Why are custom laser cut maps so hard to make?

[@makeorbreakshop]

What would you make a custom map of?

[@makeorbreakshop]

@PopCultureLaser That would have been hard to guess from your channel name 😉

[@makeorbreakshop]

nothing wrong with that!

[@newzerozeroone]

Why did you choose PDF instead of DXF?

[@SteenMikkelsen]

Sorry I have found it..

[@georgechambers3197]

Boy, really quick is right. By the time I got QGIS downloaded you were done, so I have to watch about 10 more times to really get anything out of your video. Thanks though!

[@kernow-alan]

Even though this video is 4 years old, the information given, was easy to follow. Thank you so much, no more snazzy maps or mapbox, this software does so, so much. Plus once you get to grips with it the possibilities for laser cut maps etc is limitless. Again Tanks

[@jwhiting352]

Oh my word this is so convoluted

[@makeorbreakshop]

Check out lasermapmaker.com, I recently did a video on it. It's really easy and powerful...but you pay for the ease of use.

[@ohm7429]

Best video from KZbin !!!!!

[@TKSxSnipexShot519]

It would be really nice to see how exactly you made the topographic map. Start with getting the data to setting it up in QGIS to burning it in Lightburn. I would like to make topographic map that incorporates land and sea if you could show how to do that I think alot of people would really appreciate it. I can't find alot of good information on setting this up. Thanks in advance

[@shanerogers1921]

Thanks for the great tutorial! I recently bought an SVG file from a shop on Etsy that custom creates these sorts of maps, but I'll have to try this out myself next time.

[@MarkRyanAB]

Fantastic information. I'll probably try something like this with my cnc router. I couldn't help but think that is one massive freeway right next to campus.

[@makeorbreakshop]

Yep, about 12 lanes going through middle of downtown Atlanta

[@tyutje]

Hey dude, I don't normally comment, but I just wanted to say that this is an excellent turorial! Big thanks to you lad. This is exactly what I am looking for!

[@makeorbreakshop]

You got it!

[@benjaminl3084]

This is great information! Thank you for posting! I was recently made aware of QGIS and have been leaning a ton and this helped immensely! Would love to see a video on the oceans/lakes. I would like to incorporate that into a topo map. Thanks!

[@IronMessenger]

Amazing software tip! Thanks! Much better than what I had been using for similar maps. Off to the install and learning curve!!

[@Matroilyx]

Hey, thanks for the tutorial. I've been able to get most of it to work, but I haven't been able to get clipping masks to work within lightburn. Might there be any key steps I'm missing? Thanks!

[@ClintonCaraway-CNC]

I love your channel!! Just a couple of random facts.... my dad's next door neighbor is from Athens Georgia. His name is Al Henderson and he LOVES Christmas trees. He has a second home in the North Carolina mountains Just to grow Christmas 🎄 which he takes back to Athens to sell each year. Secondly the coach of Georgia Tech football team is from my home town. His name is Paul Johnson and his family still lives here.

[@Darus2013]

Love your channel ❤️ working on building a diy laser cutter! Fanatic information!! 👌

[@makeorbreakshop]

That's awesome! Be sure and check out Further Fabrication, I did an interview with him and he just finished making and putting out full plans on his DIY CO2 laser: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bV7Uc5ahm62JrM0

[@Darus2013]

@@makeorbreakshop Cool didn't know you did an interview! But yes further fabrication did an epic build guild! I ended up buying the plans awhile go.

[@ArionJMcCartney]

Great video. Thank you for sharing! Are you planning on making a video of how to design and cut a topographical map?

[@makeorbreakshop]

Do you mean all of my set up in the laser software specifically?

[@ArionJMcCartney]

@@makeorbreakshop the software. Looks like you used qgis for it again, but with elevation data. Just curious of your workflow. Thanks!

[@makeorbreakshop]

@@ArionJMcCartney Gottcha! So I walked through how I got all the building/road data but speed through the elevation. You can download data sets of elevation from the USGS. Then inside of QGIS go-to raster > extraction > contour and pick the image you have to pull the data from. Then you can customize the heights that you want lines, starting elevation and a bunch of other stuff.

[@ArionJMcCartney]

@@makeorbreakshop thank you!

