How to tell GF to cut last

[michelle61818]

I can’t seem to find the answer. I want to engrave before the cut.

[marthajackson1970]

You can move the items on the left (under the spot where you say what media you are cutting). Just pull down the one that will cut so it is below the one you want to engrave.

[Xabbess]

This is what @marthajackson1970 is referring to…

You can just click on each operation on the left side and you’ll be able to drag it up or down in the list. Then you can place score first, engrave second, and cut last if that’s the way you want it done.

[michelle61818]

Great. Thanks!

[deirdrebeth]

For future planning you can assign specific colours and then things will always come up in that order (for example black always comes up before red, so if you do your engraves in black and your cuts in red, then the engrave will automatically come up first )

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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…

[Angie.C]

Thanks for the answers, everyone! @michelle61818, it looks like you were able to get answers from others in this thread, so I’m going to close this thread - if the problem reoccurs, go ahead and post a new topic.