External Resources
Unsurprisingly, we love using LightBurn here. But there are some other great tools that pair well with it.
The links below are a variety of tools that the people at LightBurn have used and would recommend. We don't make any money off your use of these, and don't have any control over the tools themselves, but want to share them with our users in case they're useful to you as well.
Project Generators¶
These project generators can generate a variety of customized designs for you and output designs ready for you to laser cut or modify further. Most of them will have a focus, such as box makers or paper templates, but aren't as specialized as some of the more niche tools below.
Boxes.py¶
Price: Free
An open source generator for boxes, shelves, wall-mounted tool holders, and more. Exports in a wide variety of formats and the designs are good on their own or as a base for further customization.
Cuttle¶
Price: Free & paid tiers
A web-based design tool with a variety of pre-made generators you can use as well as tools to create your own. Has free and paid tiers, and can be used from within LightBurn from the Web Tools menu.
Templatemaker.nl¶
Price: Free
Generator for a variety of paper patterns, including some unusual styles of gift boxes. Exports in a wide variety of formats, and exports score lines as a different color than cut lines to make it easy to apply cut settings for each.
Fonts and Text Tools¶
The tools in this section focus primarily on text, currently single-line text tools for faster engraving on your laser.
Single-Line Font Renderer¶
Price: Free
Simple open source web-based tool for creating SVGs of text using single-line fonts.
Specialized generators¶
These more specialized generators aren't the right tool for every project, but sometimes they're exactly what you need.
Joinery¶
Price: Free
This web-based tool focuses on modifying your existing parts to join them together in a variety of (often unusual) ways
Involute Spur Gear Builder¶
Price: Free
Open source web-based tool for generating gears you can cut with your laser.
Woodgears Gear Generator¶
Price: Free & paid
Free web-based tool for generating gears, and a more advanced paid Windows program supporting more gear types.
Jigsaw Puzzle Generator¶
Price: Free
Free web-based tool for generating jigsaw puzzle pieces.
Laser-Cut Maze Designer¶
Price: Free
Free web-based tool for generating mazes for laser cutting. Includes multiple assembly styles.
Maze Generator¶
Price: Free
Free web-based tool for generating mazes, with multiple shape and style options.
Vector Ruler Generator¶
Price: Free
Open source web-based tool for generating rulers in SVG format.
Art Files¶
Public Work¶
Price: Free
Art Type: Raster
A collection of free to use raster images.
Noun Project¶
Price: Free & paid tiers
Art Type: Vector & Raster
A collection of icons (in SVG and PNG formats) and stock photos.
Internet Archive¶
Price: Free
Art Type: Vector & Raster
Many collections of free images and other files. Not tightly curated, but there are a lot of good files here.
Tiled.art¶
Price: Free
Art Type: Vector
A web-based tesselation design tool. Check out the Art section as well for some impressive tesselation examples.