# Inserting cutting plans

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/inserting-cutting-plans/89130>\
**Category:** X-Carve\
**Created:** [April 4, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/inserting-cutting-plans/89130 "2020-04-04T14:57:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![KarlC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KarlC](https://community.inventables.com/u/KarlC)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/inserting-cutting-plans/89130/1 "2020-04-04T14:57:08Z")

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Good afternoon all

I have a question… does anybody know how I get radio controlled aircraft plans in to x carve so it will cut out the parts instead of cutting each piece by hand  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![AdamLuff](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/adamluff/32/87225_2.png) [@AdamLuff](https://community.inventables.com/u/AdamLuff)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/inserting-cutting-plans/89130/2 "2020-04-04T15:23:27Z")

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Scan them and import them.

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**Author:** ![MartinW.Mcclary](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/martinw.mcclary/32/63385_2.png) [@MartinW.Mcclary](https://community.inventables.com/u/MartinW.Mcclary)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/inserting-cutting-plans/89130/3 "2020-04-04T16:14:56Z")

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Trace the parts on white paper and include a square in your unit of choice. In., MM, or CM. Use the printer/scanner to scan the paper and save that as a PDF. Import the PDF into a cad program and adjust scale by checking the dimensions of the square, and save as a DXF or compatible Easel format. Import the DXF and convert to gcode. Load the code…and cut away. I do this all the time when I want to copy existing parts I want to make in lieu of buying them from somebody else.

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**Author:** ![KarlC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KarlC](https://community.inventables.com/u/KarlC)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/inserting-cutting-plans/89130/4 "2020-04-04T17:50:11Z")

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Hi Martin

Thankyou very much for that detailed description, very much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![SteveMoloney](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/stevemoloney/32/84542_2.png) [@SteveMoloney](https://community.inventables.com/u/SteveMoloney)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/inserting-cutting-plans/89130/5 "2020-04-05T08:57:38Z")

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I just cut about 50 parts out of a very expensive sheet of carbon fiber. These were to cover holes under the hood a custom show truck. In our case we used masking tape and marked it up on the truck, peeled them off, stuck it on cardboard then I cam home and redrew all the parts in easel. I cut them out of MDF first to confirm the shapes. Worked like a champ.