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SVG to LightBurn and xTool Converter

Opening an SVG is easy. Setting every layer to the numbers that actually cut your material is the part worth saving.

Nothing is uploaded. It runs in your browser, so your files never leave your machine — and it stays free.

Part of the Maker Toolkit: sixteen tools that share one shop profile and one product list, so what you set up here is already known everywhere else.

Maker Toolkit v1.0 · August 2026

How it works

SVG to LightBurn and xTool Converter, step by step

It reads the colors in your SVG (red cut, blue score, black engrave), puts each on its own layer, and fills in the speed and power you saved for that material and thickness. You see every layer’s setting, and where it came from, before you save.

  1. Upload your SVGAny cut file with the standard laser colors.
  2. Pick your softwareLightBurn, or any xTool laser, saved for xTool Studio or Creative Space.
  3. Pick the materialFrom Your Shop, so each layer gets the numbers proved for that sheet.
  4. Save the projectOpen it, frame it, and check the layers before you cut.

Why it is built this way

The decisions behind it

Your numbers, not oursSettings you have proved come first. A reference starting point is used only when you have none, and it is labeled as one.
Thickness-awareA cut gets the setting for your sheet’s thickness or the next one up, so it goes all the way through.
Nothing hiddenText and images it cannot carry are listed, not silently dropped.

Questions

SVG to LightBurn and xTool Converter — common questions

How do I convert an SVG to a LightBurn file?

Drop the SVG in, choose LightBurn, and save. Red lines go on a cut layer, blue on a score layer and black on an engrave layer, each with the speed and power you saved for that material. If you have not saved one yet, the layer gets a reference starting point and is labeled as one, so you always know which numbers are proved and which are not.

Which xTool machines does it support?

All of them: every laser in xTool’s own device list, from the D1 to the F2 Ultra, P2S, P3 and M2. Pick xTool Studio (.xs) or xTool Creative Space (.xcs) and the project opens with your settings on each layer. Each machine is written from a real project xTool Studio saved for it, so nothing that drives your laser is guessed, and speeds are held to what that machine can actually run.

Where do the speed and power settings come from?

Your own proved settings first, from Machine Settings, matched on material, wattage and thickness. For a cut it picks the setting for your sheet’s thickness or the next one up, so it goes through rather than leaving you a scored line. On a CO2 laser with nothing saved, it falls back to the reference table. On a diode, fiber or UV laser it uses only your own numbers, because CO2 settings would be wrong there. The converter shows you which is which before you save.

Why is some of my design missing in the project?

Live text and placed images are left out on purpose: laser software needs outlines, and an image needs its own engrave settings. Convert text to outlines (paths) and trace or separate images in your design app, then convert again. The converter lists anything it left out.

Does it upload my design anywhere?

No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser. If you choose to send feedback, only what you type is sent, never the file.

Next in the workflow

What most makers open after this

These are not a list of everything. They are the tools this one hands off to, and they already know what you did here.

FreeFile CheckerFind the problems that waste a sheet, before you load one.FreeSVG ResizerPick the part that sets your finished size, type the size you want, and the whole file scales with it. Tabs and slots stay fitted to your material.FreeMachine SettingsLog what actually worked on your machine, and it drives the estimates everywhere else.

Free, and staying free

This one costs nothing. No account, no limits, no watermark.

Twelve of the sixteen tools are free for good. If you want the generators that design the product, and the planner that tells you whether the batch fits your week, that is what the Hub is for.

See what the Hub adds