How can i see the current engraving area?

[diego]

Hello guys, I also use Laser GRBL and there are commands to, for example, with a blue light, see where the laser will start. Also a command to see the current engraving area for my project.
How can i do this in LightBurn? Thanks.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

How do I turn on my diode at low power to focus it or frame a job?

Diode lasers often don’t have a red-dot pointer like CO2 lasers do, so it is often useful to enable them at low power for focusing or framing. (Please do NOT do this if you have a CO2 laser, as the beam is invisible and this could blind you or start a fire) In LightBurn, go to Edit > Device Settings, or click here: [image] Turn on the ‘Enable Laser Fire Button’ switch (make it green): [image] Quit LightBurn and re-run it. You will now have two new controls in the Move window. A …

[diego]

Thanks Rick,
I made this image in Photoshop. It´s perfect there. But when i engrave it, the letters has dobble lines, they´re messy.
Why´s that?

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

I am no expert but this looks like things are loose and / or not moving smoothly, so I would start there. @OrturTech is the expert.

[diego]

There´s something wrong with the laser?