K40 require the color of the lines you want to cut to be red. However, Fusion360 SVG files draw all lines in black. So, I've been using InkScape to open the file, change the color, and then load that into K40 for laser cutting. Not a big deal to do it once, but during tweaking of cuts, I do this over, and over, and over again.
Keep this in a semi permanent path, we will need to point to this file later.
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Design it
Design your cuts in Fusion 360. It could be a sketch, or a solid. We will specify which edges to laser cut later. if you decide not to extrude your object, you might want to create a solid around the sketch so when we simulate a cut, you would see it cut something.
Another solution is to fix it at the source. You can edit the Fusion360 SVG post processor and tell it to output "red" for cutting moves.
I don't know the history of the SVG post but the current SVG output contains colors. Blue for cutting moves, yellow for rapid moves, green for linking moves, red for holes. This link will take you directly to the current version. (https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts?p=svg). Download it and give it a spin.
The post is a JavaScript text file and you can edit it in Notepad or any plain text editor.
Once you get in there look for ' color = "blue" '. It's in there in two places.
Change color = "blue" to color = "red" (in the two places) and save. What was blue (or black) is now red
Hi Hari
Another solution is to fix it at the source. You can edit the Fusion360 SVG post processor and tell it to output "red" for cutting moves.
I don't know the history of the SVG post but the current SVG output contains colors. Blue for cutting moves, yellow for rapid moves, green for linking moves, red for holes. This link will take you directly to the current version. (https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts?p=svg). Download it and give it a spin.
The post is a JavaScript text file and you can edit it in Notepad or any plain text editor.
Once you get in there look for ' color = "blue" '. It's in there in two places.
Change color = "blue" to color = "red" (in the two places) and save. What was blue (or black) is now red
I hope this helps.
Kyle