Multiple cubes to be cut from a single piece of acrylic

[gcmoir]

Grateful if someone can help me with this, I'm sure it is very simple but I just can't work it out. I have been searching for guidance but cannot find anything.

I need to make numerous lenses for warning light annunciators. They are 14.5mm square on 2mm acrylic. I have no problem to design one, put the text on it, laser engrave it and then mill it out of the sheet of acrylic but what I want to do is put 14 of these cubes each with different text on one sheet of acrylic, (or as many will fit), so that I can do the laser engraving one after the other and then change the laser head over to the milling head and cut each one out in one operation and not have to do each one individually. Is there a way to do that? 

Many thanks,

Graeme Moir

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Patterns with individual text require a database.
This does not exist in Fusion for this purpose.

günther

[gcmoir]

Hi Gunther, thanks for the reply. So I cannot put different text on multiple pieces? I have make each lens as an individual item and cut and engrave and then design the next lens and repeat the engraving and cutting?

Graeme

[etfrench · Accepted solution]

Text can be created in a single sketch for the entire pattern.  Unfortunately, text can't be patterned.  You can do a pattern of points and use those to position each block of text.  You don't need to extrude the text to create the tool path. 

The individual lens can be cut out using a pattern in Manufacturing.

[gcmoir]

Thanks for the help, I think I understand now what can be done.

[rushabhthakkar_910]

See this Screencast Video.. 👉  https://autode.sk/2SQjHQa   

[g-andresen]

Hi,

take a look at this tutorial by V-Carve-Pro 

günther