{"id":10204,"date":"2018-08-15T14:47:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T19:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/?p=10204"},"modified":"2020-05-01T10:17:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T16:17:53","slug":"using-lightburn-on-shapeoko3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jtechphotonics.com\/?p=10204","title":{"rendered":"Using Lightburn on Shapeoko3 and X Carve Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that you have put your machine and laser together, there are a lot of options for how to run it.  It will depend on what software you might already have and if you want to purchase any new software or not.  We HIGHLY Recommend<\/strong> getting the Lightburn software package as it will run the entire process and make it the easiest to use your machine.  We will be doing all of the rest of the instructions with this software.  However, since this machine is based on an open source controller architecture, there are a lot of choices out there.  We cover Lightburn in detail here.<\/p>\n

All in One Software Package:<\/h4>\n
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  1. Lightburn Software<\/strong> \u2013 *recommended*  <\/strong>This is an \u201call in one\u201d software package that you can do vector art, import SVG files, engrave images, and run the machine all in one place.  We recommend using this software as it will be the easiest to use and run the machine.  You can get it here:
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    We are going to show how to set up the Shapeoko3 and the X Carve systems using lightburn in this post.  Scroll DOWN if you have a X Carve.<\/p>\n

    Setup Video<\/h2>\n

    Check out the video we made to walk you though setting up lightburn from start to finish.<\/p>\n