Fusion 360 Tutorial: Plasma Cut Prep How-To (for any CNC plasma)

Fusion 360 Tutorial: Plasma Cut Prep How-To (for any CNC plasma)
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[@brandoncockrill4320]

Thank you so much for the video. I have been stuck for months on my cnc project. When you said to use DFX file if the SVG was skipping some of the selected contours. Nobody reccomend that to me before you.🎉 Maybe it common sense to some but I have little computer experience. Anyways, Thank you.

[@design8studio]

Glad it was a help!!

[@RRaider]

What program did you use to draw the wrenches and why not just draw them in Fusion 360?

[@design8studio]

@@RRaider I drew them in CorelDraw, a vector illustration program that I have decades of experience with. Other than just familiarity with the CorelDraw program, there’s no reason I could not have drawn them in the 2-D sketch feature of Fusion 360.

[@bpdp379]

Why didn’t the handle hole get cut? How would you add that to the cut path?

[@design8studio]

Hello! My understanding is that if the lead-in settings call for a lead-in that's too wide to fit inside a given cutout, Fusion will simply skip that cut out shape. I did not bother trying to get the small circle to be cut. I think I could have by specifying a shorter lead-in on that circle.

[@bpdp379]

@@design8studio that makes sense! Thanks for the quick response.