I apologize for offending anyone beyond attempting to correct information that was incorrect, or notify others that this was the case.
I know Ive made mistakes about things Ive said on the forums, and Im happy when people correct me. I do not phrase my posts as if I am an employee at glowforge, however, or as information handed to me directly from such (especially when it is unfounded). I feel it is irresponsible to act this way on the forum, but that is not my call to make.
Feel free to remove the rest of the posts Ive made that could be deemed inappropriate on this thread, including this one if it is offensive. Again, my apologies.
I, for one, would also like to see the 3rd thing… official clarification of what’s been stated and/or refuted above. No word play… No innuendo… Just clarification. Because I gotta tell ya, I’m still confused about who’s confused about what here.
I did not detect any incivility in your posts @takitus - Certainly you were calling out information you saw as being passed as factual that seemed to be opinion.
Be nice if these items could get clarified by someone with the “staff” tag on their name.
I confess I read the thread and my takeaway was that people were talking past each other about different topics. I’m happy to do my best with any direct questions & answer if I can.
And to go back to basics for a minute: I’m a superfan of all the folks involved in this thread, and I’m humbled and flattered that what we are building for you is important enough to all of you that it’s worth the discussion!
Will the Glowforge be able to accurately engrave over a drawing (meaning, the laser goes where the marking is, and not where it isn’t.) Currently it appears that there’s some distortion in the camera view that isn’t accounted for in software.
Will the Glowforge be able to precisely position cut or engrave lines from a design onto the medium in the bed (and with what margin of error?) Currently it appears that the distortion noted above would affect the precision of this operation.
yea, that’s always a problem. I think the confusion it caused with me was the question whether or not the Glowforge will be able to scan and cut a design drawn on the material, right where the drawing is? I thought someone (don’t want to scroll all the way back up to remember who it was) was just talking about how you tend to lose registration on drawings toward the edge of the work area–the lens distortion issue that’s been discussed before. Was that the intended feature, or did I misunderstand the promotional material.
I’ll say it one other way since communcation has gotten a little jumbled (which is why I tend to repeat every point I make in a sermon multiple times each week ). Say I take a piece of material and I draw multiple shapes on the material itself (or pint out on a piece of paper and glue it to the material), could I then tell the glowforge to cut those shapes out and could I expect it to cut out the shapes right on my designs as I drew them (once everything’s working the way it’s supposed to)?
Now that was what it seemed like the concern was to me, but then again, I’ve been known not to always pay the best attention
The offset that you’re seeing will be improved with forthcoming software updates. There are a few assembly problems that we’re working on that will improve this, too.
And even then, only for small versions of “properly”. (My first job after college was program manager for hardware on the Win98 team… many war stories there).
). Say I take a piece of material and I draw multiple shapes on the material itself (or pint out on a piece of paper and glue it to the material), could I then tell the glowforge to cut those shapes out and could I expect it to cut out the shapes right on my designs as I drew them (once everything’s working the way it’s supposed to)?
