Tags

Background Image

• Workspace / Edit Window

Beginner Docs

• Workspace / Edit Window

Beginner Docs - Reference

• Selection Tools
• Template Document for MkDocs Markdown Content Types

Camera

• Workspace / Edit Window

CorelDRAW

• Help Menu
• Setting Up CorelDRAW Macro

DSP

• File List Window
• Print and Cut
• Rotary Mode (DSP)

Edit Window

• Workspace / Edit Window

First Steps

• Selection Tools
• Template Document for MkDocs Markdown Content Types

GCode

• Console Window
• Print and Cut
• Rotary Mode (GCode)

GRBL

• Move Window

Grid

• Workspace / Edit Window

Internal

• Template Document for MkDocs Markdown Content Types
• Test Page

Libraries

• Art Library
• Material Library

MORE-TAGS-HERE

• Apply Mask to Image
• Apply Path to Text
• Break Apart
• Center Finder
• Clipboard Tools
• Close Path
• Color Palette
• Convert to Bitmap
• Copy Along Path
• Create Rubber-Band Outline
• Cuts / Layers Window
• Cylinder Correction
• Debug Drawing
• Draw Lines
• Edit Menu
• Edit Nodes
• Enable Debug Log
• Game Controller
• Interval Test
• License Management
• Lock Shapes
• Menu Toolbar
• Mirror Tools
• Move Toggle
• Move/Size/Rotate/Shear Toggle
• Nest Selected
• Offset Shapes
• Operation Editor
• Primary Shapes: Rectangles, Ellipses, and Polygons
• Push In Draw Order
• Radius/Fillet
• Rotate Toggle
• Save Processed Bitmap
• Selecting, Zooming and Panning
• Set Tool/Laser Position
• Settings/Preferences
• Shear Toggle
• Show Notes
• Size Toggle
• Tab Wizard
• Taper Warp
• Text Options Toolbar
• Two-Point Rotate / Scale
• View Style

Primary Docs

• Art Library
• Material Library
• Move Window
• Setting Up CorelDRAW Macro

QR code

• Shape Properties Window

RTL

• Language Menu

Reference 

• Template Document for MkDocs Markdown Content Types
• Workspace / Edit Window

Ruida

• File List Window

Safety

• Safety

UI

• Arrange Menu
• Arrange Toolbars
• Art Library
• Color Palette
• Console Window
• Cursor Coordinates
• Customizing the LightBurn Window
• Edit Menu
• File Menu
• Help Menu
• Help and Notes
• Language Menu
• Laser Tools Menu
• LightBurn UI
• Main Toolbar
• Main Window
• Material Library
• Menu Toolbar
• Modes Toolbar
• Modifiers Toolbar
• Move Toggle
• Move Window
• Move/Size/Rotate/Shear Toggle
• Numeric Edits Toolbar
• Rotate Toggle
• Shear Toggle
• Size Toggle
• Status Bar
• Text Options Toolbar
• Tool Status
• Tools Menu
• Tools Toolbar
• Window Menu

Workspace

• Workspace / Edit Window

advanced

• Feeder Setup

arrangement

• Align Tools
• Arrange Menu
• Arrange Toolbars
• Automatic Guidelines
• Distribute and Move Together
• Docking
• Grouping and Ungrouping
• Make Same Width or Height
• Move Selected Objects
• Snapping

batch production

• Grid Array

beginner

• Beginner Mode
• Create Manually
• File Management

bridge

• LightBurn Bridge

build date

• Help Menu
• Help and Notes

built-in shapes

• Shape Properties Window

camera

• Calibrate Camera Alignment
• Calibrate Camera Lens
• Camera Control Window
• Camera Installation and Focusing
• Camera Selection Helper
• Head-Mounted Camera Alignment
• Save Background Capture
• Using a Camera
• WeCreat Camera Calibration and Alignment

circle

• circle/ elipse

  • Shape Properties Window

clear origin

• Move Window

convert to cut

• Help Menu

coordinates

• Cursor Coordinates

creation tools

• Add Tabs
• Create Bar Code
• Create and Edit Text
• Measure
• Tools Menu
• Tools Toolbar
• Trim Shapes
• Variable Text
• Variable Text Formatting

