Laser Cutting

What is Laser Cutting?

Unlike 3D printing, laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) cutting is a subtractive manufacturing process by means of laser. Heat from the laser vaporises the material it traces upon. This causes a shape to be formed on the 2D surface. The speed of movement of the laser, intensity of the laser and the number of pulses per second are all factors that affects the finish quality of the cut object.

Preparation for laser cutting

In preparation for laser-cutting, I first have to convert my faces of my object in Fusion360 to a DXF(data eXchange format) file. Alternatively you can convert it to PDF(portable document format) or SVG (scalable vector graphics) This can be easily done by Creating New Sketch, left click on the desired face and the corresponding components origin (located on the left side of Fusion360).

The intermediate step is to lay out your design in either LibreCAD or InkScape.