[@PLpandaboy]

Hi! Great video! Just started learning Illustrator but I could not create a Clipping Mask - not shure what that does but I will google that later. Anyway when I import that file into Lightburn all my roads are just thin lines even if there were a lot thicker in Illustrator and QGIS. Any idea why? Thanks!

[@marcojurgel1065]

I do have the same problem. Lightburn only interpret the path instead of the stroke. You may redraw the path in AI but then I face a ton of additional path information and in Lightburn the lines are thicker but not closed or shows all single parts of the vector. Up to know I have not figured it out. Have you found a solution for this issue?

[@SolitaryMan79]

I'm having the same problem myself. I wish he was responsive on his videos.

[@johnwellman6721]

great video but the detail is far to quick gone over, so missing the detail your trying to show!

[@NicholasChachula]

What kind of wood are you using for the street map example?

[@zulu3006]

Thanks a ton, this is a huge help!

[@pedrosatre]

What material do you use to engrave the Area 51 project? Best regards, great tutorial.

[@martinbatts]

When you showed the resulting Atlanra laser cut, the interior of the buildings was a rust color. How did that happen?

[@SteenMikkelsen]

This tutorial . which version of Qgis did you use ?

[@newzerozeroone]

I'm not sure if its a new update but the QuickOSM has a preset called "Urban" that will pull like 95% of the data you need into multiple layers in under 90 seconds. I did almost all of metro Tucson which I wasnt able to do with the other method. It kept timing out on me and said pick a smaller area.

[@bartclaeys]

Where do you install or find that preset in QGIS? Also, what's the 5% lacking data?

[@newzerozeroone]

@@bartclaeys when you open the QuickOSM menu on the left side you'll see the tabs click the top most tab and itll give you the urban preset. You'll still have to chose canvas or whatever but it'll pull almost everything. The 5% tends to be little things like water fountains, pools, and grass areas. But in my experience all the roads, buildings and paths are all there. Its sooo much faster too.

[@sskkuuddrraa]

Wow, this is dope!

[@BruceAUlrich]

Enjoyed it, Brandon! That was a great walkthrough of how to do this type of thing. I think I'll try to come up with one...maybe where my wife and I got married. One thing I'll have to get over as a hurdle is that the Glowforge doesn't recognize clipping masks. Not sure how to get around that in the software.

[@makeorbreakshop]

Wow didn’t know that, I haven’t tried it but you might be able to export from a vector software a straight DXF file. You could also do a work around and bring the file in a Lightburn (using the 30 day free trial) and then export the DXF directly from there into Lightburn if it takes that file.

[@BruceAUlrich]

@@makeorbreakshop Hmmm...not sure. I've never messed with Lightburn. Might have to give that a try. The Glowforge doesn't use DXF files. It can use pretty much everything else, but those.

[@muktirashmi9263]

Thanks!

[@scouserbychoice]

OSM could be Ordinance Survey Maps

[@ilsedecorte9020]

i don't see the layers side bar at the left, how can i get it? Thanks

[@jonhatton4354]

Great video! Just wish you had gone a little slower in your clicking around. Hard for us new kids to follow. Thanks for the info though!

[@tyutje]

I have one question though, when I try to merge my road data in illustrator, all roads inside my frame (white artboard?) disappear. What could I be doing wrong?

[@makeorbreakshop]

Try and see if there are some white elements in the design that can be deleted.

[@danielfoxlab2168]

Thanks for this great and amazing video, this is really cool feature. Would be nice if you show how to get data from underwater levels in QGSI would be very thankful :D I it tried many times but no results for now :(

[@savannahengraving1]

Very nice video. Thank you! I am looking to do some 3D files for my laser to engrave. The way that it reads it is through a black and white bitmap file. The darkest areas are engraved the deepest and as the shades of gray get lighter, the laser engraves with less power creating a 3D effect. Is there any way to manipulate the map data to do this. I know it's kind of a tough question but I'm trying to get more into this. Thanks.

[@RyanNiemer]

Great tutorial! I haven't engraved yet, but I'm still playing with the program(s) to get the file looking the way I want. I was having a hard time with Illustrator, but, I think the problem was I wasn't getting the fill right in the map program, as well as not "expanding" the layer I wanted before uniting the layer.

