Computer controlled cutting

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Laser cutting is a subtractive manufacturing process. It basically uses a Laser to cut through a sheet material. The high intensity of the laser beam causes the material to be vaporised.

I will be using the laser cutter to cut out my laser cut box design.As I will be using wood material, I set the thickness parameter to 3.5mm.

Laser cutting wooden box.

I modified the box parameters and added some cut features to house electronics. First I need to convert the file into a DXF document.

Autocad DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)from FUSION 360

I first select the object I want and Create a new sketch. I then click on the surface I want until it turns blue.

I renamed the sketch as "Base.dxf" to differentiate it from the other sketches.

I then right click on the sketch and select "save as dxf".

If there are parts with similar profiles, you can just convert 1 part.

Once converting the parts, I import the files into corelDraw to check and finalise before sending it to the laser cutter.

Profiles should be arranged to minimise material wastage.

I then send the file to laser cut. Here is a time lapse of the process:

Completed box and assemble

Download contents (.rar):