Line engrave?

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I have been trying to make a simple engrave line marking with the glowforge on the glowforge inter face create new design. I cannot seem to make the line appear. just cleaned lens and did a test cut, and score, all good. the main issue I’m having is “Do lines not show when engraving them?”…

PS working with Proofgrade draft board, for simple coster design.

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Only shapes or raster images engrave. Lines can score or cut. If you’d like the appearance of an engraved line you’ll have to to expand the line into a filled shape or rasterize your artwork.

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You won’t be able to engrave a line that you are acquiring in the GF interface. As @ekla explained, you would need to create an engraveable (a raster or a filled shape) line using a separate design app before uploading it to the Glowforge.

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@ryderpolo808 I’m so sorry to hear you are having issues with engraving a line.

Can you tell me the date and time of the print where the engraving did not make a mark?

I would like to look into this issue more for you can you please post a screenshot of what you are seeing Please include the steps on the left side and as much of your workspace as you can.

To take a screenshot:

  • Mac: Press Shift-Command-4 and click and drag a box around your image. You’ll find the screenshot file saved on your desktop.
  • Windows: Click on the Start Menu and type “snipping tool”. Open the Snipping Tool > New then click and drag a box around your image. Click the Save icon and name and save your file.

Post it here or email it to support@glowforge.com and I will be happy to take a look for you.