[@ggeorgiou3169]

Ryan, how do you make the fill right in the program. I have the same issue

[@juliet0645]

Do buildings engraved or just etched the outer shape? Not a normal 0,1 mm step engraving.

[@chrisplatyyjones5087]

Cool as an overview but could not call it a tutorial - tutorials teach and DO get down into the weeds!!! They also understand students know nothing and go slow with big screen shots showing menu items being selected... you know... teaching? Then you can call it a tutorial that gets down in the weeds

[@benjaminl3084]

I don't have illustrator so I'm trying this in inkscape. I'm having difficulty getting the different widths to my roads when exporting to lightburn. The roads are coming in looking like dxf files. I think I'm supposed to change the roads to shapes in inkscape but I just can't figure out. Would you know the process you do in illustrator but for inkscape?

[@marcojurgel1065]

Hi Benjamin, same issue in Illustrator. Did you solve the problem in inkscape?

[@AnnaMikkelsen1]

Please slow down I'm trying to learn, when you jump around it's not possible to keep up.

[@naRevolution]

I feel the same way. he's moving way too fast!

[@naRevolution]

I had to pause a lot but I did pull off my creation. That software is awesome.

[@mustis4]

Can u do a dubai custom map with led to make it like a citylight?

[@naRevolution]

Wow, I'm subbing. Ive been wondering how people make these because for some reason images of topographic maps seem to be so copyrighted. This software looks awesome. I really love the map and lake stuff. I have the same or similar blue 50W laser as well. I've made a bunch of cool stuff and feel the possibilities are endless.

[@SteenMikkelsen]

If I were to give you good advice, then "SSSSSSslow down" . It's impossible to see and follow what it is you are doing, what you use of tools in the programs you are using.

[@reytrinidad809]

Nice video thanks

[@PhilipCook123]

What would you charge to generate a vector file of Lake Jackson in Georgia and send to me for my laser?

[@InfluentUK]

Hi mate, how do you make the roads to be fills not lines? Everytime i export roads / highways they export like lines...not shapes :(

[@makeorbreakshop]

So you'll need to convert those to a shape in a vector editing program. I use Illustrator but you could do it in Inkscape as well.

[@InfluentUK]

Make or Break Shop i’m using illustrator. But not shure how you woult convert lines in shapes. If i click merge like you do they all jump allover place. Thank you for quick reply. Love your channel btw

[@InfluentUK]

@@makeorbreakshop Got it. sorry. i was just being silly :)) Thanks a lot

[@MMMHOTCHEEZE]

@@InfluentUK How did you fix it? I'm having the same problem. (Nvm, figured it out.)

[@filipproks5209]

@@MMMHOTCHEEZE Damn people, Can anyone write how he solved it? struggeling for a while and everyone just replys Got it or figured it out :D

[@alexpugh9563]

Do you have to use illustrator

[@Phosphoros47]

What’s the song in 9:39 I neeeeeed to know 😱

[@Evil_Clown_3DIY]

real good tutorial, but a lil too fast for non nativ english speaking like me (im from germany). 👍

[@makeorbreakshop]

Noted!

[@Pahrump]

New Kidney, not just you I was trying to follow it as well and I have a couple of machines on order. I think you would have to slow this thing down .25 X speed and listen to a drunk guy in order to follow the instructions LOL I do really appreciate this video as it opened me up to something I didn't know about.

[@luxurycardstore]

OMG. I bet this would have been a great tutorial, but I stopped watching it after 2 minutes. The background music is so distracting that it makes it difficult to understand what you are saying. I sincerely hope you make an updated version of this video without any music.

[@JimVanderveen]

QuickOSM: Quick Open Street Map

[@FullSailDale1]

I"m sorry, but this video is terrible in my opinion. When introducing a new software to people, you do NOT constantly zoom in and out and talk a mile a minute. This is another excellent example of "just because you CAN do something, that doesn't mean you SHOULD." I would love for you to redo this video so people can actually learn from it.

[@stevenmarcotte7515]

The content is pretty good..... If you are watching it on KZbin there is a pause button as well as a rewind button....

[@ronstaton3622]

Nice but irritating video. Suggestion for you - If you are trying to show someone how to do something, SLOW DOWN and EXPLAIN what it is you are doing and why. I stopped counting the number of times I had to rewind the video because you glossed over something so quick I couldn't follow it...