Cad in Solidworks then switch to Fusion for cam

Software Fusion 360 - CAM
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Does any CAD in Solidworks then DXF over to Fusion for CAM; Know Solidworks but not Fusion.

I just purchased a Crossfire and plan to pickup a MR1 and would like to stick with Solidworks for the CAD. I have thought about purchasing Sheetcam but would like to play with this first using Fusion or do you need to go directly to SheetCam if using Solidworks?

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@RCC Welcome to The forum.

Both sheet Cam and fusion can handle dxfs.

I don’t have any experience in SolidWorks myself .I was a die-hard SketchUp user up until I switch to Fusion and never looked back.

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I don’t believe sheetcam is capable of doing can for a MR1. I could be wrong though.

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If you are using SW (I also do) I wouldn’t bother with Fusion, go straight into Sheetcam with your DXF, for plasma stuff.

I do use Fusion however, but that is only to process CAM files for the Mr1. I don’t do any drawing / modeling inside of Fusion, all done in SW.

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I’m an older dog and now switching from something I am very comfortable with to something else is not something to look forward to I would rather spend that time learning the next steps.

I think I will try to use S.W., then send a dxfs over to Fusion.

Thank you for your reply.

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Good point. I should have expanded on the MR1 by doing a more complex 3d I would love to stay with Solidworks.

I really appreciate everyone’s quick response. Thank you.

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Craig, thank you. I should have read your comment before I replied TinW. It appears Langmuir, I don’t remember where I saw this, agrees that if S.W. is the CAD then jump to Sheetcam.

The blackfriday deals made this so hard to pass up I figured it was now or never. I saved enough that a couple hundred more for Sheetcam won’t break the bank.

Thank you for the quick response.

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Fusion has a really powerful capability that isn’t well known. The technology is called AnyCad. You can program a file from SolidWorks but keep that file linked in Fusion. So if you change the geometry in SolidWorks, you can update that file and toolpaths in Fusion. I made a video that shows doing this with a step file, but it works the exact same way with SolidWorks files.

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