Variable text Output laser text instead of variable name

LightBurn Software Questions
1

Hi,
you can switch the variable text field in combination with a csv file with the testbuttom between the variable name and the text to be lasered. But you have to keep the testbuttom pressed to see the laser text. After defining the variable in the corresponding text field, this information is no longer important to see, but the laser text that it will laser next would be very interesting. So is it possible to permanently change such a text field to laser text view instead of variable name view?

That would be really great and would significantly improve handling.

2

Perhaps the Bake operation comes close to what you want:

The Baked text will no longer increment as a Variable Text Object — the displayed text is exactly what will be output to your laser

3

As I know, with Bake the Variabletext is switched to outcome text, but only once. The variable is gone than. Means, if i click to next, so that next data in csv file will be loaded, the baked text field will stay as it is

4

Well, you did ask for “permanently change such a text field”. :grin:

I think there’s no dynamic update because LightBurn creates the entire file of commands from the whole CSV file, then sends one big lump to the controller. Because the commands for each chunk of the CSV file don’t exist as a separate unit, there’s no way to update the screen for those commands.

CO₂ and diode laser machines use entirely different controllers, but the same situation applies to both: LightBurn sends as many commands as fit into the controller’s internal memory and cannot know which ones are currently running.

5

Thank you for your comments.
The following consideration: When I click on Testbuttom, lightburn shows me which part of the csv is currently being read/loaded.
At the moment to display this permanently, however, you would have to click on testbuttom permanently, which would be pointless.
A toggle button instead of the test button would be helpful.