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Making a Perforated Grid Toolpath for Trumpf Laser

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alinoJEAQT
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Making a Perforated Grid Toolpath for Trumpf Laser

I'm trying to make a perforated grid pattern toolpath in Fusion360 whereby my Trumpf laser basically goes to hole one, turns on the laser for a second, turns it off, then moves to the next hole in the grid. Repeating until a 15 by 15 grid of holes of basically the smallest diameter possible which should be the spot size of the laser. 

 

When I made the model in Design, I just set the hole sizes as 0.6mm to give it a number and made a pattern. Gave it some thickness and then tried making a cutting pattern using the Face Contours, all INNERT LOOPS, and always inside incase it needed some lead in distance (thought I think we can forgo lead in or out since I just want it to pulse on/off). Doing this gives me simulation errors saying the toolpath doesn't exist. 

 

Is there a better way to go about making grid like commands for cutting? I could just hand code move laser to position 1, laser one, laser off, move to next position etc. 

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Warmingup1953
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Does your Hole diameter and Sheet thickness and Post Process create a valid NC file for just a single hole?

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alinoJEAQT
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It did not like that the lead in for the cut was the INSIDE of the circle I drew but it DID like the lead in from outside of the circle. The lead in on the outside was not what I'm seeking. I also suspect that the kerf of the laser cutter defaulted in the Fusion library has too big of a size to handle the cut of a circle so small. 

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