Setting the sequence so that you can engrave first then cut

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did some searching around the forum couldn’t find the answer. hopefully its a simple fix but I cant seem to set the order of operation to engrave first cut second. thanks

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When you have the GFUI up you will see all of the operations for your project on the left of the screen. I believe you can drag and drop them to change the order. The GF works the list from top to bottom, IIRC …

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What they said. Drag the operations in the left side-bar.

If you want to set the order in your design file, search here for “palette” - you can download or create a custom palette for your application which puts a few common colors in “order”. They print in order of the hex representation of the RGB color.

Of course you can still re-arrange them in the GF UI, regardless of color. Color has no meaning to the machine, except for ordering print operations.

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I read that on the other posts as well ive tried moving them up and down and when clicked on I can pick up and move them but when I let go they return to the original state thanks for your help.

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When you drag them up a line should appear on the operations list (?) where it will be place when you let go … have you tried using a different browser and see if you still have difficulty? I am using Chrome and have yet to experience difficulty switching things around …

The other option is to search on the forum for using colors to set order of operations in Inkscape or illustrator … but that is getting into the weeds …:slight_smile:

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yeah im not much on messing with it the other way unless its the only option im not seeing the lines I would imagine your right on the browser issue im running Microsoft edge right now hasn’t given me to much trouble but im still learning thanks again

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NP at all :slight_smile:

I have to admit, I’m not a huge fan of MS Edge … I have found in other applications it has some serious conflicts and problems when trying to use it to interface with a specialized tool/application … besides all of that, I am still a MS fan! What is wrong with me!! :rofl: :crazy_face:

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If they’re vector engraves, you can use colors to order them, just like with cuts. Smaller hex values cut/engrave first, larger hex values cut/engrave later

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downloaded chrome and it works perfectly thanks for your help everyone!

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Awesome!! Glad to help :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the help everyone! @drich2244 I’m glad you were able to sort things out. I’m going to close this thread - if you have any other questions, go ahead and post a new topic.