# Use MyLaserTools in xTool Studio: SVG cutting and CO₂ engraving > Import SVG and photo exports in xTool Studio, check size, choose Cut, Score or Engrave, and review P3 CO₂ output. Separate laser work from Apparel Printer DTF printing. xTool Studio, and the older Creative Space, look a little different for each version and each machine. Importing an SVG works the same everywhere, but what happens next depends on the machine: an M1 can print and blade cut, a P3 or S1 laser engraves and cuts. The screenshots use the apple ornament in a **P3** project for CO2 engraving and cutting. For printing on clothing with the Apparel Printer, read the [Apparel Printer DTF guide](/learn/guides/xtool-apparel-printer-dtf-workflow). In a laser project, a colour picture is engraved in shades of grey, never printed in colour. ## What you need - xTool Studio, with your machine connected. - The SVG from MyLaserTools, or for photo tools, the photo export and its cut outline. ## 1. Import and check real dimensions Create a project, choose your machine and import the SVG. Compare the width with the size you set in MyLaserTools. If it is off by a fixed ratio, change the SVG import resolution in the settings and import again. For print-and-cut files, keep the print and the cut together and resize them as one, never one at a time. ## 2. Assign an operation to each object Select each object and choose what the laser does with it: **Cut** for outlines that release the piece, **Score** for thin lines on the surface, **Engrave** for filled areas and pictures. The colours from MyLaserTools only group the objects; they do not choose the operation. Pick your material in xTool Studio and confirm the settings with a [test grid](/learn/guides/laser-material-test-workflow). For layered work, keep parts of the same material and thickness together. ## 3. Choose the positioning method your device supports Use your machine's camera or framing to place the job on the material. On an **M1**, use **Print & blade cut** for printed stickers and paper. A laser without a camera needs a jig or printed alignment marks to cut around artwork printed somewhere else. Instructions for one xTool model often do not match another, so follow the guide for yours. ## Finished artwork: ornaments and standees Finished ornaments and standees with printed artwork and a laser cut outline. Look at how close the cut runs to the artwork and how the standees sit in their bases. ![Finished apple ornament with coloured fruit, red circular border and hanging hole](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/software/apple-ornament-maker.webp) The apple ornament from the screenshots, finished: the colour artwork, the red ring and the hanging hole. ![Finished coloured butterfly standee fitted into a clear oval base](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/software/butterfly-standee-maker.webp) A butterfly standee. The cut follows the artwork with a small even border, and the tab at the bottom slots into the base. ![Finished skeleton illustration in an ornamental border on an oval standee base](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/software/skeleton-art-standee-maker.webp) A skeleton standee with a detailed border. Dry-fit the base before you finish the piece, because a tight slot can crack acrylic. ## Print artwork and cut paths in the same SVG ![Colour apple ornament in xTool Studio with separate cut and print objects](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/software/apple-ornament-xtool-print-cut-import.webp) The imported group at 85.98 × 92.08 mm, with the cut paths and the print image as separate objects in the list. Keep **print** and **cut** together so they stay aligned. The apple and the coloured ring are the print; the outer shape and the hanging hole are the cut. Before you start the laser, check every object's operation, so an apple you already printed does not get engraved over. ## P3 bitmap: Engrave is a laser operation ![Apple bitmap selected in the P3 CO₂ project with Image output and Engrave enabled](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/software/apple-ornament-xtool-p3-image-engrave.webp) The apple picture selected in a P3 project: Image, set to Engrave, with Output on. To engrave the apple as a picture, set the image processing and run a test on your material first. The laser engraves it in shades of one colour, not in the colours you see on screen. To cut around an apple you already printed, turn this picture's Output off. ## P3 vector: choose Cut when you need a cut-through outline ![Compound vector selected in xTool P3 settings with Score highlighted and Cut available](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/software/apple-ornament-xtool-p3-vector-score.webp) The outline selected at 80 × 86.07 mm, with Score highlighted. The whole artwork is larger, 85.98 × 92.08 mm, because the picture reaches past the outline. To cut the ornament out, select the outline and the hanging hole and choose **Cut**, then set it for your material. **Score** only marks a line on the surface. The outline and the picture have different sizes on purpose; keep them where they are instead of resizing one to match the other. ## P3 Settings overview: check every object before you start ![P3 Settings overview listing separate vector and bitmap entries with Modify parameters notices](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/software/apple-ornament-xtool-p3-settings-overview.webp) The overview lists the outline and the picture separately. Modify parameters means the settings still need your material. Go through the list and check each object's operation and Output. When a piece is engraved and cut, engrave first and cut last, so the piece does not move after it is free. For a printed piece, the picture should not run at all. Choose your real material, measure the distance, then check the preview and frame the job. The power and speed in the screenshot are defaults, not settings for your material. ## Troubleshooting - **Import fails:** re-export a simplified SVG and review unsupported masks or effects. - **The wrong operation ran:** select the object and check its processing setting. The colour does not set it. ## Manufacturer documentation - [Import and parse vectors](https://support.xtool.com/article/2520) - [M1 Print & blade cut in Studio](https://support.xtool.com/article/3172) - [Studio import troubleshooting](https://support.xtool.com/article/2805) - [P3 device setup](https://support.xtool.com/article/2514) - [Score, Engrave and Cut](https://support.xtool.com/article/565) - [Studio Settings overview](https://support.xtool.com/article/2402) ## Make it yours Next: [layered laser projects](/learn/guides/layered-laser-workflow), or go back to the [Learning Center](/learn). --- Open the example tool: https://www.mylasertools.com/christmas-ornament Read online: https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/guides/xtool-studio-workflow