LightBurn Does Your Math Homework! Quick Tip for using equations and conversions.

Did you know you can use equations and unit conversions directly in the LightBurn? Let LightBurn do all the hard work for you without ever leaving your design space.
Put equations and unit conversions directly into the size and position boxes and like magic they'll solve for you.
Check out the video and feel free to post questions and comments below.
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[@larrykent196]

Thank you for that, I guess I should have tried it. Will be very useful time saver in this mixed up world.

[@angelamorales2944]

Mind officially blown! 🤯I have been working harder, not smarter! Thanks!

[@thetinkerverse]

Happy to help!

[@bobmillerick300]

I knew you could type in fractions but I did not know it would do an equation. Thanks

[@thetinkerverse]

Thanks. I do that sometimes when I don't want to break out of my workflow to bring up the calculator.

[@NickSpirov]

I love this feature in Photoshop and it's great to have it in LB too.

[@jf6720]

Great tips! Didn't know I could use metric and standard together.

[@thetinkerverse]

Definitely helpful when all you can find is a standard measuring tape but your entire workspace and machine are natively metric :)

[@jessetutterrow4320]

Interestingly, I did not know about PI and E constants. Are there any others? How do you specify 11 7/8 as a fraction? I know about entering it as 11.875 but would prefer to enter strange fractions (i.e. 15/16) as a fraction.

[@thetinkerverse]

Those are the only ones specifically called out that I can find. I suppose there could be more undocumented based on whatever library they are using to create those numeric boxes, but we'd have to get the devs to weigh in on that I think.
As for the fractions, no it doesn't seem to let you put in 11 7/8 but you could just do something like this 11+(7/8) I know it's not elegant but it's the same end result.