I have a stupid question. I searched but maybe I’m not searching for the right phrase or terms. I have light burn core and a large format CNC machine with a diode laser from opt lasers that I’m using no problem at home. My question is, the school I work at recently received a triumph 65 Watt fiber laser that they are going to be switching over to lightburn pro instead of using EasyCAD2. My question is can I design things in lightburn core save the file, bring it to school, load it in lightburn pro and get to cutting/ engraving quickly.
Yes, that’s no issue at all. LightBurn versions are fully compatible, the only difference is the output processors. So, no problem at all.
This might change with the upcoming 2.1 version, but I guess it does not hold for the file types.
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I have to disagree with @misken because some of the options, such as 3dslice are not available in the core version only in the pro with galvo support. Can’t change frequency and/or q-pulse width in the core version.
You can probably do it, but you’ll need to change some options in the pro version for specific operations unique to a galvo fiber.
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Dangit. I was kind of wondering about features specific to a galvo laser.
Since my machine controller isn’t compatible with LB I do my work and save the gcode to then run on my machine.
If I upgrade is there an option to swap back and forth between the type of laser I’m designing for?
All of them allow you to create another device. This isn’t going to totally fix the issue as gcode has no way to change frequency and q-pulse that’s standardized.
Most of these machines (grbl) are not recognized as a galvo type laser by Lightburn.
Good luck.
Ok, let’s say it depends on the project. Jack is right, not all functions are available in the core version. I was talking about the design phase of the project. So if you design a sketch, add pictures, vectors etc., you can easily open it in the other version. It’s only a matter of adjusting the output settings on the laser machine.
If you have a very specific project like 3D engraving, this is different, but I think this is only a small subset of the most common project types.
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I’d definitely want to do all the work at home on my computer to get it ready and then be able to open it at school and go to work so I think I’ll be upgrading.
From what I’ve found and read the school’s laser SHOULD be able to be fully controlled by LB. Me and the STEM teacher are wanting to move to LB from EazyCAD2 due to the added functionality LB has and that way we can get the students using the same program they are using for the other lasers in class.
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If you are asking if the Pro will work with a Diode machine, the answer is Yes. If you have the Pro version, you can design at home the same as at school. You can do a Bundle export to a USB stick at school and load it into the Pro version at home, and both PC’s will be playing with the same settings.
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