Understanding the Different Start From Modes in LightBurn

What about stationary laser heads? How do I set a part origin with a stationary fiber laser head?

Thank you! You are a great help.

Thanks for the help!

Working with coordinates and positions is a kind of a magic, you never know how it will go in this application...

I need serious help with your software 😢😮🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

While in "Start From: User Origin", I can't get "Set Origin" to work. After "Set Origin" then some miscellaneous "Move" then hit "Go to Origin" it doesn't go to where I had set the origin. I have a Fox Alien M-Pro CNC with a 20w laser. Many thanks!

OMG, this helps out so much! Thank you.

I'm a complete newbie at this, your video has helped loads.

But, I am having a homing issue. Whenever I press home, the laser goes to the left corner, which is fine, but then it makes a horrible and loud grinding sound like the laser is trying to go beyond where it can actually go.

Any idea how to fix this so I can home correctly? I'm terrified I'm gonna break this machine.

I'm watching this before destroying anything

If I cancel a print, how to make it return to the starting position, if not absolute?

Hello, I have a license that I bought in 2023. I would appreciate it if you could inform me if my license will work when I update it to the new version.

Can any of you commentors give me a hand? Ive been searching the web, maybe I dont know how to ask the correct question. Whenever I use jog my laser, the machine moves opposite of my arrow keys. Also when I engrave out text, its always backwards and reversed, if that makes sense. Like if you were to write on the outside of a sheet of glass and then look at it backwards and from the other side. Any pointers?

I choose "Start From: Current Position" but anyway I cant choose job origin, please help

Thanks for showing how to enable fire button. Thats awesome.

Thank you very much!!!! Now I will be able to put my project on my cut board and it will now where it is by using the Absolute Coords!!!!!

What can we do when the laser is bumping on the axes? I've tried everything, but it didn't work

Your video really helpful

Thanks! one question, what material is this white tile that creates such a high contrast? thank you!

Didn't really understand absolute and current position. Why not just start all jobs with current position?

Excellent. Thank you.

Something that I just figured out that is not mentioned on any video is that when LightBurn is using Current Position it includes everything that is outside the grid to figure out the framing. I kept trying to use Current Position and slamming the laser into the frame. I could not find the little green dot either. Figured out that I had a bunch of images outside the grid that I used to create what I was going to engrave and LightBurn was including that in the framing. This does not happen on Absolute Coords. You can have all kinds of stuff outside the grid and it is ignored. This was such a simple thing but it was stopping me from ever using anything but Absolute Coords. Hope this helps someone else out.

THANK GOD I NEEDED THIS lol

My lightburn software has no "move" tab thherefore I cant use the fire button, please help how to enable the move tab. Thanks.

I have the Atomstack x7 pro that doesn't have limit switches. So if you have to manually move the head as well as turn off auto home, it sets the origin relative to the origin set in LB correct? Is that why when I would frame/start the laser moves all the way to the right and hits the frame? I start the laser with it all the way on the left so even then I don't see how it would hit the right gantry if my work piece isn't even that far from the left side

I spent a couple of hours trying to learn this the hard way by trial and error. I wish I had the brains to come here first.

Excellent video! You have saved me a lot of time.

Hi Sculpfun users, I need help.......I have a sculpfun s30/5.5 machine. When i try to download the CH340 driver my security tells me it can't download due to a virus . Now what do i do??? Any help would be appreciated and now at a standstill.

I have just buy the atomstack x7 pro does this have those limit switches or not? Thanks!

Im not seeing a "move" button

Why does it has to be so complicated... it should be one of the most basic functions

Awesome explanation for this process. This newbie appreciates it and will definitely be using it. 👍

I just renewed my license and updated Lightburn, and now when I send a file to my laser, it starts to burn for just a second and then stops. I tried restarting my computer and restarted my laser several times. Could it be the USB cable? If so, is it a regular printer usb cable? I don't know what else to do unless a setting changed when I updated the software. I have a Masuter laser with Windows 10. Thanks for any help in advance.

is the fire button available for mac as well?

Hello! Why does scupfun streaming my laser? It takes too long. I have work to do. Pls help

sometimes when I start cutting with lightburn instead of it cutting it writes Lightburn, I have an ATOMSTACK S10 PRO machine

I like your videos And you doing good job, how can i draw a doted line in LightBurn 1.1.04?

My machine was down for 4 days and Light burn sent me your link. One button and it fixed my problem. Somehow my absolute coordinates changed when my laser head hit an object really hard in the bed. I recieved a margin slop error immediately after. Did my FL1390 sense the hit as a merging issue?

I'm new to this and I appreciate the videos very much. I have an Xtool D1. My problem, one of many, is when I set the center point and frame it frames as I expect. But when I start the image it goes outside the area that is framed.

Clear videos but doesn't relate to anything my Sculpfun S9 does. Can't get it to remember the home position, couldn't get it to find the cutter without manually adding. Despite the first project design it still tries to cut it in the wrong place and go overlimit.
Ran out of advice. Forum is very unspecific as my thread got taken over by someone with a different machine but I get a snotty warning for double posting whilst making another specific thread. Very unwelcoming. Some admins have such crap attitudes. Overall, trial ran out so now a paying customer and not really getting much in return, just generalisation.

How about doing a foxalien 4040 xe setup.

Thank you！ I love this function for a long time. Use current position as center point. I can engrave patterns and control positions very well, and I don't need limit switch at all !

When I use your software can I define how many passes to make when I hit the fire button? I generally need 3 or 4 passes to position my project perfectly.

Did you remove the minimum power setting for the laser when drawing a line (cutting)?

I'm having big issues since the last few updates where the laser is not cutting the wood all the way through and is now burning the surface quite badly. This was not an issue before but is now constantly ruining projects?