They’re stored in the preferences file. You can also just save a template file of settings. Make a file that has all the cut settings set the way you like, then delete all the objects from it so the project is empty. Save that. LightBurn normally saves only the cut info attached to objects in a file, but if the project is empty, it assumes you want a cut settings template, and saves all of the cut settings.
If you load that file before you load vectors, the settings stored in that template file will be applied. This means you can save pre-set color banks for different materials, and still do the normal color-mapping approach.
I just did that, it seems the macro I am using (an older version aimed at X5, but I am using X6) will only work if Lightburn is not open prior to hitting the run macro button. if Lightburn is open then it goes through the motions but nothing happens as regards putting the file into LightBurn
I’ll have to have a look at the macro content again - there have been some changes recently to how LightBurn loads content, but the last time I checked the Corel macro still worked. If your macro uses older commands, that might be the issue.
In Corel draw you can create a Lightburn color pallette. I have done this and 98% of the time when it exports to lightvburn… all my elements have retained their settings used in Lightburn… EI: Dark Gray at 325mm/65% power pulls in at just that.
Hi, I’ve encountered another issue while playing with it this morning. Some of my stuff is drawn with a line thickness applied to the line, say 1mm. My existing system sees this as a scan not a cut, but lightburn sees every vector as a line and ignores the thickness, is that right? are there any plans to change this?
Yes, this is the way LightBurn works. There is no “line-weight” associated with a path in LightBurn. If you want to add “thickness” to a line, you need to define the bounds of the path to be filled. LightBurn does not provide for this to be done automatically based on settings in other drawing tools as you describe.
Have a look at this to better understand how LightBurn uses boundaries to define fill areas:
Most software will let you convert a stroke width to a path. LightBurn can do it as well using the offset tool, but it’s not how most other laser software works (for the Chinese machines at least) so I wanted to start with this behavior and then add the line thickness import as a possible future option.
Yeah this is my problem, I am taking a huge amount of historical work that was drawn in the way my current system likes it. I’m then attempting to use those files relatively unchanged on a totally different system.
Currently looking into having a Corel macro written to automate the conversion process from my artwork to how your system works.
Is it possible to make it remember or force it to order the layers the way I want without having to adjust them each time? I’ve made a material library and I am happy with how it works but at the moment I am having to re-order the layers manually each time.
Maybe I’m not understanding the real issue. Why do you need the LB layers in a certain order? Is it so you can have things engraved and cut in a specific order? Maybe an example of one of the files, what an initial import looks like, and what it looks like after you’ve reordered them yourself, would help me understand and then offer another solution.
this is what the order needs to look like, I basically want to do all the engraving before all the cutting, as it stands when it is imported its going to cut the outline before it does the engraving which will most likely make the material bow and give me focus issues.