cursor coordinates

• Cursor Coordinates

cut settings

• Add Tabs
• Working With Default Layer Settings

debug

• Help Menu

device-settings

• Device Settings
• Device Settings: Additional Settings
• Device Settings: Basic Settings
• Device Settings: Custom GCode
• Device Settings: GCode
• Device Settings: Galvo and Basic Settings
• Device Settings: Ports and Laser Settings (Galvo)

documentation

• Help Menu

editing

• Auto-Join Selected Shapes
• Automatic Guidelines
• Close Selected Paths With Tolerance
• Convert to Path
• Delete Duplicates
• Numeric Edits Toolbar
• Open vs. Closed Shapes
• Optimize Selected Shapes
• Tools Menu
• Tools Toolbar
• Warp and Deform

enable fire button

• Move Window

essential functions

• File Management
• Galvo Framing
• Grouping and Ungrouping
• Main Toolbar
• New Window
• Preview
• Snapping
• Transform Controls
• Undo/Redo
• Zooming and Panning

ethernet

• LightBurn Bridge

explainer

• Open vs. Closed Shapes

export

• Print
• Setting Up CorelDRAW Macro

export to LightBurn

• Setting Up CorelDRAW Macro

file list

• File List Window

file menu

• File Menu

finish position

• Move Window

firmware

• Machine Settings

forum

• Help Menu

framing

• Move Window

galvo

• Device Settings: Galvo and Basic Settings
• Device Settings: Ports and Laser Settings (Galvo)
• Galvo Framing
• Galvo Lens Calibration
• Repeat Marking
• Rotary Mode (Galvo)

gantry

• Coordinates and Job Origin
• Position Laser

gcode

• Device Settings: GCode

general-laser

• Laser Safety

getting-started

• Find My Laser

guide

• Customizing the LightBurn Window
• License Management Guide
• WeCreat Camera Calibration and Alignment
• Working With Default Layer Settings

guides

• Multiple LightBurn Instances
• Setting Up CorelDRAW Macro

hardware

• Create Manually
• Find My Laser
• Identify Your Laser

• hardware/galvo

  • Add a Galvo Laser

help

• Help Menu
• Help and Notes
• Setting Up CorelDRAW Macro

help and notes

• Help Menu
• Help and Notes

help menu

• Help Menu
• Help and Notes
• Setting Up CorelDRAW Macro

hotkeys

• Edit Hotkeys
• Help Menu
• Help and Notes

image

• Image Options
• Shape Properties Window

image tools

• Adjust Image
• Cut Settings Editor
• Fill Mode
• Line Mode
• Offset Fill Mode
• Trace Image

keyboard shortcuts

• Help Menu
• Help and Notes

languages

• Language Menu

laser control

• Add Tabs
• Console Window
• Coordinates and Job Origin
• Cut Selected Graphics / Use Selection Origin
• Devices
• Focus Test
• Galvo Framing
• Galvo Lens Calibration
• Get Controller Info
• Laser Tools Menu
• Laser Window
• Material Test
• Modes Toolbar
• Move Laser to Selection
• Optimization Settings
• Position Laser
• Repeat Marking
• Rotary Mode
• Set Start Point
• Working With Default Layer Settings

laser-general

• Identify Your Laser

layout and design

• Add Tabs
• Adjust Image
• Align Tools
• Arrange Menu
• Arrange Toolbars
• Auto-Join Selected Shapes
• Automatic Guidelines
• Boolean Tools
• Circular Array
• Close Selected Paths With Tolerance
• Convert to Path
• Create and Edit Text
• Cut Settings Editor
• Cut Shapes
• Delete Duplicates
• Distribute and Move Together
• Docking
• Fill Mode
• Grid Array
• Grouping and Ungrouping
• Image Modes
• Images vs. Vectors
• Layer Modes
• Line Mode
• Make Same Width or Height
• Measure
• Move Selected Objects
• Numeric Edits Toolbar
• Offset Fill Mode
• Open vs. Closed Shapes
• Optimize Selected Shapes
• Resize Slots
• Snapping
• Tools Menu
• Tools Toolbar
• Trim Shapes
• Variable Text
• Variable Text Formatting
• Warp and Deform

