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Laser-cutting procedure.
reeshabh_ranjan
Member Posts: 3 EDU
I wanted to confirm the steps followed to laser cut certain parts of our 3D model. This is my model: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/c49211bcdccd031979ea9840/w/0e4e0b299b14c18c38854332/e/b3a1e88b469e1f82b9eabf3f. Now, I want to laser cut the walls of the blue base below. As you can see, there is a slanting portion too.
I know that we can export individual sketches as a .dxf file which can be then fed to the laser-cutting machine available to me. However, generally a sketch contains more than one shape. Like a square here, and a circle like 1 metre away from it. So on exporting a sketch, do both the shapes will be cut by the machine at the same distance or is there any option to select individual shapes to be cut?
I know that we can export individual sketches as a .dxf file which can be then fed to the laser-cutting machine available to me. However, generally a sketch contains more than one shape. Like a square here, and a circle like 1 metre away from it. So on exporting a sketch, do both the shapes will be cut by the machine at the same distance or is there any option to select individual shapes to be cut?
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Of course you can also edit dxf after export..
Hope this helps.
Let us know if you need further assistance. I've done a bit of workflow for going from Onshape design to laser cutting.