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 * [[https://docs.lightburnsoftware.com/latest/Reference/LaserWindow/#framing|Laser Window - Framing]]
 ### Cuts/Layers
 ##### Power/Speed Testing
- It may be helpful to create a small test object within your project. One that can be used to verify the  layer’s power/speed settings. Referencing a laser material library that is associated with the target machine may be helpful in selecting power/speed settings.
+The depth of the burning and the charing left behind during engraving is highly dependent upon the speed the laser moves as well as the power applied to the laser.
+To visualize what a current setting will result in it may be helpful to create a small test object within your project. Then burn/cut that single object.
+Referencing a laser materials library that is associated with the target machine may also prove to provide as starting point when selecting power/speed settings. Refer to the Materials Library section within this document for pointers to that functionality.
+The following links are discussions of setting the power and speed for particular layers.
 * [[https://docs.lightburnsoftware.com/latest/Reference/CutsLayersWindow/|Cuts/Layers window]]
 * [[https://docs.lightburnsoftware.com/latest/Reference/CutSettingsEditor/|Cut settings editor]]
+##### Lightburn builtin material test
+* [[https://docs.lightburnsoftware.com/latest/Reference/MaterialTest/|Lightburn Material Test]]
 ##### Miscl Cuts/Layers