Hi, so a high level of what I’m trying to do is this: I have a printed image on paper, I want to place it in my GF and have it trace out the outlines to cut, then cut it. Problem is when I do this, the registration is ALL off and nothing aligns correctly. I figured maybe the GF camera is having a f…

What are you setting the focus height at?

Check the focus height. If that doesn’t fix it email support with screenshots of what your source looks like and the GFUI before & after scoring/cutting. No you can’t rotate bitmaps yet.

The focus height is just set to 0.01 since it’s just paper. Is there a more ideal or accurate setting for standard paper? How about svg? Can you rotate vector graphics?

[image] pauljima: The focus height is just set to 0.01 since it’s just paper. Is there a more ideal or accurate setting for standard paper? How about svg? Can you rotate vector graphics? Standard A4 bond paper is closer to .002 inches. Not sure you can specify that in the GFUI though. You c…

My calipers say 0.0145" thick… Round up maybe?

Please try this process and see if it helps: [image] A way to improve object placement Glowforge Tips and Tricks Here is the method I use to compensate for the slight offset I currently experience with object placement. This method will probably be obsolete when precisio…

Hmmm, I tried this just now and it was more or less spot-on from the get-go.

Was it spot-on zoomed in to 450%? That’s the zoom level I used for my determinations.

Spot on at 500% zoom, yeah. More or less… since I can’t get the graph paper perfectly perpendicular to the GF.

Yes, perpendicular can be a problem. Well, I’m baffled that you are still having trouble with such great alignment. It’s better than my Pre-release!

Cut Registration and Tracing?

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cynd11 August 14, 2017, 10:25pm 8

Please try this process and see if it helps:

Please note that the settings I used then were the old ones–you’ll have to determine appropriate power and speed.