Cost of licensing

[Twistedhickey (Scott Hickey)]

Hello everyone, new to Lightburn and am curious what the licensing fees are for the software.
I have an 80w laser and use it for pattern making mostly.
Also most of the work I do is make patterns out of acrylic to produce molds. I’m also wondering how to raster the area around text and leave the text convex… any help is appreciated

[LightBurn (Oz)]

License cost is explained here:

How the LightBurn license works

And I think what you’re asking about text is basically just putting a shape around it (negating an engraving) which is described well here:

How do I invert (negate) a vector engraving?

If you want to invert a vector engraving (Fill layer) you need to add an outline to it. Think about what happens when you scan a circle, compared to the letter ‘O’. The inner ring of the O toggles the fill. If you add another shape (like a square) outside it, it negates the whole thing: [image] And a slightly different example, this time done by changing the outer line around the design to a ‘Line’, instead of leaving it as part of the Fill layer: [image] In the case above, the design alr…

[Twistedhickey (Scott Hickey)]

There was no explanation of the actual license fees, just renewal… anyone have this info? Would be greatly appreciated before I try to learn a new program especially if it’s very expensive…
Anyone???

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Did you look around our website?

Buy LightBurn

[LightBurn (Oz)]

Price depends on your controller. $80 is the most expensive one, for DSP controllers, like Ruida and Trocen. $40 for the GCode version that drives hobby-level open-source controllers like GRBL and Smoothieware.