Radial Slot adjustment - Resize Slots tool

mjs1138 · October 2, 2026, 9:14pm

I have a design with round parts with slots. I’m trying to use the resize slot tool to adjust the width to accommodate thicker material. It appears that the resize tool does not recognize them as slots the way it does in a rectangle shape. Any ideas? Thanks.

bernd.dk · October 2, 2026, 10:03pm

Probably because you have curves in your taps, LB doesn’t like that.

No, that’s not what I was thinking, a little test shows that it can (now) be done. In previous/older versions, the program complained about the transition from circle to square, but not anymore.

deemery · October 3, 2026, 1:13pm

Bernd: “can now be done.” Are you showing something from the 2.2 release candidates, or from the current released version? (Either way, good to know.)

bernd.dk · October 3, 2026, 2:14pm

it works with version 2.1.04…, can’t say from which version it was possible.

mjs1138 · October 3, 2026, 3:54pm

LightBurn Pro 2.1.04
Created by LightBurn Software, Inc
Built on: 2026-08-11 @ 14:06:02 UTC

mjs1138 · October 3, 2026, 6:47pm

This is mine looks like.

Still not working.

LightBurn Pro 2.1.04

Created by LightBurn Software, Inc

Built on: 2026-08-11 @ 14:06:02 UTC

bernd.dk · October 3, 2026, 9:02pm

try uploading your file here

mjs1138 · October 4, 2026, 6:19pm

Hi Bernd. Actually, I believe I have figured it out.

What I realized was that LB uses the value in “Old Material Thickness” to identify the slots and tabs. Once I measured the slot width in the piece and entered that value in the OMT the adjustment arrows appeared.

Thank you and the others who took the time to respond and help.

-- Mike