Anyone proficient with Inkscape & Glowforge Aura in SW Ohio willing to help a newbie?

Welcome to the community.

I will echo what @dklgood said about making an engraved photo as a first project if you’re new to lasers. Photos can be very tricky to get right anyway, and learning the basics first will take you a long way…and make you feel a lot more comfortable. I understand your frustration, but try to be patient. It will pay of wonderfully as you go one step at a time.

Best of luck to you

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thank you for responding back to me but i am having one issue and thats getting the print light to come on on my desktop to start the engrave of the picture can you tell me what i am doing wrong please? thats if you even know but i have the wood on the machine the corners cut how i want it the picture in place where it should be but nothing is lighting up on my computer for me to press print where it says print its a dull gray co;or next to set up and the wifi is set up but the print wont aluminate for me to proceed with engraving the picture

Does your Aura actually show up as ‘online’? (click on your Aura machine’s name in the upper right of the screen and pop down will show up that will say either ‘online’ or ‘offline’ next to the icon of the machine)

If it does - you need to also make sure that

  • your artwork is within the printable area
  • you have selected a material
  • you have selected settings for each step

If it does NOT then your machine isn’t connected to WIFI.

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Share a screenshot of your interface. If any part of the design is outside the usable area, you will not get the print light. We need some visual help to see what your are seeing.

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ok i just sent it to you

you will have to hit download to see the pics i just sent you just in case you push the button and it shows all black its because you have to download the pic sorry but thanks

Your machine is offline. Have you setup the wifi previously?

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Have you gone through the wifi setup procedure and successfully connected your machine to the internet?

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yes dk i have but i just noticed it says its offline and i was just trying to c how to get it back online because i did the wifi setup last night

now its just saying centering and nothing else

it just said offline again but i saw the button was not teal so i went and pressed it again and then it went from centering to back offline then it says centering again so i have no clue whats happening and it again says back offline this is crazy

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