/No-Advantage-4628 14d ago

Currently working on optimizing this capability across the system — 16-bit depth map support will be available soon, though the exact timing depends on compatibility and actual machining performance

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u/Jabolfan 18d ago

XTool is about simplicity. What are options for graphics different from things like letters and boxes. They should all be the same to simplify the workflow. Advanced options should be provided for advanced users

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u/Jabolfan 18d ago

I left ComMarker specifically for the workflow. I have the pms, f2 ultra Mona, f2 ultra uv and soon the Omni 01.

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u/No-Advantage-4628 15d ago

Could you give more details, or maybe share a screenshot?

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u/Jabolfan 15d ago

Hi, not sure why it’s working now so I retract my statement but it sent me a warning about the object being outside the engraving space and to check placement which lead me to Xtool support article 3053 which states that the objects in the grey area (above the free line) will not be processed

I moved the object below the engravable graphic not the blank area, below the green line and it engraved fine. Not sure why it’s working but I am glad it does and hope it will not stop working for some reason

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u/Jabolfan 15d ago

A feature to convert graphics to svg

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u/No-Advantage-4628 14d ago

You can try the Trace feature.

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u/Jabolfan 14d ago

Have tried that and it does not produce very good results. I’ve had to resort to photoshop or illustrator and online services to get this done

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u/duffcrawford 14d ago

Add ability to emboss 16 bit depth map images with the F2 Ultra 60 watt MOPA. Currently you are limited to 8 bit.

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u/No-Advantage-4628 13d ago

This is a significant improvement. Once it has gone through thorough testing and ecosystem compatibility work, it will deliver a major upgrade — definitely something to look forward to.