Laser Cutters

[TheGatzby]

One issue to be aware of is a DXF file does not retain scale so it has to be rescaled.

LightBurn has a robust scaling feature. Highly accurate.

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

I believe Gary wanted to know where and how to start The laser cutter he bought came with software but it is not strong enough to do what he has in mind. As an example the lase machine it is like buying a car that has no engine it is not going to take you were you want to go. So you need more powerful software like light burn.

 

[TheGatzby]

Dave, I've missed who 'Gary' is, and what their specific post was about.

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

• Dave, I've missed who 'Gary' is, and what their specific post was about.

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Hi every one. Just want to get some information on what the best cad that will help me learn how to use my Laser cutting to help me work on Alfred. It's a WeCreat Vision Pro 45W Laser engraving & Cutting Machine. Never own one and hope the good folks her will put me on the right track. Looks like I came to the right place and thank you.

 

[TheGatzby]

Hi every one. Just want to get some information on what the best cad that will help me learn how to use my Laser cutting to help me work on Alfred. It's a WeCreat Vision Pro 45W Laser engraving & Cutting Machine. Never own one and hope the good folks her will put me on the right track. Looks like I came to the right place and thank you.

It looks like like the WeCreate does support LightBurn, so I would definitely consider using that to drive the laser.

For CAD I would use Blender. You can use it to trace your drawings, and use the resulting .svg files to send to LightBurn.
Blender has a large internet community, and there are tons of YouTube videos. You just have to look around to find the information to do what you want to do.

A good free drawing program is Inkscape. It has a good tracing function for converting .bmp and .png to .svg files.

I'll try to help with more information if you are interested.

 

[RolandR]

Before Lightburn, I just used CorelDraw and the software that came with the laser cutter. It worked just fine. A laser cutter is just a printer and follows the line drawn. Fancier software just make life easier but are not necessary.

 

[Tommyhawk]

Thanks Gatzby and Roland. I just got a Laser WeCreat Vision Pro 45W Laser engraving & Cutting Machine and never used one. I finally got it down on how to use my 3D printers so am hoping that what I learned about using them, will help me learn how to use the Laser. They are definitely two different machines, and any help will be most welcome. I have known Dave for a very long time and when it comes to helping can never pay him back. Thanks Dave. Gary