Mandala

Free Laser Designs
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John Brooker, I just let Glowforge decide, although I put the outline cutout last. It’s fascinating to watch. Can’t figure out how Glowforge solves the NP-complete “Traveling Salesman” problem for this, but I’d have to say that it does it well—and quickly.

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I think this is taxing the minds of a lot of us.
I did suspect that having finished one cut, it then proceeded to the nearest ‘first node’ for a subsequent cut. But someone has noted somewhere that it does a different order for a repeat of the same project, so that rather knocks that out of court.
John :upside_down_face:

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Mandel(l)a:image

Mandala:

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(Sorry… getting feisty on a lazy Sunday afternoon!)

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:blush: Thanks @eflyguy for noticing! Fixed! Not the first—or last—time for that spelling error! Can’t trust them spell checkers. (I could claim I used voice entry, but that would be a lie. )
:sunglasses:

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Hey, all good. I grew up in SA, so the words are definitely meaningful…

(and, I’m not a dick, I promise…)

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This post with @dan commenting on how Glowforge has handled this issue:

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did you do that from a raster? or an SVG? wow! Just DAYUM!

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Gorgeous! Thanks for the file.

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That’s a really pretty one! I’m going to print one larger to use as a trivet!

TFS!
Martha

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A gorgeous design. Looking at it is am thinking “What a cool tea lamp that would make!”

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Wow. Just…wow. I am so in love with this machine, and I am SO going to print one of these beauties THIS VERY MINUTE.

Thanks for sharing it!!!

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Weeding was a pain, but SO worth it! :slight_smile:

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Can save some resources. It will depend on the thin runs.

Back when I was making that Eiffel tower I got to the point where the struts were as small as I could make them.
Anything smaller and they LOOKED ok, until you touched them and they turned into dust.

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Thank you, this is something that will find its way to the forge.

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The Mandala is something that absolutely needs very sticky duct tape to remove all the paper backing…

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Thank you for the file! Can’t wait for some free time to give it a go!

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must be missing something - I see the “file” but I’m unable to download it?..

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Right click and choose Save Image As…SVG.

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thanks - had just figured it out :slight_smile: 1st time here ha! :slight_smile:

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Do you make these patterns or is there a place available to purchase them?