Moving a design out of LightBurn — to a customer, another machine or another program — starts with one menu. Here is what it exports and what it does not.
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Try Vextrify freeSelect what you want to export — or nothing, to export the whole project. Choose File > Export, or press Alt+X (Option+X on a Mac). Pick SVG as the file type and save. LightBurn's documentation lists SVG, DXF and AI as the vector formats that are always available.
An exported SVG is geometry, not a LightBurn job: speed, power and other cut settings are not saved in it. Layers whose output is switched off are still included, but hidden. Raster images exported on their own come out without LightBurn's image adjustments; if you need the processed picture, LightBurn's Save Processed Bitmap command saves that version.
When exactly one image is selected, the export also offers PNG, JPG and BMP. Use this to pass a picture on unchanged. If the image was dithered in LightBurn and you want to keep the dot pattern, save the processed bitmap instead, and remember that a dithered image belongs at the DPI it was made for.
An SVG from LightBurn opens in design programs, in other laser software and in Vextrify, where it can be placed in a layout, used as a relief shape with a bevel, or sent to a GRBL or Ruida laser from the desktop app. Check the scale after import: SVG files carry their size, but some programs interpret units differently.
Select the parts you want, or nothing for the whole project, then choose File > Export (Alt+X, Option+X on Mac) and save as SVG.
No. The export saves the geometry, not the cut settings. Keep the LightBurn project file for that.
Use Save Processed Bitmap. The normal image export saves the picture without LightBurn's image adjustments.