Is there a way to determine "runtime" without the glowforge being on?

Hey gang,

I am curious, I would like to upload a design and figure out the run time so I don’t have to trek up from the basement to the office where BEAMER is and turn him on.

I see that that has been something asked for in the past. Just wondering if either I’m not finding it or I missed the announcement.

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Nope - at least not as of yet.

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Considering that as far as I can tell this was first requested in October 2017 and has been requested many many times since I would not hold your breath that it’s coming any time soon.

Still it’s good to hear from you about this because if we keep asking maybe the message will get to the product team. @rebekah has been quite active here lately — maybe yours is the request that convinces them to finally make the feature a reality.

From 2017:

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I understand the difficulty as the time changes depending on where the material on the board, and the specific setting - but I guideline would be nice!

“With :glowforge: PG settings, this job will take 10-13 minutes.”

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I suspect they don’t want to do it because of the compute time costs.

This feature would not only not make them any money, it would actively cost them.

Seems unlikely.

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Thanks for the flag - request is noted!

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Making the sad face…

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