Open Inkscape then go to "File">"Document Properties" and under Custom Size type the width and length dimensions for the bed of your laser cutter.You can remove those auxiliary pieces directly from that window by selecting each and clicking "Remove Entities". In this preview you may see some extra lines that you don't need. After this, another window will open which will give you a preview of the DXF to be saved. An options pane will appear on the left side of the screen, so don't forget to click OK there in order to complete the save process. Export the 2D model in DXF format, by choosing DXF in the "Save as" window.Desing the 2D model in SolidWorks as a SolidWorks part file (not an assembly).In this short tutorial, I will explain the method that I find to work best, which involved a combination of Solidworks and Inkscape. On the other hand, there are the real CAD tools such as SolidWorks and Fusion 360, but they are often very bad at exporting the model in a Vector format which you can send directly to a laser cutter. However, those are not real CAD tools, because they lack many critical features that engineers are looking for - such as the ability to specify dimensions for more complicated nonstandard geometries. Some of the vector desing tools that come to mind are Inkscape (free and open source) and Adobe Illustrator.
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When it comes to 2D CAD for laser cutting, there seems to be a real lack of software that is feature-rich and capable of exporting files in a format ready for laser cutters.
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