I totally agree with this…nice to be able to cut ‘several’ designs i.e. earrings on one cut project…
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It’s totally ridiculous that the (+) option doesn’t let you select another design from the dashboard, your own or whatever, but it’s been asked for many times and GF simply doesn’t want to permit it.
(… and your question is totally valid.)
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Glad to know I’m not the only one!
Seems odd it wasn’t a fundamental basic option in the first place but I can only conclude there HAS to be some technical issue that is preventing it.
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It’s definitely something that drives me crazy on the regular!
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This would be such a useful feature.
I make and sell jewelry. There are great jewelry stands in the catalog.
I have a logo. It would be nice to put my logo on the jewelry stands.
I tried a bit to find a way, then I got a puppy and all serious work went out the window 
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You could upload your logo from your own files on your device couldn’t you?
I want to be able to upload more than one file from the dashboard/catalogue which at present is not possible so you have to restart each design/print individually which is a slow cumbersome process if you want to print a variety of small designs like earrings etc.
I think you can upload your logo as an SVG by clicking the ‘plus’ button and choosing the file from your pc/Mac/tablet.
Maybe I misunderstand what you mean so I apologise if I’ve misrepresented your knowledge on the matter.
I can see where this would be an issue with catalog files; importing data to a new screen and then be able to export the artwork out.
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Agreed.
That said. I like the idea (and think it’s an important bit of functionality). And the catalog thing isn’t insurmountable - maybe just utilize whatever software flag currently exists and makes those files not available for import.
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We can but hope it comes to fruition as they have come back to me and told me they’re passing it to the relevant team.
Still absolutely blows my mind it wasn’t a basic function from the get-go!
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It was asked back in 2017, so any day now…
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Haha! Well I certainly won’t be holding my breath!
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They could easily “set a flag” that prevents that. They’re doing it somehow already. Why would it matter if multiple “paid” designs were combined.
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I don’t know - I’m simply baffled by it all but there must be a technical reason why it’s never been implemented despite being touched upon as much as 4 years ago as a suggestion which makes me feel the message I was recently sent in response - about it being looked into, may well have unfortunately just been a throwaway, generic comment with the intention to circumvent being blatantly dismissive of the idea!
I came here for the exact same issue so thank you so much for adding this!! I wanted to add a bunch of different earings on the 1 cut so I could position it and cut a bunch at a time. I’m wondering if it’s because they keep changing what is available under premium and if you were able to add it to your dashboard on the same sheet if when one goes away it would glitch or something? NOt sure but thanks for asking, i was losing my mind thinking there had to be a way! lol
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There is a method for this, but it is cumbersome.
Open another browser tab and logon to your Glowforge account.
Go to your Dashboard and select the design you want to “merge” to the original tab and open it. Once it is opened in the new tab, copy it.
Go back to the original tab and paste the design you just copied. It should show up with your original design. Position the “merged” image where you want it.
Be forewarned - your original file will now be changed when you close it as it will have the merged image as well. So…if you only want the original as is, you should delete any additions you have made.
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I’ll give that a try - thanks for the tip!
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Thanks for the tip! Works for me.
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This does not work for me. I can click copy, but when on the next tab, the “paste” stays grayed out and won’t let me paste it 
Any other ideas?
It only works for designs you have uploaded, not catalog designs. You can’t copy a catalog design between tabs.
You can copy and paste your own designs into a catalog design, that’s how you add custom artwork to catalog designs. You can also use the (+)/upload option to add to a catalog design.
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