Projects, Templates, and Repeat Jobs

A project saves your current working state so you can come back to it later.

Save and open projects

From the File menu:

• Save Project - saves the current state
• Save Project As... - saves a copy with a new name
• Open Project - opens a saved project file
• Recent Projects - quickly reopens a recent file without browsing

When saving, you can give the project a name and an optional description.

Projects save your canvas layout, artwork, and many of the job settings you were using at the time.

Auto-save

In Settings > General, enable Auto-save project changes to have the app save your project automatically while you work.

Auto-save activates after the first manual save. When active, the toolbar shows an Auto Save badge next to the save button.

Templates save a layout structure rather than just job settings. They are most useful when you need the same outline, safe zone, or placeholder arrangement every time you run a particular type of job.

Open Template Manager

Go to File > Template Manager.

From here you can:

• New Template - create a fresh template
• Import Template - load a template from a .lltemplate file
• Load Selected Template - apply a template to the current workspace

Save the current project as a template

Use File > Save as Template.

The save dialog includes fields for:

• Template Name
• Description
• Template instructions / notes
• An option to also create a shareable .lltemplate file

Template creation and export are Pro and above features.

Template Editor

The Layer Manager includes a Template Editor mode for building and editing templates.

Inside the Template Editor, you can add and manage:

• Outline - the boundary of the printable or usable area
• Safe Area - an inner margin where artwork should stay to avoid edge clipping
• Placeholder image - a visual guide showing where artwork will go
• Guide overlays for alignment

Available actions:

• Create Outline
• Import SVG
• Create Bounds
• Create placeholder image
• Save template
• Clear guides

For existing guides, you can show, hide, edit, delete, and assign roles like Outline or Safe Area.

When templates help

Templates are most useful for:

• repeat orders with the same product shape or material
• jobs where placement must be consistent each time
• layouts shared across a team
• any job where rebuilding the layout from scratch every time is wasteful

Multiple passes

To run the same generated job more than once, set the count using Repeat / Passes in the top bar before clicking Send.

This is useful for:

• multiple cutting passes to go deeper
• running a batch of identical pieces back to back

Only set a repeat count after you are happy with the generated result.

Step & Repeat

Step & Repeat duplicates artwork into a tiled layout across the canvas.

Access it by right-clicking on the canvas.

Step & Repeat is a Pro and above feature.

• Save a project when the job setup matters and you may want to run it again.
• Save a template when the layout structure is what you want to reuse.
• Save good material settings from the test grid to avoid repeating testing.
• Only increase the repeat count after confirming the generated result looks correct.