01 — Design
Vectors and photos, same canvas.
Pull in SVG, DXF, AI, and PDF. Drop photographs on top and dial them in for engraving. One workspace, no exporting between tools.
Free download · coming soon
Make light
behave.
BeamBench is precision laser engraving software for makers. Design, align, and run your jobs with the kind of control you only get when every pass is planned.
build rev 0.1 / workshop release incomingno signup required at launch
What's inside
Four quiet moves between your idea and the burn.
02 — Align
See exactly where it lands.
Camera overlay drops your design onto the bed with sub-pixel accuracy. Correct for lens distortion automatically. Hit your line on the first pass.
03 — Dial in
A material library you can trust.
Power, speed, passes, air assist — saved, versioned, and shareable. Import community presets. Branch your own tweaks without ever losing the original.
04 — Run
Preview every pass before you fire.
Chain cuts, engraves, and scores in any order. Simulate the full job beam-first. See the time-to-completion before you commit.
"Every cut you've ever wanted, planned down to the millisecond, on hardware you already own."
— the design brief
Support the project
BeamBench is free.
Here's how you can keep it that way.
BeamBench has no paywall and no ads. Development is funded by two sister projects for makers — if either one is useful to you, a subscription or a single purchase goes directly back into building BeamBench.
AI tools for makers
Craftgineer
Generate machine-ready SVGs, convert photos to engrave-friendly line art, and design stacking projects with AI assistance. Subscription-based with a free tier.
Visit Craftgineer↗
Premium files for printers, cutters, and lasers
PrintCutCarve
Machine-tested SVGs, sublimation files, and laser-ready designs for Cricut, Silhouette, Glowforge, and CNC. One-time purchases, no subscription required.
Browse PrintCutCarve↗
Not into either? Starring the GitHub repo on launch helps too.
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