It made me smile too.
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Never heard of Portlandia! 
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Me neither, and for some reason, Iām glad.
Weirdā¦ but then thatās just me 
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Itās an acquired taste. I used to find it bizarre, but now I look forward to it. Theyāre making fun of the eccentricities of the peoples of the NW States (excluding Dan and GF staff, of course 
).
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Thanks!
Keep The Faith 
So I probably wouldnāt understand a word then - although I did find that sketch funny.
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I think it is some sort NorthWestern state disease ā¦ 
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Thanks Dan. Coasting along on my anticipation. I have great hopes for an exciting July.
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That is too funny!
You should tell him each GF he works on is his own, then give it to someone else. Watch that build quality sky rocket. 
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Yeah ā well ā the show is good (and often painfully true) but you should try living it 
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cmon dan, at least pretend I have a basic understanding of that part of the glowforge config after lurking for a year and a half. Iām asking why youād do that for an demo vid. Was it intentionally done in that order (unlikely, since the part where you were engraving the custom message dropped significantly), and if not, why isnāt it prioritizing engraves over cuts by default? Why not put reordering into the video - its clearly an important step in the camming process.
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Thankfully @dan doesnāt seem that kind of guy, either to his workers or his customers. The approach Iād love to see is assign him to build X number GF, and tell him an unspecified unit from that batch will be his. Watch quality obsession become quality obsession squared.
The text engrave happened after the cut because he added the text to the cut file after the cut lines were already listed in the thumbnail column.
He just didnāt bother to drag the text engrave higher in the queue. He could have done so - it would have taken one more step. (Which he probably forgotā¦ 
)
Generally though, itās not a big deal - it will engrave just fine on something that has been cut.
( from experience with the PRU.)
Andā¦thereās a really crappy demo now that shows how to order cuts here:
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I would think there should be no need for concern if it cuts or engraves first because of the auto focus. That would make order of function more a sensitivity to the material behavior, particularly in cases of heat buildup. At least thatās my understanding from the forums and the design descriptions. Cut/engrave certain areas in certain orders because it messes with the material, not because GF canāt cope with engraving after it has been cut.
Or am I off base?
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Nopeā¦youāre right on the money, and itās a pretty freaking magical thing to watch. 
The only time it does become an issue is for some light weight materials that can tend to get blown around by the air assistā¦those little bamboo beads that I engraved the card faces on were one case. Paper would be another, or lightweight fabrics.
But the cuts can be ordered for those, very easily, and the secret to keeping things stuck down turned out to be using a simple double sided adhesive roller for me, so I donāt usually even bother to re-order the cuts and engraves on the lightweight stuff either.
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One point I would like to raise here @dan.
How can we let you know if there is anything else weād to see in the comments belowā¦
If you disable the damn comments?
Just saying:smile:
And the bloody emojis arenāt working again.
Oh, maybe itās just the happy ones:grin:
Yep.
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Chuckleā¦pop a space in between the emoji and the previous word.
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If i did that, what would I have to moan about:grinning:
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