PassThrough

[blgp]

Well, now our Pro is delivered and installed. Today I used the pass throu, which didn’t make me happy. Is this part still undergoing massive development or is it something you have to live with?
It begins that the file must be produced to the desired size and thus from a file e.g. three files become. The software could only use the corresponding section to laser it. If the material is moved forward, the software should be able to detect the new position and thus continue to laser.
Moreover, no matter how well you place what you cut with the camera, it is guaranteed not to fit exactly!

Did I do something wrong? Is there still improvement in sight here or do I have to live with it (hopefully not, this was the reason for the pro and also for the Glowforge)!

[Jules]

There is an alignment algorithm under development.

Until then, several of us have figured out how to get excellent results through manipulation in our design software. I’ll post the links below:

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

Okay Bullet Points: (going to demo in Illustrator again, but it should work the same in any drawing program): Everything starts in the file…say I want to cut a 12 inch oval frame Draw a 12 inch high oval in Illustrator and use Offset Path to create a smaller center oval. Cut the ovals exactly in half, using the scissors tool on the side nodes. Make the top two halves one color, and the bottom two halves another color. [PT test c] Group the top two halves together, and the bottom…

And a bit more detail in this discussion:

How to correctly use the pass through slots

Okay @kyle.miller87, I put some screen shots together that might help. @caribis2 is right about the clipping path - you can delete that, it doesn’t translate into the Glowforge interface. In addition when I broke your file apart, you actually had two instances of the same paths in the file, one with fill color and no stroke, the other with stroke but no fill color. you don’t need both for cutting, all you need is the stroke with no fill colors, so you can delete one of them with the clippi…

[blgp]

Thanks for the collection of links. This was almost the solution used. However, the result is not really satisfactory. Wouldn’t it be possible that the laser head would have to have a camera in order to continue working cleanly?
But is this area still under development or almost ready, I hope not?

[Jules]

It is still under development. We do not know when it will be completed.

[dannyc]

Thanks for the answer @jules, that’s correct. And I apologize for the late follow up @blgp.

I’m going to close this thread - if you have any other questions, go ahead and post a new topic. Thanks for letting us know about this!