Lightburn limits the number of layers to 32, due to controller limitations. Only the max power setting is used, and each individual test will be on its own later. If your speed is set at or below these settings in the controller, only the Min Power setting is used. To use LightBurn to control xTool D1, you need to set the Scanning Offset Adjust parameters to ensure the engraving. To switch between Laserbox basic and LightBurn, you need to power off xTool D1 and then power on it again. Important:The controller Start Speed and Min Power rules still supersede all operations. Currently, you can switch between Laserbox basic and LightBurn after turning on the power switch of xTool D1. In effect the interval should be close to the dot size of your laser. This form will calculate the correct values for you and label the actual power and power scale in the axis! The interval distance (AKA DPI) is the distance bewteen each scanline, if this is too small the laser dots will overlap and overburn the material, if too large you will end up with gaps. So with a Output Max Power of 70% and an Output Min Power of 20%, setting a 50% power scale will result in an actual 45% laser power (Halfway between 20% and 70%).

The power scale is a percentage BETWEEN the min and max output power settings and not the absolute power. The way this test chart is generated will depend on your controller:Īll test patches for a set speed are created on the same layer, and each shape has its own power scale set, this allows 100 power levels per speed, and up to 31 speed settings.

Generate cut line in lightburn software