I meant for @NickCarr so I can get an idea of what he is looking for 
Do you mean 3D carve?
2.5D is the kind of carving Easel does.
If you are looking to just setup 3D carve Vectric has a lot of good tutorial videos even if you don’t use their software. So does Design and Make.
If you want to sculpt your own 3D models I am looking to learn how to do that myself.
I can do basic modelling with Sketchup, nothing more complex than that really. I’m looking for a walk through with what software to use for loading the model and exporting to the xcarve.