You forgot to mention that you have to have ungrouped shapes. Then it looks like you can only do it for one shape at a time. Still practicing on this one as it's a great tool option I'll definitely use.
Good catch. It is possible to sometimes do boolean operations with a group, but this changed slightly with some newer versions. I haven't re-analyzed what the conditions are that allow it to happen.
Thank you so much for these. I just bought a creality laser to make something for Christmas. This helped so much. One question I have is how does Lightburn decide what to fill when you choose fill? There were hollow spaces that it did fill, but others it did not fill. Does it have some inner most to outer most algorithm?
So think of each line on a fill layer as a toggle, starting from the outer-most shape. Each time you cross a line, the fill state would toggle. For example, if you had a bunch of nested concentric circles, inside each other... the outer circle would be filled going inward until it reached the next line, then it would be empty until it reached another line, and so forth. Lines on other layers do not affect each other. Hopefully this helps rather than confusing you more.
Hello. how to make a fiber laser. the top layer of the letter (the letters are not engraved in depth, they remain convex), then several deep passes around the letters over the entire area of the workpiece, then a deep geometric pattern around the letters
What you are asking about is 2.5D engraving. You would put them on different layers. Imagine slicing the shape you want horizontally into slices. Each slice would represent what you want to engrave. So your first layer might run several passes and remove everything but the letters. The next several passes would remove everything but the pattern and the letters. (The letters would always be left, since they are tallest, but every time you add more to what is left, you are removing the remainder.) Hope this makes sense.
I did just confirm this still works the same on 1.7.03, as they have changed how things are automatically selected slightly over the years. I am not sure exactly what you mean by it doesn't highlight to select. If you select your background first, then hold ctrl and click your outline that you will be using as the path to cut, it should select. Worth noting, if you duplicated the outline as I did, it will be difficult to see the dashed line on the outline when selected. You might switch an outline to a different layer and turn it off to make it easier to see what you are working with.
Hello I got an image I masked with a shape. I now want to punch a whole in that image so the text has a boarder. How do you do that? Been trying for like an hour
Rather than masking with only an outer shape, you would probably want to put the outline with the outside, then mask. i.e. a mask shape with an inside shape also. Here's how: 1. Right click on the image, remove mask. 2. Select your masking shape AND your outline. Group them. 3. Select your masking shape and your image, then apply image mask again. Method 2: 1. Flatten image mask (right click menu) which makes the masking permanent, then apply a new mask with the next shape.
@@milaserguy Both of these didn't worked but I found something that did. Right clicking and selecting apply mask failed every time but if I go to tools and click apply mask it works. Why it works one way and not the other i don't know. Just leaving this here for if someone has the same problem in the future.
As I described in my comment then, make your masking shape (the center) and another shape around the entire image. Group the two shapes. You now have a shape that is the space between the center and the outside. Use this as your mask.
Like, you only want to keep the center, or you want to remove the center? You can create a shape (lets say a "ring") and use that as your masking shape, and only the space between the inside and outside will be visible after masking.
You forgot to mention that you have to have ungrouped shapes. Then it looks like you can only do it for one shape at a time. Still practicing on this one as it's a great tool option I'll definitely use.
Good catch. It is possible to sometimes do boolean operations with a group, but this changed slightly with some newer versions. I haven't re-analyzed what the conditions are that allow it to happen.
@@milaserguy I'm not sure you'll have to experiment.
Thank you so much for these. I just bought a creality laser to make something for Christmas. This helped so much. One question I have is how does Lightburn decide what to fill when you choose fill? There were hollow spaces that it did fill, but others it did not fill. Does it have some inner most to outer most algorithm?
So think of each line on a fill layer as a toggle, starting from the outer-most shape. Each time you cross a line, the fill state would toggle. For example, if you had a bunch of nested concentric circles, inside each other... the outer circle would be filled going inward until it reached the next line, then it would be empty until it reached another line, and so forth. Lines on other layers do not affect each other.
Hopefully this helps rather than confusing you more.
Hello. how to make a fiber laser. the top layer of the letter (the letters are not engraved in depth, they remain convex), then several deep passes around the letters over the entire area of the workpiece, then a deep geometric pattern around the letters
What you are asking about is 2.5D engraving. You would put them on different layers. Imagine slicing the shape you want horizontally into slices. Each slice would represent what you want to engrave. So your first layer might run several passes and remove everything but the letters. The next several passes would remove everything but the pattern and the letters. (The letters would always be left, since they are tallest, but every time you add more to what is left, you are removing the remainder.) Hope this makes sense.
Great tutorial!
Thank you!
This isn't working for me goes good until I get to cut shapes. It doesn't highlight for me to select. Any advice would greatly be appreciated. Thanks
I did just confirm this still works the same on 1.7.03, as they have changed how things are automatically selected slightly over the years.
I am not sure exactly what you mean by it doesn't highlight to select. If you select your background first, then hold ctrl and click your outline that you will be using as the path to cut, it should select. Worth noting, if you duplicated the outline as I did, it will be difficult to see the dashed line on the outline when selected. You might switch an outline to a different layer and turn it off to make it easier to see what you are working with.
Awesome tip. Thank you!!!
You are so welcome!
Hello I got an image I masked with a shape. I now want to punch a whole in that image so the text has a boarder. How do you do that? Been trying for like an hour
Rather than masking with only an outer shape, you would probably want to put the outline with the outside, then mask. i.e. a mask shape with an inside shape also.
Here's how:
1. Right click on the image, remove mask.
2. Select your masking shape AND your outline. Group them.
3. Select your masking shape and your image, then apply image mask again.
Method 2:
1. Flatten image mask (right click menu) which makes the masking permanent, then apply a new mask with the next shape.
@@milaserguy Both of these didn't worked but I found something that did. Right clicking and selecting apply mask failed every time but if I go to tools and click apply mask it works. Why it works one way and not the other i don't know. Just leaving this here for if someone has the same problem in the future.
Nice tip, never tried the cut shapes tool! It's just like a cookie cutter, I'm sure I will need it for something later.
Cut shapes is also useful for when you need to re-cut a part of a design (before you move it) in case you hit a glue pocket or whatnot.
I would like to remove the center.
As I described in my comment then, make your masking shape (the center) and another shape around the entire image. Group the two shapes. You now have a shape that is the space between the center and the outside. Use this as your mask.
how do you mask the center of a picture?
Like, you only want to keep the center, or you want to remove the center? You can create a shape (lets say a "ring") and use that as your masking shape, and only the space between the inside and outside will be visible after masking.
Nice
Glad you liked it!