I see in the Inkscape training this verbiage: “if you want one shape to be engraved lightly and another more deeply, fill each shape with a different color. Before printing, you can choose a light engrave setting for one and a dark setting for the other.”
My question is, does this matter if you are using plywood. I like the idea, just not sure how it will turn out if I have, for example, a circle that is engraved lightly, and inside the circle text that is engraved deeper. Seems like it would work better with solid wood, vs. hardwood, but I guess I’d like to know (without wasting a board first). I have to use plywood for my project because it needs to be wide.
To further clarify, if a circle is set to engrave lightly and then there is text within the circle that is set to engrave deeper, would it all end up being black, or would it be the color of the interior of the wood?
It really depends on the specific piece of wood. They can behave very differently by species or even within a single piece. You’ll have to test.
(Bamboo for example is notoriously fickle)
I have three 1/4" thick plywood types of the size that I need. Basswood, maple and birch.
In Inkscape, if I draw a circle, and the circle is black (deeper engrave) and I fill the circle in green (light engrave), and then in the middle of that circle I have a letter “A” for example that is black (deeper engrave) that has been converted object to path. I’m assuming that I can set the setting in the glowforge to do a deeper engrave for the black items and a shallower engrave for the green items. If so, I’d like for the shallower engrave to be really shallow, but noticeable. Which settings in the glowforge should I be changing for this?