license management

• Check for Updates
• Help Menu
• License Management Guide

line

• Add Tabs

localization

• Language Menu

machine firmware and communication

• Console Window

machine management

• Get Controller Info

material utilization

• Docking
• Grid Array

menu

• Preferences Submenu

messages

• Status Bar

migration

• User Bundles

modes and advanced control

• Galvo Lens Calibration
• Laser Tools Menu
• Modes Toolbar
• Repeat Marking
• Rotary Mode

modifying and combining

• Boolean Tools
• Circular Array
• Cut Shapes
• Grid Array
• Modifiers Toolbar
• Resize Slots
• Tools Menu

notifications

• Status Bar

output and positioning

• Coordinates and Job Origin
• Cut Selected Graphics / Use Selection Origin
• Laser Window
• Move Laser to Selection
• Optimization Settings
• Position Laser
• Set Start Point

path

• Shape Properties Window

pathway

• pathway/beginner

  • Add A Laser
  • First Project
  • Getting Started
  • Identify Your Laser
  • Install LightBurn
  • Laser Safety
  • LightBurn UI
  • Next Steps

polygon

• Shape Properties Window

positioning

• Cursor Coordinates

preferences

• Edit Hotkeys
• Language Menu
• Preferences Submenu

preview

• Device Settings: Additional Settings
• Device Settings: Custom GCode

print

• Print

project

• First Project

quality optimization

• Focus Test
• Laser Tools Menu
• Material Test

rectangle

• rectangle/ square

  • Shape Properties Window

reference

• Add Tabs
• Adjust Image
• Align Tools
• Apply Mask to Image
• Apply Path to Text
• Arrange Menu
• Arrange Toolbars
• Art Library
• Auto-Join Selected Shapes
• Automatic Guidelines
• Beginner Mode
• Boolean Tools
• Break Apart
• Calibrate Camera Alignment
• Calibrate Camera Lens
• Camera Control Window
• Camera Installation and Focusing
• Camera Selection Helper
• Center Finder
• Check for Updates
• Circular Array
• Clipboard Tools
• Close Path
• Close Selected Paths With Tolerance
• Color Palette
• Console Window
• Convert to Bitmap
• Convert to Cut (debug)
• Convert to Path
• Coordinates and Job Origin
• Copy Along Path
• Create Bar Code
• Create Rubber-Band Outline
• Create and Edit Text
• Cursor Coordinates
• Cut Selected Graphics / Use Selection Origin
• Cut Settings Editor
• Cut Shapes
• Cuts / Layers Window
• Cylinder Correction
• Debug Drawing
• Delete Duplicates
• Device Settings
• Device Settings: Additional Settings
• Device Settings: Basic Settings
• Device Settings: Custom GCode
• Device Settings: GCode
• Device Settings: Galvo and Basic Settings
• Device Settings: Ports and Laser Settings (Galvo)
• Devices
• Distribute and Move Together
• Docking
• Draw Lines
• Edit Hotkeys
• Edit Menu
• Edit Nodes
• Enable Debug Log
• Feeder Setup
• File List Window
• File Management
• File Menu
• Fill Mode
• Focus Test
• Galvo Framing
• Galvo Lens Calibration
• Game Controller
• Generate Support Data
• Get Controller Info
• Grid Array
• Grouping and Ungrouping
• Head-Mounted Camera Alignment
• Help Menu
• Help and Notes
• Image Modes
• Image Options
• Images vs. Vectors
• Interval Test
• Language Menu
• Laser Tools Menu
• Laser Window
• Layer Modes
• License Management
• LightBurn Bridge
• Line Mode
• Lock Shapes
• Machine Settings
• Main Toolbar
• Main Window
• Make Same Width or Height
• Material Library
• Material Test
• Measure
• Menu Toolbar
• Mirror Tools
• Modes Toolbar
• Modifiers Toolbar
• Move Laser to Selection
• Move Selected Objects
• Move Toggle
• Move Window
• Move/Size/Rotate/Shear Toggle
• Nest Selected
• New Window
• Numeric Edits Toolbar
• Offset Fill Mode
• Offset Shapes
• Operation Editor
• Optimization Settings
• Optimize Selected Shapes
• Position Laser
• Preferences Submenu
• Preview
• Primary Shapes: Rectangles, Ellipses, and Polygons
• Print
• Print and Cut
• Push In Draw Order
• Radius/Fillet
• Repeat Marking
• Reset to Default Layout
• Resize Slots
• Rotary Mode
• Rotary Mode (DSP)
• Rotary Mode (GCode)
• Rotary Mode (Galvo)
• Rotate Toggle
• Save Background Capture
• Save Processed Bitmap
• Selecting, Zooming and Panning
• Selection Tools
• Set Start Point
• Set Tool/Laser Position
• Settings/Preferences
• Shape Properties Window
• Shear Toggle
• Show Notes
• Size Toggle
• Snapping
• Status Bar
• Tab Wizard
• Taper Warp
• Text Options Toolbar
• Tool Status
• Tools Menu
• Tools Toolbar
• Trace Image
• Transform Controls
• Trim Shapes
• Two-Point Rotate / Scale
• Undo/Redo
• User Bundles
• Using a Camera
• Variable Text
• Variable Text Formatting
• Vendor Bundles
• View Style
• Warp and Deform
• Window Menu
• Zooming and Panning

