# Overwhelmed - need a beginner starting point

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**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/overwhelmed-need-a-beginner-starting-point/16415 "2021-04-07T13:52:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/overwhelmed-need-a-beginner-starting-point/16415/2 "2021-04-07T14:39:38Z")

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Freecad has online video tutorials if you really want to go the cad route. If you want to quickly get shapes in and cut, there are vector drawing programs like inkscape to make the svg and the convert to gcode like in [this](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/inkscape-esltcam-basic-workflow-jpg-gcode/14886/) step by step guide. A quick read through the [manual](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/the-maslow-manual-v-0-001/12368/3) software section might help provide a reference to begin from.

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