Inkscape and sheetCAM is a good combo.
As long as it a makes a SVG or DXF you are all set, dump that into sheetCAM.
I too have some contempt of Autodesk but…
warning unpopular opinion!
FUSION 360 IS THE WAY.
Almost all the issues with fusion360 is that people expect it to be intuitive.
It is not.
Fusion360 is set up and designed to prompt workflow.
The hardest part of Fusion 360 for me was unlearn all my bad habits from friendly intuitive software.
I still get pissed with autodesk, like recently when the nest/ arrange plug in finished its preview and became pay to paid at 2000$ a year. I still come back.
undiagnosed Stockholm syndrome?
I do want to try sketchup 8 to sheetCAM to firecontrol.
now you got me to download qCAD, we’ll see where that leads.