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CNC laser tube cutting: design and export file format.

rbmgf7

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I use Solidworks for work and Fusion360 at home. Anyone know how to design tubing for CNC tube laser cutting? Then what file format to export?

A place that I've used for plate cutting advertises tube cutting but the guy I spoke to had no clue what I was talking about and wouldn't let me talk to their CAD/CAM department.

Not much help on the Google. Thanks.
 
I use Solidworks for work and Fusion360 at home. Anyone know how to design tubing for CNC tube laser cutting? Then what file format to export?

A place that I've used for plate cutting advertises tube cutting but the guy I spoke to had no clue what I was talking about and wouldn't let me talk to their CAD/CAM department.

Not much help on the Google. Thanks.

Do they want flat (unrolled)drawings of the tubes? That is what I have to use for 4 axis plasma cutting.

Edit: Here is the video our FSAE team made about how they get their files ready for me to use with our 4 axis plasma table. I have to import the unrolled/flattened dxf or dwg files and then wrap them in the cam software we use for it (Enroute 6).

Pipe Prep.mp4 - Google Drive
 
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