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[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Welcome and thank you for your interest in LightBurn. I will try to address your questions, each in turn, but I also suggest you review our documentation, as many of your questions are covered in detail there: LightBurn Software Documentation

In particular, walk through the Simple Project section, to gain some of the basics for how LightBurn works.

@LaserWillie

I want to create a thin circle around the number. I know you can use “offset shapes” and both" to create the appearance of a circle, but I want to now fill that inside. So far adding power makes a better appearance but it’s not perfect.

Reading this, you seem to understand how LightBurn decides what to fill, but this is a good resource explaining this in detail. I would like to “see” what “better appearance but it’s not perfect.” means to you.

How do I invert (negate) a vector engraving?

If you want to invert a vector engraving (Fill layer) you need to add an outline to it. Think about what happens when you scan a circle, compared to the letter ‘O’. The inner ring of the O toggles the fill. If you add another shape (like a square) outside it, it negates the whole thing: [image] And a slightly different example, this time done by changing the outer line around the design to a ‘Line’, instead of leaving it as part of the Fill layer: [image] In the case above, the design alr…

@LaserWillie

I want the box around it (used offset shapes for the boxes) to line and then the lettering to line and fill but leave the rest of the inside of the box alone to speed up the project.

I think this may be an issue of understanding how Layers work. I would need to see an example of what you are wanting to produce to offer any direct workflow suggestions.

@LaserWillie

I would like to request the ability to draw a square and lock all object inside

Select the shapes you want to lock, then right-click the selection to bring up the context menu, where you can then ‘Lock Selected Shapes’

@LaserWillie

delete all objects inside.

Selected shapes can be deleted by hitting the delete key. I may not be understanding what you are after here, so please clarify.

@LaserWillie

transfer the filebut is there a way to also send my cut settings etc along with it?

I am not understanding this question, as the cut settings (and more) are saved with the file. You will need to be a bit more specific as to what you are asking here. What did you expect to happen that is not?

Yes, you can have your file(s) hosted on any accessible storage (Local, cloud, removable(flash drive)), or sent to the laser via USB or Ethernet if supported.

@LaserWillie

However when I type the font, I cannot separate the lines in order to push into another layer.

Many objects created in LightBurn are special shapes called ‘Primitive Shapes’. Text object are one of the Primitive Shapes allowing you to do things to it, like change to Bold or curve the text, pulling on the ‘Blue Dot’. To disassemble a Primitive Shape, you need to convert it to paths first. You should then be able to move the desired parts of this ‘text’ to a different layer.

@LaserWillie

‘Start from here’ button in preview… - …(I had moved the laser trying to figure it out)

If you manually move the head, LightBurn would not know. If you move the material, LightBurn would not know. The ‘Start from here’ button usage is for when the cutting process was interrupted, and you want to restore and continue, but this requires knowing where the laser is in relation to the material. If either of those change…

You can try to line things up again, then flip the processing sequence, front to back changed to process back to front, as an example, then monitor the job and stop when the new cut meets the old one.

@LaserWillie

great software

Thanks for the pleasant comment, it is always nice to hear folks are enjoying our efforts.