Using Fusion 360 for laser cutting

This chapter is intended to present all the features and commands that Fusion 360 offers. The goal is to create a cutting toolpath ready to be exported to our cutting machine. I aim for my explanations to be as clear and complete as possible; however, there are a few important limitations related to the subject.

As silly as it may sound, laser cutting is not similar to milling. In milling, there are multiple parameters ruled by simple formulas shared as standard by every milling machine brand. The chances are high that if we take a set of cutting parameters used to mill a part on a first CNC and use them on a different brand machine, they will work just as well. However, laser cutting is totally different. Every machine brand is different from its competitors and the number of variables to take into account is huge.

For a proper laser cutting operation, to list just a few parameters, we need to consider the material type, its thickness, its...