Cut sequencing

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And once you learn which order GF considers the colors, you can create your file knowing what order it’ll put things in GFUI.

This is what my color palette looks like in Illustrator:

GFUI puts objects of those colors in that order (left to right).

So when I’m creating art, I frequently use green as my score and red as my cut, and I always know the score will happen first.

You can find lots more here:
https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=color%20palette

And I might refer you to these two threads to learn more:

Custom Inkscape, Illustrator, CorelDraw and Affinity Designer Color Palettes for ordering operations in GFUI

Continuing the discussion from Space Invaders or Mitral Valve Leaflets, you decide: I have always been curious about how the Glowforge defaults the order of operations. I have tested it in terms of position in the workspace and order of creation in the design. Nothings seemed to click right, but I had a sneaking suspicion that it was dermined by color. The Glowforge catalog designs always load in the same order, though you can drag and change them in the workspace, so I figured there must be so…

Adobe Illustrator: Templates + Swatches?

Hi all, I use Adobe Illustrator CC when designing for the Glowforge, and today I wanted to get my default Illustrator setup better. Goals: Glowforge colors (in palette order) easily available Default artboard size is the maximum printable area of the GF All of the above easily available when creating a new file TL;DR I created a Illustrator Template which sets up my color swatches and artboard size nicely, however it’s not quite as easy as I’d like to create a new file. For those who want …

Good luck!