So, all I have to do (for this contrived example) is uncheck the Output box on the “guidelines” layer because I don’t want it to be lasered. Now I know that all of the elements are grouped by layer in LB as they were in my DXF file. When I open the DXF in LB I’d like to see the layers I already defined in the cuts list, maybe with a random colour assigned, and probably with no cutting information assigned (no cutting speed, number of passes, laser power %). I might want to send the job to a CNC machine, or I might want to laser it. I’ve done the design, and I’ve assigned the elements appropriately.
So, for example, I might have a DXF file with three layers: “outline”, “decal”, “guidelines”. The whole point of using a computer is to save time. What I would like to see is when I import a DXF that the layers are preserved.
This is fine, except that I already did this in my CAD drawing, and the information is already present in the DXF file. Now I have to manually select individual elements and assign them to colours for the operation I want to perform. When I import the DXF file all of my layer information is lost, and I am presented with all elements visible on the drawing area. I realise that LightBurn defines layers by colour and not by name, however, I already designed my part in CAD and I already assigned different elements to different layers. I am sure that a lot of people like doing CAD in LightBurn itself, but I prefer to use other software for CAD and just use LightBurn to handle the machine itself (i.e. So, if I have a piece of text that is centred, or right-aligned, it always comes in as left aligned. The second issue is that LightBurn does not seem to handle the alignment of text objects.
outline_2_120_50 would automatically create a cutting layer with two passes, 120mm/min, 50% power (or something like that). Even more convenient would be some kind of special labelling of layers that could be interpreted by LightBurn, so that a layer called, e.g. It is also more convenient for me to assign layers in my CAD software, then in LightBurn assign cutting parameters for each layer. It is much more convenient for me to do my CAD in other software and import the final design as a DXF. Even more excellent if I’ve misunderstood something and the issues simply disappear.įirst, when importing a DXF, LightBurn does not seem to preserve layer names from my DXF file.
I’ve just started using LightBurn and I have noticed two issues that would be excellent if they were fixed.
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