Simple Design Adjustments With the Slot & Tab Resizer Tool

[@TactlessWookie]

This is awesome. Not only was this tutorial helpful for resizing, it helped me clean up a mess of a box design with loops and radii. I learn more every time I use Lightburn. Top job! Thanks!!

[@s3rji0]

You sir are a genius, This will cut down on SO much excess processing time when importing off thickness designs or if an order is for a different thickness of materials. Thank you so much.

[@MSRWorkshop]

This is amazing. I purchased some designs from Etsy that use some odd sized plywood that I haven’t been able to source. i’ve also found there is quite a bit of variation when ordering 3 mm plywood. I can’t wait to try this out. Thank you. You all are the best

[@RonMarshallrone]

Wow that 3 min vid packed a punch. Awesome features.

[@melpederson]

On the upper section of the right piece after you adjust the thickness the corner line did not adjust. Is there a reason it did not?

[@jsal7241]

I have had this issue as well

[@DreamstoRealityAutomotiveTV]

Those corners don’t identify as slots, they are neither tabs or slots, they are the non binary Haha, anyway I wish lightburn could remedy this, I always change them manually

[@billieb]

I am into boxes so this is a real time saver. Thanks and I am glad I bought lightburn at $60. At the rate features are being added, it will be much more expensive in the future. Keep up the great work.

[@louisecarstens2860]

LightBurn, thank you for this awesome feature, it saves me a lot of time. The odd corners that it does not change, I fix with node editing which is also quick to fix. I just love this program making my life a lot easier!! THANK YOU!

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

Awesome! Glad to hear it is helping. Thank you for the feedback!

[@horatiorp]

Thank you so much! This saved me hours of work.

[@firinglinechannel]

This saved me a lot of time and possible sanding! Thanks!

[@nosurname9652]

Nice improvement. Glad to see that good work continuing on good software.

[@ynnebbenny]

What a fabulous idea !! I have needed this feature many times over the years. I find that I often use Lightburn for my CNC router projects too. Its just more logical and not as cluttered as other softwares. This and inkscape are my two 'go to' "CAD" softwares. (Despite having other more specialized software options)

[@congruewoodworks1474]

Thank you for this video, very handy update to lightburn indeed. I have a question about something else mentioned @2:28 Loops. What are they for? To prevent edges from getting too burnt, or for more fluid movement of the laser? Thank you.

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

They have some documentation on it if you are interested in diving in a bit further. The main reasons are continuous motion during cutting and to leave the length of the straight lines (that will be butting up against other pieces of the box) unchanged. Here is their info: florianfesti.github.io/boxes/html/api_burn.html

[@congruewoodworks1474]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Thank you for the link and reply to my question. You guys rock!

[@UndeadFleshgod]

Oh wow it's like you're reading my mind, I just purchased some designs on Etsy and the plywood size I got from Amazon is of course not correct and I was wondering how to fix all that. Great tutorial (and great tool honestly!)

[@todds4101]

Although it's short, I put this on a watch later list. Too distracted to pay attention right now. But this will certainly be handy. This is something I struggle with in LightBurn and, for that matter, Vectric as well.

[@susieholmes3037]

This is awesome!

[@welcomehomecustom]

Great video. Question on closed slots specifically, or rectangles found within the design I should say. I will often design where a slot needs to be locked on one side and adjust from the left or right, top or bottom, and not the center. It appears the slot sizer only adjusts from center currently... is that correct? I currently use the reference point today to lock one side and adjust.

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

Correct - the resizer always adjusts rectangles from center. We’d like to improve the functionality of it over time, so I’ll add this to our suggestion list.

[@welcomehomecustom]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 that would be an amazing addition. thanks for the response!

[@swp466]

2:05 -- Looks like you're still not ready to send it to the laser. It missed one of the slot walls on the right panel. Interestingly though -- as you were clicking between the different modes (slot depth, tab height, etc.), it did highlight this edge on tab height, but then ignored it on slot depth.

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

Is is difficult to do in a fully automatic way, and we wanted to get something that would do 80% of the work into people’s hands while we continue to improve it. It should greatly help to speed up the process.

[@blaomen7]

Great tool but still looks like it needs some more work. check the top and bottom tabs on the right hand part at 2:07

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

There are some limitions around the edges. We will continue to improve the process and wanted to get this tool into people's hands as it does greatly speed up the process.

[@iamvonimmel]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AdamMclardy]

This is soooo handy

[@alb673]

Nice feature. I have a question. I'm a beginner. Is there a way to scale a box for example, without affecting the tabs & slots and keep them at 3.2mm? Maybe using a % scale? Thanks

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

@@alb673 - no, which is why this tool exists. You scale the object to the desired size then fix the tabs/slots back to the size you want.

[@alb673]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Thanks for the quick reply. Just tried and unfortunately it didn't work for me. I'm on V1.3.01Linux I've selected the shape, then in the resize window old 3.2mm new 4.8mm. It doesn't show any highlighted selection as in your video, and Tab Height don't do anything. I was able to change it by making a rectangle 15 x 4.8mm and weld the shaped together though...

