Hi, is there an option to have like more than one working area in one project file? I have sometimes larger things, using different formats for different parts, and now I’m moving them or picking right elements to “print”. But maybe is there a way to make few working areas within one file? (with possibility to copy elements between them etc.. sharing same parameters)
I draw a square that exactly matches my work area with T1 or T2. Then I divide my projects into the number of tasks I want to work on at a time and place them in the “T1 boxes”. By grouping the contents of the box and the box itself, I can align the contents precisely to my 0:0 and start the same job again and again. Very handy.
Of course, you can copy and reorganize as needed.
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My approach to projects with more parts than fit on the machine platform:
- Put each part inside a bounding box
- Sequentially snap the parts to the middle of the platform using P
- Fire The Laser on each part
For example, this is the overall arrangement for a paper project:
The 13 layers sit along the top edge of the LightBurn workspace:
Each of those squares-with-shapes is a group, so a single click selects it.
The blue template centered in the platform grid represents the fixture holding the paper blanks:
I align the template to the fixture using Print and Cut with the corner targets. That means the template is exactly in the middle of the grid with the physical fixture slightly misaligned on the platform.
Then cutting those 13 layers goes like this:
- Put a paper blank in the fixture
- Click-select the shape for that layer
- Hit Ctrl+D to duplicate it
- Hit P to snap it to the center of the grid = center of the template
- Hit Alt+S to Fire The Laser
- Hit Del to delete that layer
- Iterate until done
The advantage of all the fussy preparation is to eliminate manual drag-n-drop positioning that I will inevitably mess up.
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I do it like this. I set the following settings as standard:
If you do so, you only send the selected objects to the laser (at the position it is standing at this moment). So the workspace grid does not count anymore. I don’t care where objects are placed; I just select and send them.
If I need the grid in the design phase, I move it to the workspace, but other than that, I completely ignore it.
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