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[Jeffoboy]

What design software are you using I have been playing with fusion360

[plasmanewbie]

Welcome Jeffoboy! I use a Fusion 360 for mechanical drawing but find it cumbersome for artistic stuff so I use Coreldraw for that. Many others here use Inkscape for artistic stuff as it is free to use. What brand of table are you working with?

[acourtjester]

I use Inkscape for open drawing and tracing, and Turbocad for mechanical drawing

[Jeffoboy]

i have a langmuir systems, I will check into coreldraw and inkscape. I have a lot of great plans, but yea fusion is very tough to input my art. I do see how it would be helpful when it comes to actual hard parts and fabrication. i do still plan on using it for that as well. thanks a lot i hope to learn a lot more from this group.

[Jeffoboy]

with those are you able to generate g code?

[acourtjester]

I use SheetCam for G-code gen, I has many Post Processors to choose from as it works with lots of controller software packages. Easy to use and add or nest parts for a larger cut operation.

[plasmanewbie]

with those are you able to generate g code?

No, you will not be able to generate g code with Corel or Inkscape, they are strictly for design, you will need to generate your g code with whatever program you currently gen your code.

[Jeffoboy]

Ok thanks for the help! You guys are very helpful I appreciate it.

[Joe Jones]

For artistic drawings and shapes that are not CAD friendly, use an iPAD and the free app VECTOR Q with an Apple Pencil. It is very easy to use for drawing, and it handles things like crossovers and stray nodes very well.

Welcome to the madhouse!

Joe