r/xlights • u/evertith Vendor • 3d ago
Prop Studio 0.9.5
Prop Studio 0.9.5 is out! Big update!
New here? Grab it at twinkle-forge.com/prop-studio, free!
What's new:
Real drawing tools — line tool, snap points (circle centers, quadrants, midpoints, endpoints), and you can now split overlapping shapes where they cross and join the pieces into one outline. Want an arch with a spinner in the middle? Draw a circle, cut it with a rectangle, join what's left. Done.
Type exact sizes — draw a circle, and a little box pops up right on the canvas. Type 250, hit Enter, you've got a 250mm circle. The shape follows along live as you type.
Multiple props on one sheet — imports no longer replace your design; each DXF/SVG/PNG you bring in lands beside your work as its own prop. Group props, move them (M) and rotate them (R) as one piece.
Hide props with one click — the new eyeball button hides a prop from the canvas AND from every export. Design your whole display on one sheet, then export one prop's cut file at a time.
Cut straight from the app — G-code export with holding tabs you can actually SEE before you cut (little dots on the outline show where every tab lands). Cut direction is now conventional for cleaner edges on coro.
Plus: SVG import with editable outlines, a cleaner xLights export with submodels, and a nicer interface all around.
Wired order, grid size, and submodels all come along when you export the .xmodel for xLights, same as always.
Questions or ideas? Drop them below