Best video I've seen on node editing. I understand much more. Thanks
@stevewoods303215 күн бұрын
Great Video . Thanks for taking the time to shoot and edit all of this.
@sannyassi7325 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this vid- I've been trying to figure out how to get rid of the curve nodes for a while- hoving over the line and using 'L' did the trick. This is going to help me so much in the future. Great video!
@bentoombs25 күн бұрын
Thanks guys the info. I'm new, but thank you you for the butt shape segment
@BuildswithBrian27 күн бұрын
Hi Carl, really learning a lot from your lightburn videos, I have a quick question, how do you make the fill on text or shapes appear on the screen ?
@thetinkerverse26 күн бұрын
Shift + Alt + W is the hotkey or go to Window > Toggle Wireframe / Filled. Content would have to be on a fill layer to show like this otherwise it stays wireframe.
@davidgruty28 күн бұрын
When i import 2 SVG rectangles with rounded corners from Inkscape and i change the size of both at the same time the radii are not the same. Is there any option for this?
@kathybeee105529 күн бұрын
That is a great tool. I was able to create quite a spectacular design (If I say so myself) following your initial tips with the circle, rectangle, polygon, boolean tools. Lightburn is pretty amazing - thank you for your simple instructions.
@3DAstroTC29 күн бұрын
Fantastic!
@glenspicer9000Ай бұрын
Why do I get a pop up warning me that the cut may be "out of bounds" and ask if I want to continue?
@imadeit3579Ай бұрын
Didnt even had a clue about this, thanks a lot man 😮❤
@FranktheDachshundАй бұрын
Great tips! Boolean assist and reassign hotkeys,...who knew?
@kathybeee1055Ай бұрын
Wow - I watched yesterday and kept missing something (a node and my attention span). Watched today and was able to replicate. I went with the first wedge node/auto-join, much more accurate and simpler for me. Thank you.
@kathybeee1055Ай бұрын
Thank you - very straightforward, no waffle and no loud music blasting over your voice.
@LaserNUGАй бұрын
This was excellent - thanks very much for taking the time to go through and demonstrate the options. Cheers!
@user-ur4pd4bt7uАй бұрын
Tahnks for your videos! I wonder Wahy I not cant edit existing text.
@MakerDan55Ай бұрын
This is a great video. Did anyone ever tell you that you sound just like David Letterman? 😅
@thetinkerverseАй бұрын
LOL, nope, don't think I've heard that one before. I'll have to ask my wife if she agrees :)
@akiddoo8113Ай бұрын
I have watched numerous videos on LB software. You aced it! Your teaching skills and approach is far superior to any other I have viewed. You obviously have some background or past experience as an instructor. You should have a donation link. I would definitely contribute.
@thetinkerverseАй бұрын
I appreciate the kind words. I've never been a teacher but I have a lot of experience as a proxy between developers and users which tends to translate well. My biggest criticism of doing videos like this is that I wish it was more of a back-and-forth with users than me droning on.
@samilyaraman5890Ай бұрын
BROWO Thank yOUUUUU
@travisdent7009Ай бұрын
This is excellent. I wish I had watched this one 4 months ago 😆. Thanks for the straightforward details and going into its practical application.
@philnoel5839Ай бұрын
Thank you Very much.
@stankoenig5890Ай бұрын
this is by far the best video yet, it is just s little fast for my old brain, but great job.!!!
@thetinkerverseАй бұрын
Appreciate the feedback. Feel free to pause, rewind and pick apart the different bits or just let me know if you want me to cover something in depth a bit more to give more time to process features or steps.
@MonaVikstromАй бұрын
Thank you! You really made this scary function learnable, 😂 step by step. This was really so good!
@deano572Ай бұрын
Totally off topic but your voice sounds like David Letterman
@timhelmuth9740Ай бұрын
Would it have been less cleanup if you had edited the outlines that you used to cut with to only cut the portion you wanted? In other words, delete the bottom of the fish outline and delete the top of the shape outline and close those shapes before cutting.
@thetinkerverseАй бұрын
Probably and I think on one iteration of me playing around with this I actually did that. I broke apart the tail and the head and did them it 2 separate cuts. Honestly have no excuse for why I did it this way for the video other than point in time workflow and wanting to teach my son some troubleshooting and node editing to fix issues he might see.
@gilbertboyer9936Ай бұрын
Hey there, thank you for the tutorial. However, you did not finish a lot of your sentences and spoke as if we are all professional designers. Pushed buttons so fast that I could not follow. You marvellously show your knowledge of LightBurn. Please make your tutorials a lot slower for beginners like me. Of what I could follow, I've learn a lot. Otherwise keep them coming.
@Chucka14632 ай бұрын
In the first 60 seconds you explained cut shapes better than I've heard before. Thanks.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate that.
@schlotdoglaser2 ай бұрын
I've been using Lightburn for almost 4 years and never used this tool.....looks like I will now. Also, I use RIGHT-MOUSE to bring up the tools and then ungroup.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
That's what I love about LB. Many different ways to accomplish a task like group/ungroup based on how everyone is more comfortable. Their UI is so nice to work in.
@joseptarrago94002 ай бұрын
Muchas gracias, yo tampoco tenia idea de la forma de corte, tengo una pregunta, veo en el video al principio de la imagen se ve con un recuadro blanco de fondo, como se hace para borrar este fondo blanco
@flatlinersholger37722 ай бұрын
Thank you for this very good explanation
@krisknowlton59352 ай бұрын
I could have used this knowledge last week! Thanks for the video. Extremely informative and very well done. A+
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Well at least it's there for next time :) Glad I could help.
@mp68142 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial, thanks!
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@sannyassi732 ай бұрын
I've got a lot of experience with lightburn, yet I did not know about the Cut shape tool. That Alt+J to join shapes is another handy trick! Thanks, this will be very handy in the future! H and V are hotkeys to mirror images H=Horizontally, V=Vertically for those who don't know (I like how you're not using hotkeys for the Tutorial though and mention when you do, sometimes that confuses folks not realizing you're using hotkeys)
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Thanks. I try to call out when I use hotkeys since you don't see what I'm typing. I also try to mix up hot keys and and menu buttons just so people get a taste of both...or sometimes I just don't remember the hotkey LOL
@PopsCustomSignsLLC2 ай бұрын
An eye opening video. I neve even had a clue of the cut shape function. Thanks!
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
No problem. It's a powerful tool that has a lot of use cases that usually start out with "how do I erase in Lightburn?"
@brianwatt24782 ай бұрын
Hi, thanks for this tutorial it is excellent. I have a question: I've created the calibration piece as you descibed but it hasn't reproduced the 'shading' when I burn it. It didn't show thw 'shading' in the preview either, your advice would be appreciated, thanks. Brian
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Hi. Most of this has been replaced by Lightburn's built in material test (Laser Tools > Material Test) but I'm sure the power scale does still work as I used it recently in response to another comment. I'd suggest posting to the LB forum or send an email to support as it may be something specific to your machine or controller that I don't see with the lasers I have.
@gilbertboyer99362 ай бұрын
Very nice tutorial, thank you.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
@hokieinidaho2 ай бұрын
How do you enable the radius drag handle that was introduced in 1.5? I can no longer grab a shape by that corner to align with others
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
As of 1.6 you hold the CTRL key to make it visible (Command key on MAC). Apparently people were accidentally grabbing it instead of the resize handles so they hid it until you hold the modifier key.
@medyadavetphotographyprodu53212 ай бұрын
Hello, I have a license that I bought in 2023. I would appreciate it if you could inform me if my license will work when I update it to the new version.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Hello. Please review the licensing page or reach out to LightBurn support for assistance. I'm not a LB employee. License information: lightburnsoftware.com/pages/how-the-lightburn-license-works LB Support: lightburnsoftware.com/pages/contact-help-suggestions
@msabarez2 ай бұрын
Thanks for very informative video. One quick question, the LENGTH, is it the length of the tumbler itself or the length of the design? Do you taper warp the design first then rotate based on how the rotary is set up on the bed of the laser? Thanks.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Length of where you measure your diameters from. So if you measure top and bottom of the cup, then the length is the full length of the cup. If you take a measurement from a mid-point then your length is to that midpoint. It's basically plotting the taper. I would say yes to your 2nd question. Setup all of your artwork and then as the last step you would rotate it to align with your workpiece.
