- Load up the model and go to Modify->Change Parameters. Set it up for your material and scaling that you want. Make sure you measure your material, even Proofgrade, accurately with calipers if you want precise fits. Measure a piece without masking.
- Use this Fusion 360 add on to export to DXF: Adjusting for Kerf in your Design Parametrically - Fusion 360. You can export sketches as DXF by right clicking on them, but I’ve found this add on generally produces cleaner results. After following the installation instructions, find it in the Sketch menu as Save DXF for Laser Cutting, then select a face that you want to export. It can adjust for kerf for you, usually, but on this model there is some geometry which makes it error with any kerf compensation, so use 0. You can adjust for kerf by adding a full kerf width to the material thickness because it is parametric.
- Regardless of how you got it out to DXF, you need to convert it to SVG and clean it up a little bit. All those scores on the back of the main body are actually very skinny rectangles. You will want to remove three sides and change the color on the last side to a different color so you can mark it as a score in the GFUI. Otherwise those will be cut through, and get a double cut to boot. Not the end of the world if that happens.
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