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

@@alb673 - it’s very hard to provide help in KZbin comments. If you email the file to [e-mail] someone could tell you why it’s not doing what you expect.

[@ronmcdavid7084]

i am able to get this to work on edges, but no luck with interior rectangular slots. using ver 1.4

[@petrowi]

it would be very nice to have parametric design ability - replace the length with a named variable. Have the named variable to a get its value from a math expression that includes other named values and constants, and one can use a single design for a lot of different sizes and thicknesses

[@JeffreyCicolani]

This is a great idea and a huge time saver. However, whereas it adjust the pockets just fine, it only seems to lengthen the line on the inside of tabs where there are more than one.

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

This would be much better as a support question on our forum or by email - For example, I can't ask you to post a screen shot of what you mean here.

[@GokouZWAR]

but how do you add the tabs without a website? I want to add a tab to an existing line...

[@Sheenaeb091909]

It works well.....but the tabs that are not "Deep" but rather are "outer tabbed arent being recognized with the matching values. What i mean is, even if I toggle through depth, width, or height. It could very well be because of the etsy file I am using. I am hoping I will figure this out as I have a file that supports 3.2mm wood, but I have 3.5mm and I have some 4.5mm i would like to use. Any suggestions?

[@TrevorAllenPhotography]

any chance I can export those revised shapes as new SVG's?

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

You can export as SVG's under File -> Export -> then selecting SVG from the drop down. Unless you meant directly from the Slot & Tab window.

[@TrevorAllenPhotography]

Thanks so much. Yes I meant after I building a file with the tabs feature, am I able to export it as an SVG so that I may share the pattern with those who have a Glowforge. It seems as though I can! Thank you!

[@RoczTiburcio]

Can anyone share a way to resize slots in angle? The way I do it is drawing a rectangle in the desired size and then I try to guess the angle over the slot I want to resize in the project. Thanks.

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

The slot resizer tool is meant for exactly this - It will resize slots at arbitrary angles.

[@mauronetto2800]

I have been using Lightburn for a short time, and I am having some difficulties. When I work with images using one of the available parameters, in the preview the image doesn't appear, it gets a dark image, the image only appears when the grayscale parameter is used. Does anyone know how I should proceed so that the image appears correctly in the preview?

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

Zoom in. The preview is not able to make the dots small enough to show the detail that the laser can, and is really only intended to show the path the laser will take, not what the finished output will look like.

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

This is also a strange comment to leave on a video about resizing tabs and slots. :)

[@mauronetto2800]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Thanks for the answer, I thought it was configuration problem, with your explanation now it's clear to me

[@mauronetto2800]

@@lightburnsoftware7189 Sorry for the question in this video, I didn't find anything in Portuguese, I asked the question here because it's the best, I was hoping someone would answer, thanks again

[@DailtonAction]

When I draw an object inside using the circular matrix, resizing does not work and no error message is displayed. Why does this happen?

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

@@DailtonAction I have no idea what you mean by this. The best thing you could do is show a screen shot of what you’re seeing and email it to [e-mail] so we can properly help you.

[@dipesh7083]

Dit werkt bij mij niet. Ik krijg geen blauwe pijltjes te zien. Hij wilt dit bij mij niet doen. Ik werk met lightburn 1.6.00

[@ademdegirmenci8581]

Neden bizde olmuyor😢

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

I don’t understand the question. It seems like you asked “why can’t we have it?” There is no reason you can’t have it - it’s in the recent versions of LightBurn.

[@ademdegirmenci8581]

Could you please share a detailed video of it, maybe it's because I can't do it.

[@ademdegirmenci8581]

Also, do you have a chance to add Turkish subtitles to the videos to understand the videos better?

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

@@ademdegirmenci8581 - I would recommend you email [e-mail] so we can properly help you. If you can send the file you’re trying to use it with, it might be something specific with that file.

[@Horatiu1308]

at me it dosen't work

[@lightburnsoftware7189]

What version of LightBurn are you on? This was added in version 1.3.00.

[@pouipouicbedeau9664]

Il y a une chose que je ne comprends pas. On achète une licence et il n'y a rien en français... toutes les vidéos sont en anglais. Vous n'avez aucun respect pour vos clients français. Mais vous prenez leur argent...

[@UndeadFleshgod]

C'est comme tout les produits qui existent dans le monde, tu peux l'acheter de partout mais ça veut pas dire qu'ils doivent traduire leur produit et les vidéos en 500+ langues. T'es fou toi. Et s'ils traduisaient, le Mandarin, Hindi et Espagnol sont plus parlés que le français (En plus d'avoir un plus gros bassin de clients potentiels) donc ça serait surement pas une priorité. Et nulle part c'est écrit "Ayo si vous êtes français achetez notre produit!" tu es en train de délirer