Setting materials up from layer types

LightBurn Software Questions
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Hi Group

I am new to lightburn but am getting around it well.

I have just done a job in a plastic laminate and to get the best etching and cuts I created 6 layers, doing different things each with different settings.

How to I then save these settings as a material type?
Do I need to create a material setting for each layer created?
i.e

  1. plastic laminate A - rough cut pass
  2. plastic laminate B - fine cut pass
  3. plastic laminate C - deep etch pass
  4. plastic laminate D - clean up pass

etc…

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You can combine separate layers into one layer with sub-layers, then store that layer into the Material Library.

The next time around, you load the design, click the Material Library entry, and Fire The Laser.

However, there’s a gotcha: all the sub-layers apply to all the patterns in the layer, so you can’t apply separate operations to separate parts of the design. For example, you can’t engrave / etch a flower in the center of a coaster with a sub-layer, then cut around the perimeter of the coaster with another sub-layer.

So you may need two or three layers, each with sub-layers:

  • Etch (applies to fancy design in the middle)
    • Deep
    • Cleanup
  • Cut (applies to perimeter)
    • Rough
    • Fine

You can organize those under a single material with entries like Acrylic → Etch and Acrylic → Cut.

Basically, set up the Material Library with entries collecting the settings for common operations, then apply them as needed to whatever you’re doing.

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thankyou ed