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--- hardware:glowforge [2026/01/10 08:04] – Hayden
+++ hardware:glowforge [2026/01/10 08:19] (current) – added design guide Hayden
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 ===== Usage =====
+==== Design ====
+- File types accepted: SVG, PDF, JPG, PNG
+- Preferred is SVG
+- Each layer of a SVG will be a layer in the web app
+- Text in a SVG should be rendered to paths
+- JPG and PNG can only be used to engrave
 ==== Initial Setup ====
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 . Position your material to cut or engrave in the Glowforge.
 . Close the lid of the Glowforge.
-. In the Glowforge web app, select your material if there is a preset or set the height of your material if there is not.
+. In the Glowforge web app, select your material if there is a preset, or set the height of your material if there is not.
 . Use the focus button (the corners of a square with a circle in it, in the top right) and select roughly where on your material you want to cut/engrave.
 . Place and scale your design.
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 . Stay around the Glowforge until your job is finished.
 . Once your job is finished, unload all of your material.
-. Try and pick out all the small scraps on material.
+. Try and pick out all the small scraps of material.
 ===== Materials =====
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 **DO NOT**
-- vinyl, pvc, epoxy based resins, polycarbonate, ABS, and polypropylene. Cutting PVC / vinyl with a laser cutter releases chlorine gas.
+- Vinyl, pvc, epoxy based resins, polycarbonate, ABS, and polypropylene. Cutting PVC / vinyl with a laser cutter releases chlorine gas.
+- If you are not sure, ask a member of the facilities team.
 ===== Specs =====