hpgl - Plotter / Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language Navigate to Pictures, notice that it only wants to display LightBurn files, click on the drop-down and select Any Supported File – this could be any of the following: LightBurn allow you to import multiple file formatsĪs with most software, if you want to bring in a file, go to File, then Open. Line is pretty obvious, Fill likewise, then Line & Fill does both the Line and the Fill, and finally Offset Fill.Ĥ. When the job finishes you can see what all the different modes have done You can see how long it has taken and what % of the job has been completed. Keep the % low, you don’t want to mark your material just to focus etc. Now there is a Fire button on the Move box and Frame will also display where the edges of the design will be. This opens device settings where you can – Enable Laser Fire Button and Laser On When Framing. To test fire the laser in Lightburn, go to Edit then Device Settings. Using the Jog Controls, move the laser to the start point, you can see on my workspace I use the centre (green dot), this is from the Job Origin choice in the Laser tab box. If you click on the Spd/Pwr setting in the Cuts/Layers box, it will open a Cut Settings Editor Box – lots of variables in here, but for now, just look at the power setting and change that if necessary. Using the select arrow at the top of the icons on the left will select the square so you can now copy and paste 3 more.Ĭlick Arrange, then Distribute, then Distribute H-Spaced to evenly spread out the shapes.Ĭlick on the second square, then on blue on the bottom, then on the drop-down on the top right, change to Fill.ĭo the same procedure with the third and fourth square, changing the colour (layer) and then changing via the drop-down what mode it will use. You will see on the top right it has now used the Black layer with Line Mode and set its speed & power. On the left-hand side, click on the square shape and draw a square. Just bear with me here.Īnother great thing about LightBurn is that you can draw and write within it. Each of the colours can represent a different set of speed/power levels, so you can have one part of your design very dark and another bit much lighter. But, it's easy once you get your head around it. When I said it looks intimidating, this was where I was baffled to begin with.
You can use different layers with LightBurn Now your machine will be listed on the bottom right and the workspace will match your machine.ģ. On completion of set – up, you will see a summary. Standard machines such as the Yora 6550 and Yora 3018 do not have homing, so do not adjust. Then the origin and it will ask about Auto-Homing. Once set up, it will ask what you want to call it and check the dimensions of the work area. (Looks intimidating, I know, I avoided using LightBurn for 18 months or so when I got my first laser, but its not so complicated, I promise).įirst thing to do – click on Devices on bottom right and a box will open.Ĭlick Find My Laser (your box will be blank, I use LightBurn on everything now, so my machines are all listed).Ĭonnect via the USB cable and follow the prompts.
You don’t just start this, you take off with it!
#Lightburn install
Scroll down the page and choose the version you need.Īs with any download, just follow the steps to install the software.Ģ. LightBurn is easy to install and set up
#Lightburn trial
This opens the page that explains how the trial works.
#Lightburn download
To download the trial click on Download / Trial at the top of the screen.
#Lightburn software
You can download the LightBurn software by going to the website You don’t even need to enter a credit card number to use it for 30 days, after that, you would need to buy a license. So here are 10 things you should know about. LightBurn has so many additional features and options, it can keep up with what you want to do. I’ve said it before and I will keep saying it, you’ve picked what are probably the best DIY laser engravers available today, if you’ve already tried either of them out with other software you know what they are capable of, you might just want a bit more from the software to catch up with your imagination. Perhaps you already got yourself a 6550 or 3018-Pro with laser module and have been using LaserGRBL up to now, or perhaps you’re still looking at what to get and what your software choices are.
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