My thoughts:
- Pre-configure specific colours to specific speed and power
- Please no, what happens if I use that colour by accident?! - Highlight thumbnails and drawing that will not print
- That would be nice - Stretch horizontally and vertically independently
- Please no, do that in your drawing program. Not having to worry about accidentally re-sizing my art is bad enough. If I also had to worry about scale. Please no. - Manually enter position and rotation
- Create an art board in your drawing program - place the art where you want it - Simple keyboard view zooms: selection, all items, whole bed
- I doubt I’d use it, but I can see how it would be useful - Simple keyboard item scale: wider, taller, proportional
- art program - Simple keyboard rotate: 1 degree, 10or15 degree, 90 degree
- it does 1 degree and versions of 45 (hold down shift) already… - When rotating, ability to specific rotation point
- That’d be nice, but if it’s a specific angle you need do it in your art program - Click the rotate icon for a 90 degree rotate
- hold down the shift key - Using drag and drop onto an existing drawing - ask if it should replace or add to.
- It’s always an add to, if you want to replace you can click and delete - Colour code left hand thumbnails
- This I would love - Reload last job from file
- If you mean re-print, it would be nice, but they’ve pointed out that if you’ve touched your machine the head can move or the camera can be in a slightly different place and therefore any “re-print” would be unlikely to be identical…sadly - Select single item, even if overlapping
- It does that, but not easily I’ll grant. I don’t know of any program that can flow through layers without specifying layer… - For non-US users ability to turn off “not proofgrade” warning
- That’s a legal disclaimer. Not gonna happen. Plus they’re actively working on getting int’l shipping for PG so… - If you need to, have standard and advanced UI options
- Interesting, but what would you put where, and how would that differ from how it works today? - Built in test cut/score/engrave pattern or process
- That would be nice - Auto adjust drawing position so it can be cut/engraved when out of bounds
- Out of bounds is a physical issue…so I’m not sure what you’re asking for - Save tracing to disk
- That would be nice - Ability to find long term machine use, cut times and mileage – useful for understanding longevity and billing.
- That could be cool if you’re running a business
GLOWFORGE MACHINE IMPROVEMENTS:
- Even better calibration
- Have you done the camera calibration? It’s within less than a mm for most… - Flip work automatically
- If you mean invert colours, use your art program. If you mean reverse the image, I believe they’re working on that - Snapmarks for everybody
- Snapmarks were a holdover as they worked on their final software. They got their data from that, now Pros are waiting for final software! In the meantime - camera calibration - Better laser handling at start/stop & corner points (it overburns)
- There have already been a few improvements on that, but more more more!
- Reverse order of engrave (back to front, not front to back) to avoid residue melting in on acrylics (make it an option)
- That’s a physical restriction - check older posts for a technical explanation - Pause and restart job - with lid open
- See comments about re-print. Once you open the lid too much can change - Quick and dirty optimisation of cut path or obey line directions as set in draw program
- It follows a system, and you can force it with use of colour - “No melt acrylic” cut order, spreads cut order as far as possible
- Haven’t had the issue - Support of text - even if only as bitmap engrave
- Easily taken care of in art program, but it would be nice - Printed grid on honeycomb for easy placement
- Would be nice, though not something I’ve had issue with - Integral fire sensor
- They released that in the last few months - Better rear fan design for cleaning
- Agree totally! - Fix “black cable” issue
- They have, but a lot of machines were sold with the iffy ones - Rejig the head design so the fan sticks out an extra half inch for better/easier cleaning
- That could be a solution - Increase cut area
- GF 2.0
- Quieter fans
- Adding the/a filter fixes that - Better hose connection (just a bit longer protrusion from main body perhaps)
- That would be nice - you can buy an extension in the meantime
- Make the cut bed taller - even an inch or two would add hundreds of opportunities for engraves
- GF 3.5!
CUSTOMER SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS:
- Still no shop outside US for designs or materials
- They’re actively working on that - Customer support and feedback process still poor
- Poor how? Chat is instant, P&S is longer but in the meantime you can get advice from advanced users. - Customer shipping notes still poor
- True - More active staff support via forums or similar
- They’re still a startup, but their turnaround time is usually less than 24 hours for first contact… - More “How To” from staff - or pay some third parties.
- Have you visited the Matrix? - Missing items from initial sales pitch, or replacements.
- Examples? - Better estimate of tube life
- As it depends on what levels you’re cutting at no lasers give accurate estimates. They specify that you’re never overpowering it so the ~10k hours is a good estimate - Better urgent ship process for spare parts
- Haven’t needed it, but that would be good - More standard “how to” and/or videos for the common support issues: no wifi, no calibration, etc – the ones that crop up on the forums over and over and over again.
- Read the Matrix, they’re really all covered: Community Glowforge Tutorials: Table of Contents it’s just that everybody skips the FAQ and goes straight to the posting questions most of the time