# How to use MyLaserTools with LightBurn > open the generators from LightBurn's Web Tools menu, or import SVG, PNG, and STL downloads with their colour layers intact We draw our SVG files with LightBurn in mind. Cut, engrave, and score lines each come out in their own colour, and layered designs give every piece its own cut colour, so a three-layer ornament arrives in LightBurn as three layers you can set up one at a time. There are two ways in. Inside LightBurn, the **Web Tools** menu opens MyLaserTools in LightBurn's own window, where every laser tool has a **Download to LightBurn** button. In your usual browser you download the file and import it, and you also get PNG and STL exports. This guide covers both. If you don't have LightBurn yet, [LightBurn](https://lightburnsoftware.com/MyLaserTools) comes with a 30-day free trial. Read [why we recommend it](/lightburn). ## What you need - [LightBurn](https://lightburnsoftware.com/MyLaserTools). We tested LightBurn Pro 2.2; versions without the **Web Tools** menu can still import our downloads. - Most diode, CO2, and fiber lasers work with LightBurn, but some commercial machines use controllers it doesn't support. The free trial is the easy way to check yours. - No MyLaserTools account for most generators. Map Designer exports and some photo tools ask you to sign in. ## Step 1: Open My Laser Tools from the Web Tools menu In LightBurn, open the **Web Tools** menu and choose **My Laser Tools**. The site opens in a LightBurn window at lightburn.mylasertools.com. This version lists the laser tools only and hides the 3D printing exports, because everything you make there goes straight into LightBurn. ![LightBurn's Web Tools menu open with the My Laser Tools entry](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/lightburn/lightburn-web-tools-menu.webp) Web Tools > My Laser Tools in LightBurn Pro 2.2. ## Step 2: Design it and click Download to LightBurn Pick a generator, type your text and set the size in millimetres or inches. The preview redraws as you type. When it looks right, click **Download to LightBurn**. ![Typing Happy Lasering into the Connected Text generator, then clicking Download to LightBurn](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/lightburn/download-to-lightburn.gif) Connected Text in the LightBurn version of the site: type, check the preview, click Download to LightBurn. ## Step 3: Set up the colour layers The design lands in your open LightBurn project at the size you set, and its colours turn into layers in the **Cuts / Layers** panel. The three-layer Christmas ornament below came in as layer 02 (red backplate), 09 (blue frame), and 11 (green name). Give each layer its own speed and power, or switch one off and cut the pieces in separate runs. ![A three-layer Christmas ornament imported into LightBurn as red, blue, and green layers in the Cuts / Layers panel](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/lightburn/lightburn-import-colour-layers.webp) One ornament, three pieces, three LightBurn layers. Width reads 299.088 mm because the SVG carries real millimetre sizes. - Set the mode per layer: **Line** cuts or scores along the path, **Fill** engraves the area inside it. - Leave the size alone. Our SVGs are measured in millimetres, so the width and height in LightBurn's toolbar already match what you chose on the website. - Text arrives as outlines, so you don't need our fonts installed. - Click **Frame** before the first cut to check the design sits on your material. ## Using the website in your own browser You don't have to open MyLaserTools from LightBurn. On [mylasertools.com](/) every laser tool has **Download SVG**. Import it in LightBurn with **File > Import** (Ctrl+I), or drag the file onto the canvas. The colours become layers the same way as with the Web Tools button. ![Typing Maria into the Christmas Ornament Generator, then opening the Export Preview tab with red, blue, and green cut layers](https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/lightburn/mylasertools-colour-layers.gif) The Export Preview tab shows the file LightBurn will get: one colour per piece, with the colour key underneath. The browser version also has the downloads the Web Tools window leaves out: - **PNG** from the photo and print tools, which LightBurn engraves as an image. - **STL** from the [Lithophane & Photo Relief Generator](/lithophane-relief-generator) and from Map Designer depth and terrain presets such as [Lake Depth Chart](/map-designer?preset=lake-depth-chart) and [Topography](/map-designer?preset=topography). LightBurn 2.2 opens these STL files for depth maps and lithophanes, and the same file goes to a 3D printer. ## Changing the design before you cut **Open in Design Editor** sends a design to the [Design Editor](/design-editor), where you can add text or fit two designs on one sheet to save material. Its SVG export keeps the colour code: red for cuts, teal for scores, blue for engraving. ## If something looks wrong - **Two pieces share a layer.** LightBurn matches imported colours to the nearest colour in its palette, so two similar blues can end up on one layer. Select one piece and click a different colour in the layer bar to split them. - **A shape you expected to cut is engraving.** Check that layer's mode in **Cuts / Layers**; Fill engraves, Line cuts. - **You can't find the Web Tools menu.** Update LightBurn, or use the website in your browser and import the SVG. ## Make it yours - [Christmas Ornament Generator](/christmas-ornament): the three-layer bauble from the screenshots. - [Connected Text](/connected-text): a script name cut as one piece. - [Box Generator](/box-generator): finger-jointed boxes sized to your material thickness. - [Earrings Generator](/earrings-generator): pairs laid out together, one cut colour per layer. - [Map Designer](/map-designer): layered city and lake maps where each layer gets its own colour. --- Try it with the Christmas Ornament Generator: https://www.mylasertools.com/christmas-ornament Read online: https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/guides/using-mylasertools-with-lightburn