VIDEO: Quick Tip — Trim Shapes

Our Quick Tip Video this week is on the new Trim Shapes tool, which cuts lines back to the next place they intersect with another line.

This is one of the most-requested features we’ve had over the years, and the positive response to its implementation has been great to see — not that I can take any credit for writing the tool!

If you’ve made anything cool using Trim Shapes, or if you’ve got interesting examples of how it’s sped up your workflow, we’d love to hear about them below.

For more information on the Trim Shapes tool, check out our documentation:

https://docs.lightburnsoftware.com/1.7/Reference/TrimShapes/

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The Trim Shapes Tool is fantastic! I have a 24inx16in CO2 Laser. I needed to upscale a lake map from 18x14in to 36x24. I wanted to cut the file into sections at road/lake boundaries. I am not sure how I could have achieved this before the Trim Shapes Tool:


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