Wish for software upgrade: Material library for multi- layers

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

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But you can do this using a template file. This post is dated and does not include some of the recent additions, but the concept has not changed. Take a look at this and let us know if this workflow is what you had in mind:

Saving project/job

For your single project you can save the LightBurn file for re-use later. All cut settings are saves so the next time you open you are ready to go. If you import a lot from other packages and you use consistent colors, you can create a ‘settings template’ to speed your workflow. Your template will open with a set of “ready to go” colors, like “black is scan, blue is mark, red is cut” for a particular use or machine - you can save multiple templates. If you save an empty file, LightBurn saves al…

And this more recent one, on the same subject:

Prospective new laser machine utilising LightBurn with Coreldraw

They’re stored in the preferences file. You can also just save a template file of settings. Make a file that has all the cut settings set the way you like, then delete all the objects from it so the project is empty. Save that. LightBurn normally saves only the cut info attached to objects in a file, but if the project is empty, it assumes you want a cut settings template, and saves all of the cut settings. If you load that file before you load vectors, the settings stored in that template fil…