xTool Studio 1.10 Brings Capture & Trace to the P2, P2S and P3 and Adds a Beta Option to Cut Shared Straight Edges Once
xTool Studio 1.10, dated November 3, adds Capture & Trace for the P2, P2S and P3 and new Smart Nesting tools, including a Beta option that cuts shared straight edges once.
xTool’s version history dates Studio Desktop 1.10 to November 3, 2026, and its 1.10.15 installers for Windows and Mac are on xTool’s software page. The release extends Capture & Trace, which turns a drawing or print placed in the machine into a cut outline using the machine’s camera, from the M2 to the P3, P2S and P2. Its existing Smart Nesting tool gains auto-fill, multi-sheet photo nesting, custom nesting zones and a Beta option that cuts the straight edges shared by neighboring cut parts only once, which xTool says reduces scorching and cutting time but does not apply to fill engraving or printed elements. The site has not tested the new features.
Capture & Trace reaches three more lasers, and Smart Nesting gains a Beta shared-edge cut
xTool’s 1.10 notes list Capture & Trace for the M2, P3, P2S and P2; its 1.9 notes listed it for the M2 only.
Auto Fill, Multi-Sheet Photo Nesting and custom zones join Smart Nesting, and shared-edge merging is marked Beta and skips fill engraving and printed elements.
The 1.10 notes give no firmware requirements and do not say which machines the new nesting tools support.
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Capture & Trace reaches the P2, P2S and P3, and Smart Nesting gains a Beta shared-edge cut
xTool’s desktop version history dates xTool Studio Desktop 1.10 to November 3, 2026, with download links for the 1.10.15 installers, the same builds xTool’s software page serves for Windows, Intel Macs and Apple-silicon Macs. xTool’s V1.10 release notes, last updated November 6, list Capture & Trace for the M2, P3, P2S and P2, where the 1.9 notes listed it for the M2 only: you place a patterned item in the machine, the built-in camera captures and recognizes the pattern, and the software extracts a ready-to-cut outline you can adjust before cutting, from hand drawings, printed artwork or magazine clippings. The notes add four tools to the existing Smart Nesting feature: Auto Fill, which copies selected elements into empty space until the sheet is full or a set quantity is reached; Multi-Sheet Photo Nesting, which extracts all sheets in one capture with independent nesting and exclusion zones; custom nesting and exclusion zones drawn with Rectangle, Ellipse or Pen tools; and shared-edge merging, marked Beta. The release also adds 16-bit depth maps with up to 1024 layers and new cleaning layers to Relief Mode, and Passthrough, an image mode that outputs pre-dithered black-and-white images pixel by pixel. xTool posted no news article about the release.
For P2, P2S and P3 owners, Capture & Trace is the practical change: a drawing or printed piece placed in the machine can become a cut outline without redrawing it on a computer, by xTool’s description. Shared-edge merging places neighboring cut parts edge to edge and cuts the straight edges they share only once, which xTool says reduces scorching and shortens cutting time, but xTool marks it Beta, says it does not apply to fill engraving or printed elements, and the notes do not list which machines the nesting additions support, so try it on scrap before a paid job. Smart Nesting itself is not new: the 1.9 notes added Standard, Compact and Matrix nesting modes and an earlier release optimized nesting. The notes list no firmware requirements for 1.10. For O1 owners, xTool’s notes add a Lenticular Card Mode that scans a card’s position, size and LPI to replace reading a printed test chart, but xTool’s own release-notes demo labels the mode Beta, and that demo never shows a scan result. These are xTool’s descriptions, and the site has not tested the new features.
