Help making a fretboard template in easel?

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Cant seem to work out how to make a fretboard template in easel. Ive tried using 4 boxes as the outlines for the fretboard. Doing it this way allows me to get the right dimensions but i cant combine them into one large box that will

Here is that file if you like to look at it.
http://easel.inventables.com/projects/c-4ZQMX9eX1cGx_9xYa7Rw

Ive also tried using 4 pen lines. But again i cant connect them to make one big box. Though it does let me cut the correct shape. Its just id like to bee able to combine them.
http://easel.inventables.com/projects/apqJtWADUAI4SbwTFoj-2Q

Is there another way to do it? or is there a tutorial that might help me?

Thanks in advance!

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Your linked files can’t be seen publically. Do you have cad? If so I go though the whole neck modeling process here and maybe you can adapt it for your fretboard. I use Rhino, but the steps probably can be used in most programs.

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Thanks man ill take a look at that.

And here’s another try at sharing those links. I’d still really like to work out how to make a trapezoid/fretboard shape in easel.

Fretboard using Boxes
http://easel.inventables.com/projects/c-4ZQMX9eX1cGx_9xYa7Rw
Fretboard using Pen
http://easel.inventables.com/projects/apqJtWADUAI4SbwTFoj-2Q

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I don’t know how to make an app but a fretboard app within Easel would be great.

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What scale length are you looking to use I can send you a file…

Or check out
http://efguitars.s3.amazonaws.com/fretboard-generator.html

You can save as an svg and import into easel

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still can’t see the links