Passthrough slot & silhouette software--needed

[flakeyfriend]

Never used my passthrough, use silhouette to design, need some help! Pls & ty

[Jules]

I’d suggest either Inkscape or Illustrator. We have tutorials for both of those programs to show how to prep the files.

If you want to read through the tutorials, it might help you to adapt the steps to Studio.

For Illustrator:

Passthrough Alignment Tutorial with Manual Indexing

I wanted to test some theories about pass-through use and to create a tutorial about how we can work around the camera alignment inaccuracies in the current state of the Glowforge software. To spoil the ending, here’s the final product: [final] I’ll be using Adobe Illustrator CC 22.0.1 (current version) primarily because I have a subscription via work. However, I am a total newbie with AI, so please feel free to point out other/better ways to do things if I end up doing them the hard way. I w…

Pro Only - Passthrough Alignment Jig Templates

So I got my Pro right before Thanksgiving. I won’t go into too much detail since there are still folks waiting, but…Wowzers!..Yes, it was totally worth the wait. I had an unrelated computer issue that kept me from playing with it for a couple of days, but i got that squared away, did a little Christmas gift prep, and finally got around to trying the passthrough slot for a couple of small test runs. I essentially used the method laid out by @johnse here, Passthrough Alignment with Manua…

For Inkscape:

Using Inkscape with the Passthrough

Notice to new owners looking for instructions on how to use the Passthrough: Glowforge has now developed their Passthrough software and it is much easier to use than the method described below. The link to the Glowforge tutorials for using their Pro Passthrough software can be found here: Using Inkscape with the Passthrough I got a private message for some assistance in creating a file for Passthrough use in Inkscape. (A caveat up front, I’m not an Inkscape expert and there might be an…

[eflyguy]

This utilizes Snapmarks, if you have them, and Inkscape - but the concepts can apply to any design software.

https://community.glowforge.com/t/inkscape-tutorial-easy-passthrough-with-snapmarks/45032/5

[ChristyM]

Could you be a bit more specific about what you want to do? If it’s just alignment, @eflyguy has given you the advice you need. It won’t be any different in Silhouette Studio.

FWIW, SS is just fine for design work. I occasionally design there because some things are easier. The only flaw is that most of the tutorials are in other software packages.