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Convert SVG to an RDWorks .rld Project (Beta)

Turn an SVG drawing into an RDWorks project with one layer per colour, at true size.

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.

    RDWorks imports SVG drawings, but every import lands on whatever layers the colours happen to match, at a size that depends on how the SVG was saved. This page turns the SVG into an RDWorks .rld project at the size the SVG states, with one RDWorks layer per colour.

    How to convert SVG to RLD

    1. Upload the .svg file.
    2. Under More options, pick your laser's bed size (the design keeps its distance from the top-left corner of the bed).
    3. Check the preview and the layer table, download the .rld file and open it in RDWorks V8.

    How the SVG becomes RDWorks layers

    • Colours become layers. Red outlines become a cut layer, outlines in other colours become line (score) layers, filled shapes become scan (engrave) layers. Each gets the nearest RDWorks colour.
    • Settings: the layered SVGs Tooladoo's laser converters write carry speed, power, passes and interval per layer; those are used. Other SVG drawings get RDWorks' default settings, and the result tells you to set power and speed in RDWorks.
    • True size: millimetres, inches, points and the document's viewBox are respected, so the design arrives at its real size.
    • Text is turned into outlines with the font named in the SVG when the converter has it, or a standard font (the result says when).
    • Pictures embedded in the SVG become RDWorks pictures; linked picture files cannot be reached and are left out.

    Before you cut

    RDWorks processes layers in an order fixed by their colour; the converter keeps the SVG's layer order by choosing colours accordingly. Check every layer's speed and power in RDWorks and test on scrap.

    Converting the other way? Upload an RDWorks .rld file on the same page to get an SVG back.

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

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