Not really a case of what is best like most things in life. There are always many ways to the same end result. I do not use Fusion. A simple 2D CAD is all I design in and send to Sheetcam. No issues, it just works.
Yeah, ok, but it’s dated.
The only thing I would (and do) change in the ArcLight video is that you don’t need to mess with creating points in your drawing (or say ‘use points for drilling’). Just create holes in your drawing as always, SheetCam knows where the centers are, if you use a drilling operation with just a brief fire at a pierce height appropriate for the material, you’ll get a peck without doing anything special to your drawing.
I use a pierce & cut height of 0.093, but that’s something you can tweak for your own setup.
One thing you do need to do is set the set of holes that are eligible for drilling. Since I separate ‘drilled’ holes into their own layer, I can make this a very wide range (0.020" to 0.625"). If you don’t set the range to include your holes, then SheetCam won’t use the Drill operation on them.
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Yup, that’s what i do. create a separate layer for the holes and use the drill operation on those. works great.
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Create a tool in your library that has a .249 kerf width. In fusion 360, create a .25 diamer hole where you want a pierce. then in the cutting setup get rid of lead in/lead out .
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