Convert EZD to SVG (Beta)

Get a true-size, layered SVG from any EZCAD2 .ezd project, with one layer per pen.

Opens: EZD, EZ3
Saves: LBRN2, SVG, DXF, PNG

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EZCAD project
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.ezd, .ez3 · up to 150 MB
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    An .ezd project saved by EZCAD2 or an .ez3 project saved by EZCAD3.

    Options

    All three formats come from the same conversion; pick one if you only need that file.

    Hatching

    Fill settings keep shapes editable: LightBurn recalculates the hatch from EZCAD's spacing and angle. Exact lines are the hatch lines EZCAD saved, as vectors.

    More options

    LightBurn puts 0,0 at a corner of a galvo field; EZCAD puts it at the centre. The first choice keeps each object at the same place in the field.

    The width of your lens field, as set in LightBurn's device settings (for example 110 for a 110 × 110 mm lens).

    Lists every layer with its settings below the drawing, on its own layer. Delete it before marking.

    Your files are deleted after processing.

    An SVG is the easiest way to get an EZCAD2 design into Inkscape, Illustrator, CorelDRAW or any laser program that is not LightBurn. This page converts an .ezd project into an SVG at its true size in millimetres, with the pens kept apart as layers.

    How to convert EZD to SVG

    1. Upload the .ezd file; Convert to is preset to Layered SVG.
    2. Compare the converted drawing with the preview EZCAD saved in the file, shown next to it.
    3. Download the SVG and open it in your drawing or laser software.

    What the SVG contains

    • One layer per pen and use. Outlines marked with pen 2 are on the layer "Pen 2", hatched shapes of the same pen on "Pen 2 hatch". Inkscape shows them as layers; other programs show them as groups. Each layer carries the pen's power, speed, passes, frequency and hatch spacing as data-laser-* attributes.
    • Hatched shapes are filled in the pen's colour, with holes kept (the inside of an "O" stays empty). Choose Exact hatch lines to get the individual lines EZCAD computed instead.
    • Text, barcodes and QR codes are outlines, so no font is needed and nothing reflows.
    • Pictures are embedded in the SVG at their size and place.
    • A legend below the drawing lists every layer with its settings, on its own layer called "Legend (delete before cutting)". Delete it, or switch it off under More options.

    Things to know

    EZCAD's Y axis points up and its origin is the centre of the lens field; an SVG's Y axis points down. The drawing is turned the right way up and the SVG's page is fitted around it, so measurements are exact but the coordinates differ from EZCAD's. If you need EZCAD's coordinates, for example to place objects in CAD, use the DXF instead.

    Control objects of an EZCAD job, such as waiting for an input signal or moving a rotary axis, have no drawing and are not in the SVG; the result lists how many there were.

    More about what this tool reads and writes: EZCAD .ezd & .ez3 to LightBurn, SVG & DXF Converter.