LASER CUTTING

Laser cutting is a process where material is placed in the X-Y plane and a LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is moved across the profile to be cut out

Preparing Fusion360 Models for Laser Cutting

• When we decide to laser cut the object we need to obtain the profile of the object and export it in a format that the cutting software recognises
• Applies to other design software as well e.g. Illustrator, Rhino
• The preferred file formats required:
1. AutoCAD DXF
2. PDF
3. SVG
• Software used to check and finalise your cuts is the CorelDraw Graphics Suite (able to handle both Vector and Raster images suitable for cutting and engraving)
• Process:
1. Obtain the 2D profile of the object face
2. Export the profile as DXF
3. Import the DXF file into CorelDraw
4. Make necessary changes and adjustments
5. Send/print the profile to the lasercutter