What Is Offset Fill In Lightburn
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Published 2023-12-01
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In todays video I will take you through how and when to use Offset fill in Lightburn. This Cut/Layer mode can be easily overlooked so I want to bring it to as many peoples attention as I can.
Offset Fill has saved me so much time when it comes to batch production, so much so that in this video I prove to you that this single setting made the difference from 13 minutes to 2 minutes.
Although this setting wont be this advantageous on all projects it is still worth making sure to check if there is any time to save by selecting offset fill before previewing your project and sending it to your laser engraver.
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All Comments (21)
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Lord this is the first time someone has explained this setting.vwill save me ages!! Thanks.
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Time saved yes, quality goes out the window though. Flood fill seems to work well but depends on we’ll set axis
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for large boarders like this you should give flood fill a try too, i usually find its faster than offset fill and offset fill can sometimes leave burn marks. flood fill is found by double clicking a layer then clicking the advanced tab on the new window that pops up :)
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Depending on the design and material, I can see offset fill being useful. I typically use Flood Fill instead, however. It saves the traversal moves and keeps the heat high in the zone it's working. Maybe you want to trace a border but let the material relax before being hit again, this is where offset would be more useful. Typically when I'm using fill, it's to burn away a good deal of material to make a recess or well, not necessarily engraving art. In such cases, offset fill typically leaves rings of material I need to scrape out. (Could reduce interval size, but my material is crap plywood and too* much power will cut all the way through weak and hollow spots in the wood) To find "Flood Fill" Double click on one of the cut layers in your side panel to open "cut settings editor". Click the 'advanced' tab underneath the first section of speed/power/mode and click the checkbox to enable.
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Very good info. From regular fill to flood fill, I cut my time in half. With offset fill, I cut that time by 75%! Huge difference from a 2.25 hr job to just over 35 minutes….WOW!
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Another setting to check out is the "flood fill" setting under the advanced tab in the fill settings. Depending on the design, it can save even more time. Sometimes it's slower though.
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Great tip. Thank you.
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Thanks will save me a ton of time.
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Invaluable tip, thanks 🙏
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smart. thanks for sharing this feature
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Thank you for posting this video! This will be a huge help!
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It is great to know!
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Brillliant! Thank you for this!
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Thank you very much for the tip of offset fill compared to regular fill!!! What a time saver!!
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I'm really glad that somebody finally found this setting, I have been wondering about this for a very long time because I noticed early on a long time ago that so much time gets wasted when, for example let's say you're drawing a circle and it just travels from left to right blazing a little line when it goes across the part that it's supposed to burn, and I always thought well that's a waste, this thing has an x and y axis it should be able to move in a circle so why doesn't it? It should be able to burn that Circle as one complete line with no brake by traveling in a circular pattern or in your case, the square. I've never seen anybody else figure out how to do it. This is awesome that you figured that out.
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Thank you very much!!
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Thank you. This is useful 😮
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This tip is the best. I made some wooden ornaments for Christmas and couldn't understand why the offset border I created was causing the engraving time to be over 20 minutes, for a simple 4-inch ornament. Didn't make sense. So now I'm very eager to give this a shot and I think you just saved me hours worth of engraving time. Thanks so much.
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Thank you!
