Well this project is going to show you can design over lapping objects with very little workings within the XCS software, as an added bonus it created a nice piece of wall art for the card player.
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Step 1) This all starts with a shape from the shape list, it is then sized to approx. the size of a playing card. Once the size has been established it is then copied and pasted to make 4 of them.

Step 2
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Step 2) In this step I took each card and angled them and positioned each on over top each other in a fan array, I then copied them again and made 4 more fora total of 5.

Step 3
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Step 3) Now this step gets to use the combine and subtract feature, each time I did this it took away the bottom sections of lines and only left the top portion. this was repeated 4 times until I ended up with the 4 card outline on top of each other.

Step 4
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Step 4) This step gets the lettering and suites, The suites are brought in from my computer in a file format of SVG, these are un-grouped so they can be re-sized individually. for each car except the top card only 1 A and a suite is needed, for the top card 2 of the letter A's and a suite is needed. all of these are positioned on each card respectfully. The top card also has a much larger suite added to the center with the proper angle.

Step 5
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Setting 1
Process Method
Laser Cut
Process Material
3mm Basswood Plywood
Power(%) or Cut Pressure(g)
100
Speed(mm/s)
5
Pass
2
Other Parameters
Only the outline is cut out.
Setting 2
Process Method
Laser Score
Process Material
3mm Basswood Plywood
Power(%) or Cut Pressure(g)
25
Speed(mm/s)
25
Pass
1
Other Parameters
all the card markings and outline of each card is scored with the settings provided.

Step 5) In this step, an outline was created with the outline feature, this outline will be set to cut with the cut setting, all of the other settings if for score and all of those settings are set at this time as well then off to the laser.

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Step 6) Once the laser did it's work the finished product gets a rub of sealer and mounted on the wall with a thin layer of 2 sided tape, this goes to show that XCS software can do many things, hope you try this some day...Enjoy!

Design Files
aces.xcs
4 aces, playing cards, card player,
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