18" Circles for Wreath Centers - Getting there

[Jules]

No video, but there are a couple of tutorials:

Passthrough Alignment Tutorial with Manual Indexing

I wanted to test some theories about pass-through use and to create a tutorial about how we can work around the camera alignment inaccuracies in the current state of the Glowforge software. To spoil the ending, here’s the final product: [final] I’ll be using Adobe Illustrator CC 22.0.1 (current version) primarily because I have a subscription via work. However, I am a total newbie with AI, so please feel free to point out other/better ways to do things if I end up doing them the hard way. I w…

Pro Only - Passthrough Alignment Jig Templates

So I got my Pro right before Thanksgiving. I won’t go into too much detail since there are still folks waiting, but…Wowzers!..Yes, it was totally worth the wait. I had an unrelated computer issue that kept me from playing with it for a couple of days, but i got that squared away, did a little Christmas gift prep, and finally got around to trying the passthrough slot for a couple of small test runs. I essentially used the method laid out by @johnse here, Passthrough Alignment with Manua…

Semi-automated file prep for pass-through

Okay, as everyone who has a Pro knows, as of this writing there is no pass-through software. There have been some good things written here about how to use it anyway but until now they all involved manually breaking up your work, something I am not a bit good at. I have developed/stumbled across a way to automate the dividing up of your drawing for better pass-through work. First thing! Make an artboard that is 20X12, this is critical and nothing else works without this. If you are using Ink…