I’ve designed a few projects (board games and crafts) in power point and had them printed on various materials. Can I use Powerpoint to design something with cutting and scoring of wood or acrylic?
Maybe? The thing you need is vector graphics. Vectors are paths that your laser can use for cutting and scoring. If PowerPoint can output vector graphics as pdf or svg your Glowforge should be able to work with it.
I asked chatgpt about it, here’s what it said:
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Sorta.
Shapes, text, icons, charts → yes, they’re vector inside PowerPoint.
Photos / screenshots → no, those are raster.
Exports:
- PDF / SVG → vectors stay vector
- PNG / JPG → everything rasterized
- EMF → vector (Windows-friendly)
So PowerPoint does work in vectors, but only for its native objects—not images.
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As with anything ChatGPT puts out you’ll need to verify it. Let us know how it goes!
thx that is helpful! Chat GPT has done me dirty recently. I made an ugly family crest in canva just now so I think I will try that method. It’s my maiden name with a few of my family’s favorite Latvian things. Hope the format is ok.