Easel is a web-based CNC software platform that allows you to design and carve from a single, simple program.
Easel Pro is a membership-based cloud software which builds upon Inventables’ free Easel software. Easel and Easel Pro minimize the barriers associated with complicated CAD and CAM product manufacturing software, making it easy for users to produce physical products. Easel Pro’s production efficiencies decrease the amount of time required to carve detailed products, enabling businesses to produce more products per day and bring in more income.
Easel Pro is targeted at people making a living off selling products produced on their machine(s). Our mission at Inventables is to build accessible communities and tools for the maker journey. Easel and Easel Pro are designed to work together and support the transition from learning to earning income. The market for manufacturing is changing. Today, people make their full living off X-Carve and Easel. Easel Pro helps them make more products per day because they can carve detailed products much faster. Producing more products per day means more money comes in each day.
Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of customers starting, running, and growing businesses with our tools. We believe manufacturing is undergoing a transition. We are moving away from the 20th-century model, where large factories produced the majority of products, and into the 21st century: micro and indie manufacturing companies are producing products alongside factories. Easel Pro is focused on supporting and accelerating this transition.
Easel Pro’s production efficiencies decrease the amount of time required to carve detailed products, enabling businesses to produce more products per day and bring in more income. In addition to production efficiency, businesses can expand their product offerings with Easel Pro’s built-in customization tools. With hundreds of built-in fonts, businesses can design personalized products for customers.
We are working on making Easel Pro free for classroom use. As soon as this is available, we will make an announcement.
Anyone can design, preview, and simulate projects in Easel Pro for free. X-Carve and Carvey owners can carve Easel Pro projects for four (4) days every month without a membership. A paid monthly or annual membership provides you with unlimited access to Easel Pro. Learn more about activating your four carve days or paid membership in this Subscription FAQ article.
The easiest way to see the difference between Easel and Easel Pro is using this chart: