LightBurn Tutorials - Cut Planner

[@mirage3rd]

If only all software companies could have tutorials that well done... Thanks a lot

[@biodieseler1]

Thank goodness I bought a laser cutter that uses lightburn! Great tutorial, thanks.

[@Ferncraft.Pembrokeshire]

Your explanation of this is superb. Very clear and concise.

[@semperidem2577]

Excellent video, clear and concise. Keep up the good work 👍

[@jjs4x]

Great video and well worth the time to watch it! Very informative! Thank you, Jason

[@jamesbomhof]

Great video. Great software. Learned a lot. I'm glad the 'remove overlapping lines' option was included as I've needed to hack that in the past.

[@sylvia5989]

I learned a lot! Thank you so much!

[@Snagglepuss1952]

Brilliant, all makes sense and is easy to understand, many thanks.

[@jlhughes122]

Thank you for the tutorial videos. The software is worth every penny.

[@castlecodersltd]

A good, helpful video, thanks 🙂

[@larrykent196]

Good information, clicking around at light speed pulling up screens is like learning algebra from a expert.

[@cobar5342]

Thank you for great video series

[@gtsdude1053]

This software is just super smart! 👌👍

[@trirajsubba3586]

In the petals example ''reduce direction change" has in fact increased the time by 2 seconds. ... earlier it was 35 seconds. though it is only an estimated time... 12:21

[@raydesmarais5854]

Thank for the videos, they have been a great help. I have an issue with my fox alien 20W laser, 100% pwr,airassist on and very low speeds, not cutting all the way through 3mm material without having to repeat the job multiple times, Is there a way to cut half way through on one side then flip to cut from the opposite side? what's a good way to index the material to ensure it will repeat the project with minimal off set?

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

What type of material are you trying to cut through? A 20W diode should have no problem cutting through 3mm wood in a single pass. For quite a few of our projects I am running a single pass with a 10W diode laser. I would verify that the focus distance is being set correctly and that the lens is clean. I would also check the power output settings in our GRBL documentation to see if that helps resolve it for you: docs.lightburnsoftware.com/Troubleshooting-Output.html#power-output-is-not-the-same-as-other-software-grbl Rather than working out a way to create a flip jig I would try to find out what is causing the issue.

[@raydesmarais5854]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Thank you for the reply, The material I'm cutting 3mm wood panels. however, it can cut through, it;s just not consistent. Lazer is clean, set to 30mm, the work piece is elevated on a cooling rack. I have even lowered the laser to 25mm to see if that would cut the pieces that were hung up. However once the piece is moved? true alignment is near impossible, which actually makes my first question a mute subject. So I'm sure it's more the materials than the laser set up.

[@mrburtenshaw8610]

Really helpful thanks, looks like it will speed things up a bit, keep up the good work.

[@adrianchenciu9440]

Hello Is there a way to arrange automaticly in Lightburn the shapes into the laser cutting area? For best cutting result and less lost of material? Like they use in the furniture industry for cutting MDF? Or I have to do it by hand, manualy, and arrange doing my best? Thank You!

[@CrizzJovi]

Hi Bro, I'm watching your videos, thank you so much for all. sorry how did you move in 16:30? Thank u again!

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

That was done using the arrow keys on the keyboard. If you select a shape in your workspace you can click and drag to move or use the arrow keys.

[@leemurray3188]

Just what I’m looking for. Thanks

[@klausmadsen3639]

Some great stuff there :)

[@mousepotato2003]

really clever stuff - thank you

[@BrendaDavis-1963]

OK, so will the scanning help me with cutting out like the centerpieces like you get when you cut lanterns will this help me?

[@Traderhood]

Why can’t I just assign order number to the shapes and cut in that order. 0,1,2,3,4,5

[@marcneufeld898]

Great Video.Thank you! Why is my Minimum Laserpower always on 10%? Can´t change it...

[@marcneufeld898]

@@lightburnsoftware7189thank you. It was the wrong Power off parameter. I love this Program really.

[@BrendaDavis-1963]

Like I won’t make a lightbox, I want to inside cut out with designs of the box. How do I get my laser to recognize that I’m just now learning so I’m having problems.

[@CrisAnderson27]

Is there any way to have Lightburn skip ahead to the next shape? I cut 5mm plywood mostly in one pass...but sometimes there's stubborn sections that take four. So I se it for four passes, then either have to let it burn through all four even if it cut it out in one...or, stop it, make the shape a tool path, then start it again so it can move to the next shape. I'd like to be able to 'fast forward' to the next cut shape if my laser manages to cut it out in one pass.

[@shannonwilliams7743]

Very informative video. I'm hoping some of the settings you displayed can help me with my problem. I use Lightburn, with a black and red co2 100W laser. The laser seems to stay on between steps even when returning home. The setting are imaging all at once. This may be the issue?

[@shannonwilliams7743]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 The laser is three weeks old and not used for production

[@BrendaDavis-1963]

How was it cost a circle out how do I get to recognize the cut the outside of the circle that’s what I’m having problems with and cutting the inside until I saw your video. I’m trying to make it like a Halloween pumpkin light box, but my laser is not recognizing the inside and what to cut. They don’t recognize like one image and that’s it.

[@marshallsexton2355]

At 10:30 in the video you changed the point at the top of the two lines to have have a control line. Can you point me to a video or something that shows how you did that? Or could you explain the hot keys you use in these videos?

[@marshallsexton2355]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Perfect, Thank You. I'm 7 days into my trial version and there is so much there it's a little over whelming.

[@cybersonic47]

thanks for useful information

[@BaronvonBavert]

👏👍🤟 thanks !!

[@appahman]

does lightburn gcode support tinyg? will it control a tinyg directly?

[@kassandrasexton9278]

How can I stop the transversal lines from acting my material? All of my projects have the movement lines cut through.

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

Read here: forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/laser-not-turning-off-between-cuts-burning-during-travel-moves/8528

[@madebykasia]

I do not have this feature. Ihave the latest version of the software, Eleks with 1f and tried it with GRBL and GRBL-M3. Can you advise?

[@madebykasia]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Eureka! Thanks a lot. Yes, I am a behinner:-)

[@shertechmedia]

I don't seem to have the "optimize cut path" option in my Lightburn software.

[@shertechmedia]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Thank you! I do have beginner mode enabled!

[@michaelwalton2061]

my updated LightBurn doesn't have some of these tabs or they are empty!!! so now what

[@erkamtufan2145]

How do I turn off my laser's power when going from one shape to another that I'm cutting?

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/laser-not-turn-off-between-cutting-drawing-shapes/6452

[@anthonysturrup8187]

Cannot find in this version. I have disabled beginners mode. Is the name cut planner and under which tittle is it?

[@anthonysturrup8187]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Thanks I found under the laser window

[@jlhkrafts]

That was great!!

[@ferenccsordas8292]

How difficult would be create an eraser tool?

[@aspergerhellasbn]

I have one problem. I have a small inner circle which I want to cut first. I choose cut inner objects first but my problem is I placed it to cut 10 times so it goes 10 times and burns the wood at the small circle how to avoid that?

[@jinsun9546]

Why is there no such setting option in my software interface?

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

@@jinsun9546 - you are likely in Beginner Mode, which hides a number of options and sets them to common defaults.

[@karvtek]

I was looking for a way to start at a selected point but it doesn’t appear to be an option. I tried bottom but it won’t start there.

[@karvtek]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Thank you. I found it right away. Still learning.

[@nightwalker3569]

Dude, there are individual lines in this program, how can I turn them into one piece?

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

If you are drawing shapes using individual lines and want to make a closed shape grab them all and press edit -> autojoin or alt+j

[@clovel73]

My optimization button is no more visible. from where I can get it to show again, please?

[@clovel73]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 thank you. Problem resolved

[@caraamiracanotal1717]

i cant find the mode CUT. i only have fill, line, and ofset

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

Cut was renamed to Line. Scan was renamed to Fill. They work identically.

[@RSmith-ld9ct]

Thank you.

[@sebamop]

First I would like to congratulate you on doing amazing software and keeping the updates coming. Second, I would like to suggest that the new cut optimization settings apply to scans. I do a lot of engraving, and ordering by groups would be godsend. Also, there is a way to "merge" two scan layers in the same movement? I have a dual tone scan engraving of a logo, done multiple times, and it's a waste of time to do one layer, and then the other. The software does it with bitmap engraving, so I don't think it's impossible

[@sebamop]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Thanks! That's a lifesaver.

[@sebamop]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Well, I just tried and it doesn't work. I put 100% on one, and 50% on the other, and the result is the same :/

[@sebamop]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 it's a Ruida 6442, I think it's gcode

[@JJ-ic8jm]

i am trying to figure out the same thing I would like to to engrave multiple Layers in one raster pass is that possible? thanks!

[@bret354]

Need updated tutorial

[@bradouellette6558]

Good video but may I suggest slowing your mouse movements down a bit so us new to Lightburn can see what screens you are opening

[@jdubdoubleu]

Just slow down the video

[@jessetutterrow4320]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 I have watched your video _twice_ and still don't know how to get to the optimization settings window!! If you did not assume that the person watching the video was already an expert your video would be more helpful.

[@sandralindeblatt4345]

🤩👍👍👍👍

[@MrSkeeter18]

Awesomeness programming

[@RickDrew]

So cut optimization - not cut planner. Some systems have a cut planner and that has nothing to do with this. A cut planner, layout planner, RIP software, etc. actually lets you plan the layout - not just optimize it.

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

TFS, G :)

[@GoldenDoom]

Beans

[@SV_Try_Magic]

Cant even hear you talking through your cup on a string.

[@BrendaDavis-1963]

Like I won’t make a lightbox, I want to inside cut out with designs of the box. How do I get my laser to recognize that I’m just now learning so I’m having problems.

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

@@BrendaDavis-1963 - I’m sorry but I genuinely don’t understand what you just asked. I’d suggest reaching out to [e-mail] so we can help.

[@BrendaDavis-1963]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 OK sorry about that. OK so when I go to try to make like the light boxes that you see people are making I’m not understanding the layers black is a cut blue is engraving layer so so warm so I want to cut out look up light boxes and you understand I’m talking about.