Importing 60 + small name tags

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

I might start with building an ‘Array’ and leverage ‘Variable Text’ for the names, as Jack suggests. Grid Array - Modifier Tool - LightBurn Software Documentation.

The Array would be built from a combination of the results from the originally traced image, which you already set the layers as you’d like, and the outer shape of the name tag itself. Then add the Variable Text elements, setting the text to ‘Merge/CSV’. Redirecting..., and point that to your file of names.

Using 'auto-increment variable text' option in the modifier menu

This is when using one of the variable text options, like serial numbering or CSV/Merge. All text shapes have an ‘offset’ value which is added to the current serial index, so it can be used to offset a number, or look up a different entry in a CSV file. For a quick example, if I create a single text object and set it to ddd (3 decimal digits), and set the type to ‘Serial Number’, when copied with the Grid tool, the index is incremented for each copy automatically. In the edit window it looks …