If you have your units set to Inches, you might see 3.9 in/sec, or 236 in/min.

Depending on your settings, the '100.0' might be different - Diode lasers are less powerful than CO2 lasers, and run slower, so they tend to use mm/minute as units, so the same default value would display as 6000 mm/min. This tells us that the shapes on this layer will be drawn as lines, with 100 mm/sec speed, and 20% power.

This is the 'layer' that your text is on, and it holds the settings that will be sent to the laser for all the objects on this layer: When you finish the text, you'll see an entry appear in the Cuts / Layers list on the upper right of the display. Next, click the mouse somewhere in the middle of the Edit window (the workspace) to get a cursor, then type your name:Ĭlick the 'Select' tool button on the top left of the edit window, or press Esc twice (once to finish entering text, and again to exit text entry and go back to selection mode). It normally lives along the left side of the main window: With LightBurn running, and an empty project, click the Create Text button shown below. This project will be a simple name tag, cut out around the letters, ideally made from thin wood or acrylic, but a piece of cardboard will do. We're going to go step-by-step through creating a small, simple project in LightBurn, from start to finish, to show you how to use a few of the basic editing tools, and give you a feel for how things work.īefore you start, make sure you have a laser set up in LightBurn (see Adding your Laser). Beginner Docs First Steps Making a Simple Project ¶

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