Built for your workshop

Your idea.Precisely planned.Efficiently cut.

Draw and design your parts, assess and improve your images, and nest your shapes to save material. Prepare your job and preview the result before sending it to your laser — all in one application.

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A wooden organiser, an engraved coaster and a leaf cutout on a workbench, overlaid with light outline drawings

Create — Draw — Design Image assessment and preparation Image engraving Nesting Preview and output

Your workflow

Your laser project.
All in one application.

Draw, design, refine and prepare your job. Every tool works as part of the same workflow.

01 Create

Draw, create and design.

A sign with two hanging holes, large PewPew lettering and smaller Studio lettering joined beneath it, with an engraved by Dr. Martin signature; alongside it, a circular mountain design with a sun and fir trees — **Create**Combine lettering and shapes into your own design.

DrawShape your own outlines with points and tangent handles.

DesignCoordinate holes, slots and dimensions for a precise fit.

Text on a pathMake your lettering follow an outline you have drawn.

02 Refine

Connect shapes and images to modifiers and fine-tune the result.

Round cornersTurn a simple rectangle into a rounded shape: one modifier rounds the corners together.

Pattern fillRepeat your own design as a pattern inside a closed outline.

Image effectsTurn images into dots, lines or patterns made from outlines you have drawn.

Crop an imageChoose the right crop for your design.

Remove backgroundsSeparate your subject from its background.

Split a shapeConnect your shape to a cutting line to create separate pieces.

Split an imageSplit an image along two lines into four independently editable images.

Trace an imageTurn your image into editable outlines, including the edges of internal cutouts.

Combine and subtract shapesCombine basic shapes: unite them, subtract one from another or keep their intersection.

Join and scoreJoin overlapping lettering while preserving visible joins as score lines.

Offset outlinesUse a modifier to create a uniform inward or outward offset.

Image maskConnect your image to a custom closed outline to define the visible area.

03 Produce

Check your job and prepare it for the machine.

An actual PewPew preview showing cutting paths and travel moves — **Preview cutting paths**Review the planned sequence before sending your job.

Holding tabsLeave small connections that hold your part in the material during cutting.

PerforationPerforate the outer outline of your design — for a round label, for example.

Lead-in and lead-outChoose a straight line or an arc, then adjust its length, angle or radius.

A custom start point on a circular cut; the highlighted section shows the overlap along the same path after the circle closes — **Start point and overlap**Choose where the cut begins and how far the laser continues along the same path after closing the outline.

Illustrative application views · Cutting paths: actual application screenshot

01 Create — Draw — Design

Turn your idea
into a finished part.

Create your own designs, draw precise outlines and design parts that fit. Use dimensions and geometric constraints to turn your idea into a template ready for your workpiece.

Combine lettering and shapes into original designs
Draw and refine outlines
Dimension your parts and apply geometric constraints

DrawShape your own outlines with points and tangent handles.

DesignCoordinate holes, slots and dimensions for a precise fit.

Simplified example views · Create, draw and design

The same portrait after automatic enhancement in PewPew, with brighter midtones — Actual project example · Original and saved enhancement from PewPew

The original portrait, with dark midtones and deep facial shadows — Actual project example · Original and saved enhancement from PewPew

02 Image assessment and preparation

Your image.
Assessed and prepared for engraving.

Bring out the potential in your image. PewPew Studio assesses tones, detail, noise and resolution, gives specific recommendations and automatically prepares your image.

Assess image quality and identify weaknesses
Automatically improve tones and detail
Compare the original and enhanced image side by side

Image assessment in this example

Original75 / 100

Enhanced81 / 100

Recommendation: brighten the midtones.

The score assesses image preparation. The engraving result also depends on your material and laser settings.

An enlarged deer head with individual halftone dots visible — Example image · Original and halftone views

An enlarged detail of the original deer image — Example image · Original and halftone views

03 Image engraving

Turn tones
into halftone dots.

After preparing your image, convert it to a halftone for engraving. Light and dark areas become a pattern your laser can engrave. The enlarged deer head reveals the individual dots.

Choose a suitable halftone method
Represent tones as patterns of dots
Inspect individual dots in the enlarged detail

04 Nesting

Make more of your material.

Nest shapes, images and text to save material. Related parts stay together as a group — even inside a boundary you have drawn yourself.

Arrange shapes, images, text and entire groups
Use your material area or a custom outline as the boundary
Set the starting point, spacing and rotations

Nest outlinesArrange shapes efficiently within your material area.

Groups inside a custom boundaryThe Xbox image, frame and text stay together. Custom boundary, starting at the bottom right.

Layouts calculated in PewPew · Condensed sequence

05 Preview and output

Your job.
Before the first cut.

Follow cutting paths and travel moves in the preview, then see the same parts in the material view. Turn your planned sequence into a clear picture of the result.