Suggestions for Glowforge App?

[whited9339]

Hi, everyone. So I was just wondering if there was a topic for users to post suggestions for things they might want to see in future versions of the GF app. My suggestion is to make it possible to create paths of basic shapes on the fly within the app rather than having to go to illustrator and export a new svg every time I need a rectangle with different dimensions. This would be a very handy feature to have. Just an idea. Thanks!

[Jules]

Yep, this is the place.

[whitehill]

Here’s a work around.

Cut Shapes Template

Sometimes I prefer to use my GF to trim/cut materials in place rather than take them over to the saw. In order to make this a tad easier, I use the SVG below as a cutting template. As you’ll see, it contains: lines (vertical & horizontal) square (1:1) circle (1:1) Golden Ratio rectangles (portrait & landscape) 4:3 rectangles (portrait & landscape) All shapes can be moved independently in the GFUI and resized as needed. One very important reminder: When imported, all shapes will default to c…

[Christopher.B]

That’s a great idea for a feature - thanks for the suggestion! We haven’t announced anything like that yet, but I’m going to send it to our product team with a note that it came from a customer request.