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=== Workflow 3: The Long Way === This allows more complicated things like exporting splines, which doesn't work with the above methods, kerf compensation, which makes your parts fit together snugly, but you can also use the above methods and then do it in RDWorks, or lead-ins and lead-outs, which can make for a cleaner cut, but I can't figure out how to get RDWorks to import correctly. # Design a part to be laser cut by drawing a 2D sketch and extruding it # Go to the CAM workspace by clicking the Model button in the top left, then selecting CAM # Select the Waterjet operation (if you don't see this, turn it on under Preferences -> Preview) ## Set Type to Laser Cutting ## Select the Cutting Mode, either Through - Auto or Etch ## Look up the kerf of the material you're cutting in the [[#Known good materials]] section, and enter that in Kerf Width, or if your material's not listed, cut one a [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1166680 kerf gauge] and put the result in the wiki. The kerf changes depending on the thickness, speed and power. Setting a larger kerf width will make your parts fit tighter, and setting a smaller kerf will make them looser. ## Select the contours of your part that you want to cut ## Go to the Passes tab, and change Compensation Type to In Computer ## Hit OK to close the dialog box, and you can see a preview of your tool path. You can go back to edit it by double clicking the contour operation in the tree on the left # To export to DXF, click the Post Process button, which says G1 G2. Make sure rdworkslaser is selected as your post processor, type a name for the export and hit Post. Then select the folder to put it in. # Import the DXF in RDWorks, and continue with the standard workflow starting at [[#Loading into the laser cutter software]] # Fusion automatically orders the cuts from inside out and in the fastest order, but RDWorks doesn't always respect that order, so you may need to optimize the cut order again
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