right to left text

• Language Menu

rotary

• Rotary Mode
• Rotary Mode (DSP)
• Rotary Mode (GCode)
• Rotary Mode (Galvo)

ruida

• LightBurn Bridge

safety

• Laser Safety

selection status

• Status Bar

set origin

• Move Window

settings

• Language Menu
• Machine Settings
• User Bundles

status

• Status Bar

status bar

• Tool Status

stored positions

• Move Window

support

• Help Menu

support data

• Help Menu

text

• Shape Properties Window

tool status

• Tool Status

troubleshooting

• Connection Problems
• Corners Are Too Dark, Too Light, Or Missing
• Dark & Burned Edges
• Drivers
• Electrical Problems
• Engraving Shifted Relative To Cut Lines
• Fuzzy, Blurry, or Overblown Edges
• GRBL Communications
• GRBL Errors
• Generate Support Data
• Inconsistent Engraving Tone or Color
• Incorrect Size
• Jagged Lines
• Job Results & Quality Issues
• Laser Keeps Firing During Travel Moves
• Laser Losing Power At Low Speeds Or Not Reaching Full Power
• Layers Shift When Cutting Multiple Objects
• License Activation and Management
• LightBurn Editor Help
• Linux-Specific Problems
• Mechanical Issues
• Periodic Defects In Engravings
• Poor Image Quality
• Reset to Default Layout
• Serial Port Problems
• Setting Up CNC-Based Lasers
• Slanted Or Skewed Job Results
• Troubleshooting
• USB Cables
• Using a Camera
• Warped Or Disconnected Lines
• Wiggly Lines At Corners
• Windows-Specific Problems
• Wobbly Engraving
• Wrong Orientation
• Wrong Start Location

• troubleshooting/job-quality

  • Corners Are Too Dark, Too Light, Or Missing
  • Dark & Burned Edges
  • Engraving Shifted Relative To Cut Lines
  • Fuzzy, Blurry, or Overblown Edges
  • Inconsistent Engraving Tone or Color
  • Incorrect Size
  • Jagged Lines
  • Job Results & Quality Issues
  • Laser Keeps Firing During Travel Moves
  • Laser Losing Power At Low Speeds Or Not Reaching Full Power
  • Layers Shift When Cutting Multiple Objects
  • Periodic Defects In Engravings
  • Poor Image Quality
  • Slanted Or Skewed Job Results
  • Warped Or Disconnected Lines
  • Wiggly Lines At Corners
  • Wobbly Engraving
  • Wrong Orientation
  • Wrong Start Location

user origin

• Move Window

vector

• Shape Properties Window

version

• Help Menu
• Help and Notes

video tutorials

• Help Menu

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