What changes in the software, and what xTool leaves unsaid
Capture & Trace uses the machine’s built-in camera: place a patterned item in the machine, and Studio recognizes the pattern and extracts an outline whose shape and offset distance you can adjust before cutting. xTool’s 1.10 notes list it for the M2, P3, P2S and P2, and give no firmware requirements. Inside Smart Nesting, Auto Fill fills the sheet or stops at a set quantity, Multi-Sheet Photo Nesting handles several sheets from one capture with green nesting zones and red exclusion zones, and custom zones can be drawn with Rectangle, Ellipse or Pen tools. Shared-edge merging cuts the straight edges shared by cutting elements only once; xTool marks it Beta and says it is not applicable to fill engraving and printed elements. Relief Mode accepts 16-bit depth maps with up to 1024 layers, and Passthrough sends an image pixel by pixel with no processing, for dithered black-and-white images only. The editor gains directional box selection, multi-file, HEIC and DXF-fill import, batch resizing, origin switching with center scaling and a full-screen sidebar, and the material test grid gains a setting for fixed values outside its row and column variables, such as the number of passes.
What to expect from the update: Studio 1.10 is a download from xTool’s software page, where the 1.10.15 installers for Windows, Intel Macs and Apple-silicon Macs were served on November 9; the installer files are dated November 3 on xTool’s download server. Material presets can now be saved without connecting a machine, and community-shared materials can be applied from Studio with their processing settings.
- Whether Capture & Trace needs particular firmware or camera hardware on each machine; the notes give no requirements.
- Which machines the new Smart Nesting tools and shared-edge merging support; the notes give no machine list.
- When shared-edge merging leaves Beta.
- Whether the released 1.10.15 build still labels Lenticular Card Mode Beta, and whether it reads every card size; xTool’s demo shows no scan result.
Hold off on the Beta options if:You cut paid jobs from nested parts and need predictable results, because shared-edge merging is a Beta option that skips fill engraving and printed elements, and the notes give no machine list for the nesting additions.
Update and try it if:You own a P2, P2S or P3 and want to turn hand drawings or printed artwork placed in the machine into cut outlines without redrawing them, and you will try the Beta options on scrap first.
xTool Studio Desktop 1.10 — what xTool’s notes and version history showed
| Detail | xTool Studio Desktop 1.10 |
|---|---|
| Release date (xTool’s version history) | November 3, 2026 |
| Installers | 1.10.15 for Windows, Intel Mac and Apple-silicon Mac |
| Capture & Trace machines | M2 (since 1.9); P3, P2S and P2 (new in 1.10) |
| Smart Nesting additions | Auto Fill, Multi-Sheet Photo Nesting, custom zones, shared-edge merging (Beta) |
| Shared-edge merging limits | Straight edges shared by cut parts; not for fill engraving or printed elements |
| Relief Mode | 16-bit depth maps, up to 1024 layers |
| Passthrough image mode | Dithered black-and-white images only |
| O1 Lenticular Card Mode | Beta in xTool’s own demo |
| Firmware requirements | None listed in the notes |
Sources: xTool Studio Desktop V1.10 release notes
P2, P2S and P3 owners can update for Capture & Trace; treat the Beta options as trials until they prove themselves on scrap.
Install 1.10.15 from xTool’s software page, try Capture & Trace on a hand drawing or printed piece, and test shared-edge merging on scrap before a paid job.
Lenticular Card Mode carries a Beta label in xTool’s own demo, so check the size and LPI it detects against your card before printing a batch; xTool says both can be adjusted in its editor.
Studio 1.9 brings Capture & Trace to the M2
xTool’s version history dates Studio Desktop 1.9 to September 10, 2026; its notes listed Capture & Trace for the M2 only and added Standard, Compact and Matrix nesting modes.
Studio 1.10 extends Capture & Trace to the P3, P2S and P2
xTool’s version history dates Studio Desktop 1.10 to November 3, 2026, with 1.10.15 installers for Windows, Intel Macs and Apple-silicon Macs.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which lasers do xTool’s 1.10 notes list for Capture & Trace?▼
The M2, P3, P2S and P2. xTool’s 1.9 notes listed Capture & Trace for the M2 only, so the P3, P2S and P2 are new in 1.10. The notes give no firmware requirements for it.
Does shared-edge cutting work on every job?▼
No. xTool marks the option Beta, says it cuts only the straight edges shared by neighboring cut parts, and says it does not apply to fill engraving or printed elements. The notes do not list which machines it supports, so test it on scrap before using it on a paid job.
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