Move Laser to Selection
The Move Laser to Selection tools move your laser in its physical work area to a location that corresponds to a position on your current selection in your LightBurn Workspace.
Use these tools to align your laser and physical objects to the positions of graphics in your LightBurn grid.
Warning
In order to use Move Laser to Selection, LightBurn must be connected to your laser, and it must be capable of reliably homing and reporting its position accurately. If the position reported by the laser is inaccurate, using this feature may cause your laser to attempt to travel outside of its physical bounds.
UI Locations
All Move Laser to Selection tools are available in the Arrange Menu or in drop down menus in the Arrange Toolbar and Arrange (long) Toolbars.
You can also hold the Ctrl or Cmd key while pressing one of the Move Selected Objects buttons to move the laser head to the location on the selection, rather than moving the objects.
Move Laser to Selection in the Arrange Menu
Move Laser to Selection in the Arrange Toolbar
Move Laser to Selection in the Arrange (long) Toolbar
Hold Ctrl/Cmd while clicking the Move Selected Objects buttons in the Arrange (long) Toolbar to move the laser to the chosen location on your selection instead, or open the dropdown menu to select any option.
Options and Icons
All below options move the laser to the location in its physical work area that corresponds with the location of the chosen point on your current selection in your LightBurn Workspace.
The grid in your LightBurn Workspace has a coordinate system that matches the physical work area of your laser. The 0,0 position is always the location of your laser's Origin.
For example, if the bottom right corner of your selection is at 100 mm in the horizontal (X) dimension, and 200 mm in the vertical (Y) dimension in your LightBurn Workspace, selecting Move Laser to Lower Right of Selection will move the laser head to X: 100 and Y: 200 in its physical work area.
| Option | Icon | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Move Laser to Selection Center |  |
Moves laser to the center of selected objects. |
| Move Laser to Upper Left of Selection |  |
Moves laser to the top left corner of selected objects. |
| Move Laser to Upper Right of Selection |  |
Moves laser to the top right corner of selected objects. |
| Move Laser to Lower Left of Selection |  |
Moves laser to the bottom left corner of selected objects. |
| Move Laser to Lower Right of Selection |  |
Moves laser to the bottom right corner of selected objects. |
| Move Laser to Left of Selection |  |
Moves laser to the left-center of selected objects. |
| Move Laser to Right of Selection |  |
Moves laser to the right-center of selected objects. |
| Move Laser to Top of Selection |  |
Moves laser to the top-center of selected objects |
| Move Laser to Bottom of Selection |  |
Moves laser to the bottom-center of selected objects. |
Selection Coordinates
Edges and centers of selections are defined according to the farthest points of any object in the selection area, in each direction — imagine the selection area as the smallest possible rectangle that can contain every object in your selection. The edges and center of a selection are the same as the edges and center of that imaginary rectangle.
You can read the coordinates of any location on your selection in the Numeric Edits Toolbar. Click a point in the 9-dot control to see the horizontal position (XPos) and vertical position (YPos) of that location on your selection, in your Workspace.
Laser Coordinates
You can read your laser's current cooridinates in the Move Window, by clicking the Get Position button.
Note
The Move Laser to Selection tools can only move your laser in the X and Y dimensions.
Related Topics
- Move Selected Objects
- Position Laser
- Selection Tools
- Coordinates and Origin
- Move Window
- Numeric Edits Toolbar
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