Yes, the Passthrough software is the software that Glowforge is creating for you to use with the passthrough, and it is being beta tested right now.
Click on that link that I gave you, read the instructions carefully in the first post, and the tutorial that they give, and sign up for it. It does all of the file splitting for you. Automatically. All you have to do is create your design.
But because it is in limited beta, you have to volunteer to test it. And it can take some time for them to see your request, or they might not need more testers, but eventually you are going to be able to use it when they release it. So it just makes sense to learn to use it as soon as possible.
It is so much easier than doing it the way that I have shown here.
Thank you so much just signed up for it ! I donât understand why they wouldnât make a 7k machine just feed right through the passthrough or at least more than 19.5 . Thank you again Jules.
This is where they should have put this into the GFUI. I mean breaking up a file into tiles like vcarve does (or easel) is a useful feature (pro or not). That would be a useful premium feature so even without a pro you could tile a job.
That can happen when you have open vector paths on the designâŚor some stray points that are being connected by the Glowforge software when the design is set to Engrave. (It tries to close open paths for Engraves.)
Try checking the file for stray points or open or overlapping paths on the âOâ and the âAâ.
The easiest way to fix it it if you canât find the open points is to just rasterize the image. (Turn it into a bitmap and delete the originals before saving it for the Glowforge.)
Hi Jules . Quick question Iâm trying to cut these place cards on 1/4 maple using 140 full power but itâs not cutting it . Do you have any recommendations on what settings to use ?
Are they passthrough files? (1/4" is gonna be tough to make it through in one pass, and sometimes the passthrough has been reported to slightly dial back the power on second section cuts.)
If they are passthrough cuts, I would set up the Cuts to use two passes in the individual Cut operations. (Manual Settings. It will make sure the cuts are complete.)
Hi Jules do you have a minute . My glowforge has been offline and I tired everything but nothing is working. You know glowforge takes forever to respond and Iâm freaking out bc I have all these Christmas orders to fulfill. Any suggestions would greatly help .
Let me send you to the checklist Liz, itâs about all we can do, but if you give the team the information that you checked all of these things in your first problem post, they wonât ask you to check them again. (Which can add days to the process.)
Put as much of this information into your first report of the problem as you can: