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Convert RDWorks .rld to LightBurn (Beta)

Turn RDWorks projects into LightBurn .lbrn2 files with one layer per RDWorks layer and its speed, power, mode and scan settings.

Opens: RLD, RD, LBRN2, LBRN, XCS, XS, SVG
Saves: LBRN2, SVG, DXF, RLD, PNG

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RDWorks project, Ruida job or design
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.rld, .rd, .lbrn2, .lbrn, .xcs, .xs, .svg · up to 200 MB
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    An RDWorks project (.rld, V7 or V8) or Ruida job (.rd) to convert to LightBurn, SVG and DXF; or a LightBurn (.lbrn2, .lbrn), xTool (.xcs, .xs) or SVG design to turn into an RDWorks project.

    Options

    For .rld and .rd uploads: all three formats come from the same conversion; pick one if you only need that file. LightBurn, xTool and SVG uploads always become an RDWorks project.

    More options
    Engraved areas in .rd jobs

    A job only holds the scan lines of engraved areas, not their shapes. As a picture they engrave the same way in LightBurn; as lines you get the job's own scan lines. Projects (.rld) are not affected.

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

    Only for LightBurn, xTool and SVG uploads. xTool and SVG designs keep their distance from the top-left corner of the bed, so pick yours (also for LightBurn projects made for a machine with its origin at the back or on the right).

    The width of your laser's work area, as set in RDWorks.

    The height (depth) of your laser's work area, as set in RDWorks.

    Your files are deleted after processing.

    LightBurn reads many formats, but not the .rld projects RDWorks saves. Moving a Ruida laser from RDWorks to LightBurn usually means redrawing old jobs or exporting them one by one as AI or DXF and setting every layer again. This page converts the .rld file itself into a LightBurn .lbrn2 project, with the layers already set up.

    How to convert RLD to LightBurn

    1. Upload the .rld file; Convert RDWorks files to is preset to LightBurn project.
    2. Check the preview and the table of layers with their settings.
    3. Download the .lbrn2 file and open it in LightBurn with File → Open.

    What carries over

    • One LightBurn layer per RDWorks layer, in the RDWorks layer colour and in RDWorks' processing order (LightBurn's layer priority).
    • Speed and power, minimum and maximum, for laser 1 and laser 2.
    • Passes (RDWorks' repeat count), air assist, and output on or off.
    • Scan settings: line interval, X or Y direction, one way or both ways, ramp effect and independent output (LightBurn's "fill shapes individually").
    • Cut settings: seal becomes overcut; laser open and close delays with through power become LightBurn's Cut Through start and end pauses; dot mode and dot length become LightBurn's dot mode or perforation mode; the laser frequency override is kept.
    • Scan, then cut layers become LightBurn Scan+Cut layers with the cut's own speed and powers.
    • Pictures keep RDWorks' choice: direct output becomes LightBurn's grayscale with pass-through, other pictures are dithered.

    Shapes stay where they were on the bed, at true size: RDWorks and LightBurn both measure from the front-left corner. Text comes as the letter outlines RDWorks stored, so the font is not needed.

    What is left out

    Settings LightBurn has no place for (pen and U-axis moves, blank areas, overstriking, engraving circle handling, the powers of lasers 3 to 6) are not copied; the result lists the ones your file used. LightBurn pauses at the start and end of a cut only with Cut Through switched on, so delays without RDWorks' through mode are filled in for you to switch on.

    Old jobs saved as Ruida .rd files convert too, with their speed and power per layer.

    More about what this tool reads and writes: RDWorks .rld Converter: LightBurn, SVG, DXF and back.

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