ChattLab Makerspace has purchased a license of Lightburn sofware to use the large 130 watt laser cutter. This section should provide you information about this very powerful tool.

LightBurn is layout, editing, and control software for your laser cutter. With LightBurn you can:

• Import artwork in a variety of common vector graphic and image formats (including AI, PDF, SVG, DXF, PLT, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP)
• Arrange, edit, and even create new vector shapes within the editor, with powerful features like offsetting, boolean operations, welding, and node editing
• Apply settings like power, speed, number of passes, cut order, brightness & contrast, dithering mode, and much more
• Send the result directly to your laser cutter

LightBurn is a native application written for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.

Introduction to Lightburn https://youtu.be/BkNeVjbZncc?list=PLwL4iB6JZSDxdnUKPOY-Qpv1DnUoLxHue

Home and Origin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPZ3MnyyQ-s

Go to Lightburn's download page to download and install the software. Chattlab Makerspace has a discount code available to members. This discount gives us a price of $20 compared to the normal $80 price. This is a very generous offer from Lightburn and we have a limited amount of these discounted licenses. Contact Jeff you you need the discount code. If you're not a ChattLab member, don't bother to ask.

For up to date documentation on Lightburn, you can find it HERE.