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[Pakhawaj]

Hi (total newbie here),
How do I get my dwarfs to make things out of glass? They are using the other furnaces but not the glass one; I have disabled every other skill other than glassmaking and furnace operating, but my dwarf claims he has "no job".
I wanted to make a glass-based economy.

[Quietust]

You need to enable the "Glassmaking" labor (in the same group as stone crafting, bone carving, etc.) - "Furnace Operating" only covers the usage of smelters and kilns.

Don't forget to gather sand beforehand, and make sure you've got fuel available.

[Pakhawaj]

Glassmaking is enabled, I only enabled furnace operating to make sure.
I've spent a long time gathering sand and I don't need fuel (I think) because the furnace is over a hole with 5/7 magma underneath. Also, the furnace is a magma furnace and not the regular kind.
I haven't received the message which says "so-and-so cannot create whatever due to a lack of materials", I'm only getting "no job".
Is there anything else I could try?

Edit:The operations in my queue are:
Create Raw Glass
Create Glass blocks

[WCG]

Is there anything else I could try?

You're sure the furnace is set up OK? You didn't accidentally forbid any part of it, did you? The dwarfs aren't restricted by burrows from going there? And the furnace is set up correctly over the magma? Check the profile of the furnace, too. Did you change anything on that screen?

It sounds like a problem with the magma furnace - either the furnace isn't working or the dwarves can't use it.

But if that's not it, you might try removing the glassmaking skill assignment from your dwarf, let the game run for a few seconds, and then selecting it again. I've used that to jumpstart things occasionally, when some job has been stuck.

[Pakhawaj]

Ah! Thank you so much! I deselected glassmaking, then selected it again after a few seconds and he went off to do his job.

Edit:I'm having another problem now with the dwarf claiming the zone I've set for the sand isn't applicable. Surely it is if I've picked up sand from there previously? I have lots of zones to pick up sand from, could this be the problem? Are the zones too far away (they are on the other end of the map)?

[Lord Darkstar]

I've had sand collection zones became useless before. If your sand collection area is the surface, you can have plants grow in it. That will stop it from being useable.

[Pakhawaj]

Thank you, I've got it all sorted now.
Glass is a pretty useful material in a land with no trees!