Latest Improvements

Glowforge Premium: Share Premium with people in your Household

As a paying Premium member, you are able to use the power of Premium while you are connected to any machine. We want you to be able to share premium with anyone in your household who shares your Glowforge. That means you’ll be able to add up to 2 other Household Members to use some of your Premium goodies! They’ll have these benefits while they share your machine.

Anyone who shares your Premium subscription will be treated as a trusted member of your household and will receive access to many of your Premium subscription benefits.

Improved Proofgrade settings
Based on your feedback, we’re updating the HD Graphic settings for Proofgrade Walnut Hardwood to produce more detailed bitmap engraves.

The new HD Graphic setting will replace the existing settings. The existing setting will be there for at least a week, and labeled with “(Expiring Soon)”. That way, if you’re in the middle of a project and want to preserve the settings you’re using for later, you can open up the HD Graphic engrave settings and click the “+” sign to save them as a custom setting.

We’ve also added Proofgrade Aspen Hardwood to the material selection list in the app.

We're talking about this now on our Community Forum.

Past Prints: now, every version of your design is preserved (Premium only)

Three weeks ago we announced Glowforge Premium and some of the new features that were on the docket. This week, we’re launching Past Prints. This feature is like Apple’s Time Machine for your designs, and will save a new version of your design each time you print.

With Past Prints, you will be able to see your print history going back to Sept 15, 2020. We’ll preserve all your files and versions forever with your Premium subscription. Now you can experiment with settings and changes without worrying about losing your work!



New vector engrave settings

We’re updating the SD Graphic settings for Draftboard, Plywood, Hardwood, and Acrylic. The new settings are for vector engraves only; bitmap engrave settings will stay the same.



New catalog designs

You’ll see your home in a different light this week with 2 incredible new designs, created by a talented Glowforge owner just like you. Choose subtle sophistication with this elegant Acrylic Barrel Light or make a centerpiece statement with this Angular Wood Shell Lamp. Or print them both!

We're talking about this now on our Community Forum.

We’ve added 9 new catalog designs this week with more jewelry, accessories, and decorations for your home. Show off your bubbly side with these playful Bubble Earrings or opt for a more classic look with these Starfall Art Deco Statement Earrings. For those looking for style meets function, give your cards a new home with this personalized Slide-up Veneer Card Holder.

When we announced our new catalog designs, we said it was just the beginning. This week, we’re adding a bunch more to choose from! Discover more ways to accessorize with these intricate Geometric Kumiko Earrings or Rosebud Floral Framed Earrings. Display them proudly on this Palm Tree Jewelry Stand or tuck them away with a personalized All-in-one Scarf, Tie, and Accessories Hangar.

Dashboard badges for your catalog designs

We’ve added distinct badges so you know which designs came from our catalog.

In the past week, some customers reported delays in the Glowforge App and print processing speed. The team has been investigating and this morning solved the issue. We’ve been monitoring since, and we are now back up to full double speed! (Recall we updated everyone to servers that are up to 2x as fast a couple weeks ago).

We’re upgrading the cloud servers for our free Glowforge Print service! That means you’ll see faster print preparation from when you click print until the button starts glowing...

Autofocus update
We’re updating the autofocus software on some Glowforge printers. For most units, this won’t have a noticeable difference, but you may see improvements to the quality of your prints like fewer scorch marks and improved cutting. The updates will go out automatically over the next couple of weeks. No reboot is needed to receive the update.

Faster print preparation
We're testing out some improvements to make your prints prepare faster, so you’ll spend less time waiting from when you click “print” until you get to hit the button.

Good news for thin materials
We’ve improved autofocusing on thin materials. It’s now possible to print on materials that are very thin, where previously there may have been issues focusing.

A small change in the Design Library
We’ve fixed an issue where affecting a small number of users where edits to designs weren’t being shown. Thanks for your feedback!

The Glowforge Premium Graphics library works better than ever before! With over 2 million graphics to choose from, sometimes the hardest part about creating your design is deciding which to use. Now you can:

• Save your favorite graphics while you “window shop”, and easily add your most frequently used graphics across designs
• Discover new graphics from our rotating curated collections
• See many more results when you search with infinite scrolling
• Check out the trending terms to see what others are searching for

We can’t wait to see what you’ll make!

Faster text tool
We’ve made some performance improvements to the Premium creative tool suite. The text tool is now much more responsive so you can add text to your hearts’ content more quickly! Thank you for your feedback!

Improved sensor monitoring
Your Glowforge already uses sensors inside the air intake, lid, head, exhaust, and coolant to alert you when the temperature gets extremely high. We’re now using infrared sensors built into every Glowforge as well that may sometimes identify issues faster.

Just like for the other sensors, if there are unusual readings, the print may pause or cancel. You’ll get this update the next time you turn on your Glowforge.

Visual fixes
We’ve also fixed a few visual bugs that caused the print button, the graphics search box and the save custom settings menu to not appear correctly for some users.