IMPROVE YOUR LASER DESIGNS // From Fusion 360 to Laser

[@davidwilcox8801]

You just covered 90% of what I needed to make and export designs. The other 90% I got from a video yesterday. Thanks much.

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Awesome. Glad it was helpful

[@jackcooper3193]

Thanks! I have been putting off making the jump from illustrator to fusion for my laser projects. This tutorial has given me what I need to get started!

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Well I hope it helps. I’ve been wondering people would be interested in a series of Fusion360 videos catering to the needs of laser cutting.

[@zoeclark6976]

I would love a series!!!

[@paultakoy7091]

Well Steve, you did it again. Great video and explanation. I’ve been using Inkscape and banging my head against the workbench (Inkscape was killing my patients). I am going to go and give Fusion 360 a spin. Thank you again for a great explanation sir!

[@SteveMakesEverything]

There's a bit of learning curve to Fusion 360, but there are a lot of great tutorials on-line to skill you up quickly. On the plus side if you do things like CNC it also has CAM tools (in the paid version) that can generate tool paths and control CNC machines.

[@Opethian86]

Thank you Steve! This was exactly what I was looking for. I've used Fusion360 for 3D printing long time, but allways wondered how to make suitable file for laser cutting.

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Glad it was helpful! I’ve been toying with doing a video series on F360 specifically for laser workers.

[@ProfessorSmorez]

You're the boring teacher we NEED. Thank you

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Wow. I hope there’s a compliment buried in there someplace 🤨. At any rate if there are topics you’d like covered I’d be happy to be boring and helpful.

[@christinalins494]

Could you tell me about the reference marker button on the muse 3D? Is it beneficial or helpful in anyway. Not sure what it is for.

[@SteveMakesEverything]

@@christinalins494 Well it is definitely fairly undocumented and not intuitive so I've never really used it. I was planning to cover this if I every did a part 3 video in the Retina Engrave series. Suffice it to say that your life won't really change if you never use reference markers.

[@mikesfarmmikesfarm3977]

thanks for the svg plugin. Thanks for sharing all your vids and time

[@SteveMakesEverything]

My pleasure!

[@vaughanza]

Excellent thanks for great video. Pls can you do a video like the pencil box from start to finish . Fantastic thanks

[@SteveMakesEverything]

I assume you mean this pencil box I showed in the video. Yes, I really should put a video together for this

[@RiccardoItaly]

Hi Steve, thanks for the great video. Are you aware that the Shaper Utilities no longer work with Fusion 360. Is there perhaps an alternative solution?

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Shaper Utilities was updated a while back and works just fine. I use it all the time

[@HDTwiZ]

Can you create multiple components in a single project?

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Yes of course. I really need to get to the series of Fusion 360 videos I want to do

[@HDTwiZ]

@@SteveMakesEverything would definitely watch it!

[@SteveMakesEverything]

@@HDTwiZ It's definitely on my list

[@TheDesertraptor]

Kerf can be taken into account via Fusion tools. No need to do it in drawing

[@SteveMakesEverything]

True. The point here is to show it from first principles. Not everyone uses Fusion

[@j.f.christ8421]

And even if you did do it in the drawing, just use the outline command rathe that stuffing about with little boxes. Sheesh. 2nd video I've seen on this channel, 2nd where this bloke has no idea, only sounds like he does. "First principles", lol

[@infocus-media]

The free version does not support exporting to dxf.

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Yes that’s correct, but I didn’t export DXF - at least I don’t remember doing it. You can always install the Shaper plugin and export SVG. Autodesk has changed some of the feature in the free version since I created this video as well, so there may be other things as well that might cause issues in the free version

[@divencia]

That plug-in doesn't work any more nowadays

[@SteveMakesEverything]

Huh? The Shaper Origin plugin works fine. You may need to update it in you install of Fusion 360