@jacketpatches2 ай бұрын
There is a big difference in engraving darkness using power scale. For example. Engraving two squares. Square A is at 300mm/sec and 10% power with 100% power scale. Square B at 300 mm/sec 100% power with 10% power scale. For some reason Square B engraves darker. Wondering if you have any ideas as to why that might be? Thanks
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Hi there. This is an older video and I haven't played with power scaling much since they introduced the material test generator directly. That said I'll try out your scenario when I get a chance and see what it looks like. I'd have to look at the generated gcode to see what the actual power value is that it's sending to the controller but from a math perspective they should be the same value....at least in my head.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
@jacketpatches so I just did some testing and 100% power with 10% power scale produces exactly the same gcode as 10% power with 100% power scale so in theory the instruction set being output to your laser is identical. Have you tried on multiple materials? Maybe difference in wood grain if you're using wood?
@markm492 ай бұрын
Some great tips here - very well communicated. Would be great to see the end product too.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
I actually posted up the end result on my FB page but yeah I should probably do a quick follow-up video showing the jig in place and what I did with it. It's maiden voyage was a small run of 100 business cards and swapping them in and out was a breeze.
@bobmillerick3002 ай бұрын
I knew you could type in fractions but I did not know it would do an equation. Thanks
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Thanks. I do that sometimes when I don't want to break out of my workflow to bring up the calculator.
@bobmillerick3002 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
You are welcome
@captcrow2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. QR code bonus was a good tip. Worth a new sub . Thanks
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@angelamorales29442 ай бұрын
Mind officially blown! 🤯I have been working harder, not smarter! Thanks!
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
@ttony1112 ай бұрын
So many handy snippets of information in this single tutorial. I never knew about ctrl mirroring the selection. I have failed so many time to use the circle array and now understand where I was going wrong. In my head I thought that you had to put in co-ordinates of where the array centre was but you can simply draw an object, select both and centre around, seems logical when you are shown it. Thanks for the tutorial, subscribed now and will go through your past videos and I love the pace and style of these tutorials.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful and thanks for the subscribe!
@markscheiner39522 ай бұрын
Really useful video, thanks for posting. Will definitely try this. In the case of laser veneer marquetry I’m fining I get much less burning on the underside. Have you had any experience doing this and if so any suggestions of a good masking material to prevent burn marks on the veneer? Thanks again
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
I've found blue tape is about the best option for this. Just butt the tape strips instead of overlap so you get a consistent cut (overlap may require more power). Also having air assist on helps greatly with this. It's been a long time since I've done any real marquetry work unfortunately but I'd love to get back into it.
@markscheiner39522 ай бұрын
@@thetinkerverse appreciate the reply. Will give that a go. Thanks
@tubehead2042 ай бұрын
Great video, thank you for sharing. Do you have any tips for getting the artwork to accurately align to the jig once it is cut and bolted to the table?
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Getting the artwork to align in the jig is pretty straight forward. Lock the shapes for the jig so you don't accidentally move them and then just position your artwork accordingly. The hard part for me was getting the jig aligned with reality on the laser since I cut the jig for one laser on a different laser. If it were doing this all on one laser, I could just do my first cut from a reference point and always start from there. Does that make sense?
@tubehead2042 ай бұрын
@@thetinkerverse It totally makes sense. This jig to reality is the part that stumps me too. I am trying to figure out the easiest method to get that alignment perfect(or at least acceptable) without hundreds of test burns and trial and errors. Getting the fiber aligned precisely to dead center on the bed seems like a logical first step to me.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Once I screwed the jig down I just used a couple of scrap pieces and kept burning designs over them until I got the on-screen position to match the reality of the jig. Then I locked the jig tool layer and saved it for future projects. From there I just started dropping content into the locked jig on screen and seems to be good to go now.
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
You can see the final product here: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122116931504253667&set=pcb.122116885544253667
@tubehead2042 ай бұрын
@@thetinkerverse hmmm, could be a good follow up video... I'll play with it, thanks so much for your help.
@tanalthompson40342 ай бұрын
Thanks a bunch, this was very informative and easy to follow!! Learned a ton, THANK YOU
@thetinkerverse2 ай бұрын
Great to hear! You're welcome.
@Fobes2 ай бұрын
Thanks! I did not know of the auto join segments feature. I’ll be using that.