If you decide to use materials not supplied by Glowforge, you will need to enter the settings for the laser yourself. We are slowly building our own recommendation list for custom settings below. If you're not sure what settings to use for your material, we will try and help you find out.
We recommend bringing extra of your material so you can do some tests to make sure your final project comes out as best it can.
1/16" Thick Acrylic
CUT: Power- FULL Speed-180
ENGRAVE: Power- FULL Speed-1000
1/8" Thick Acrylic
CUT: Power- FULL Speed-160
ENGRAVE: Power- FULL Speed-1000
3/16" Thick Acrylic
CUT: Power- FULL Speed-135
ENGRAVE: Power- FULL Speed-1000
1/4" Thick Acrylic
CUT: Power- FULL Speed-110
ENGRAVE: Power- FULL Speed-1000
1/8" Thick
CUT: Power- FULL Speed-200
ENGRAVE: Check example - different speed/power combinations give you different results
Ceramic Tile can only be etched. This burns away the glaze and you can use ink to make the etched portion "pop". Etchings work best with a high DPI/LPI. You want to use full power and can try varying the speed, but we have found 1000 speed to work fine.
Ceramic Tile - Engrave only:
POWER: Full
SPEED: 1000