I take it that you found it. But if not, here is saving to DXF in Fusion 360:
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Keep in mind that youāll need to go to the Manufacture section of Fusion to generate and save G-code (.NC files) to use with FireControl. It can be rather intimidating for your first setup, as youāll need to get a tool defined, the FireControl post processor installed, and your origin defined. Itās not difficult, just overwhelming at first.
Thereās quite a bit of good info on this forum, as well as a bunch of experienced folks. Donāt give up, it gets easier!
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@Simsworx is totally correct if your point was to save a file to use directly in FireControl.
Perhaps I misread your intentions as it appears that you wanted a file to take to SheetCAM. SheetCAM can process DXF or SVG files to generate g-codes.
I would like to add to Terranceās point that everything you need is in Fusion 360. The new Manufacturing workspace has made quantum leaps in the ability to easily generate g-codes from sketches and many who suggest that SheetCAM is so much easier, may not realize these changes. That is new just over the last few months.
But, if you have people that can show you the SheetCAM process, that is all good too. SheetCAM is a marvelous program.
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Hello and welcome to the forum!
I went through the same thing with what to use for a computer that would be mounted near my Crossfire Pro. Iāve seen lots of comments where people are saying you shouldnāt have a laptop anywhere near the table and that it would be basically destroyed.
In the end I have my iMac up in my office where I do most of my design/CAD work, and I had an old Dell Latitude laptop that I keep by my table. Files are stored in my iCloud account, so they are shared between the 2 computers.
Firecontrol requires very little processing power, so you can run it on a very minimal PC. The Latitude, however, has enough power to run, Firecontrol, Fusion 360, Inkscape, Sheetcam, and Afinity Designer with no issues at all. So, I can use it to fix files and quick design work. I just prefer the larger screen in my iMac for long design/CAD sessions
Also, I use the Langmuir laptop stand to hold my laptop. And I have no issues with splashing or dust that will cause damage to it.
Hope that helps.
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@danbrown @ChelanJim @Simsworx Morning guys. So I ended up going with an Alienware M17
R5 AMD which is about double what is needed for a computer. I installed Firecontrol, Fusion360, Sheetcam and Inkscape on it and removed all the programming I could not related to running the plasma table. I downloaded some files off of Fireshare and got the machine up and cutting a few different things with my Hypertherm on it. When I put the Cut45 back on it, it still wouldnāt fire the torch. After talking to the plasma tech in Kent WA, one of the 2 warranty techs lives in Prineville, only a 25 min drive for me, so I loaded the Razorweld up and took it to his place. When I got their after a brief explanation of what was going on he told me the motherboard was bad in it and he had 4-5 on order that should arrive this week and heāll have it back to me by Thurs or Friday.
The CNC table with my Hypertherm on it without THC enabled or IHC ran the programs I downloaded without a hitch and produced some nice work so Iām excited to get it hooked up correctly with everything working. I can see there is going to be a steep learning curve for awhile. I figure Iāll play around with the different programs until I figure out what works best for my situation. Most the stuff will be pretty basic cut parts and there are several things on Fireshare that are exactly what I was going to build so that will save me lots of time already.
Aside from this, I have bigger problems to address first. I still donāt have a working plasma. Going to open a new topic and link to this thread.
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