as requested on support…
A while back @jackspot did:
Since this is simple enough to do in Carbide Create, here are some notes on exporting as a DXF and working from that.
First, if one goes to the Autodesk Fusion 360 link:
there is a menu option to get a DXF:
number+puzzle.dxf (1.2 MB)
Then, it is simply a matter of recreating the geometry and the toolpaths…
When the file is opened, everything is composited all-together:
Fortunately, we have something of a key in one of the images from Cutrocket:
So it is most expedient to just make a new layer and activate it:
and then to use the existing geometry to draw each part of the puzzle as a closed path (the alternative would be to draw in missing segments, select everything for a given part of a given number, and then use Join Vectors to put things together).
Then one can drag the numbers around and work out making toolpaths.
Here is the current state as a .c2d file for folks who wish to experiment:
number + puzzle.c2d (84 KB)
Thanks William for fixing this cutrocket file to work better in CC. It is greatly appreciated!
As noted, everything was re-drawn, so geometry is already closed.
Assuming this is getting cut out w/ a #102 endmill, we will further assume 8.5mm material thickness:
and we will shift all the elements to be 3.5mm apart — the easiest way to do this is to move the already closed/undrawn/pre-existing counters to the new layer:
and hide the other layer:
Set the grid to 3.5mm:
Then we select geometry which we wish to move:
and use an arrow key to move things one grid unit up:
and repeat this for other elements:
and move and adjust things until everything is sufficiently distant from all other elements:
To check that things are sufficiently distant we offset by 1.749mm:
and we can see that a few areas need to be more distant from others, adjust until:
At which point we can assign toolpaths after first offsetting by 3.5mm:
number_puzzle_toolpaths.c2d (172 KB)
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