Although exporting a DXF to Sheetcam seems to be one of the most common suggestions, an email from Autodesk this week has created a problem for hobbyists using Fusion 360 Personal and exporting DXF's of folded sheet metal flat patterns. It has given me a bit to look further into.

Thanks heaps for all of the responses guys. That people here have made synchronising the tools in sheetcam with the materials panel in plasmac easy makes that workflow quite elegant. Plasma is small on required cleverness in the initial NC, and bigger on cleverness in the post processor and finding material settings. I will work out an alternative to sketching in Fusion I'm sure (though the sheet metal design space is appealing). £110 for an indefinite license appeals more than Autodesk's new required buggering about (and limitations like no rapids or tool changes), or giving Autodesk £263 for the next 12 months. I've not done a job big enough to require the paid version of sheetcam yet, but I'm sure I'll ultimately pay for it. Yours was my initial thinking (coming from milling), but my workflow is currently to sketch in Fusion, export the sketch to DXF, and import to sheetcam. Iam just not sure where kerf width and cut speeds should be programmed given that both Fusion & PlasmaC have the parameters I already run Fusion 360 for design & CAM on other machines and don't have a need for nesting as I am just doing one offs as a hobbiest.

Thanks Rod but I don't want to run sheetcam.

Use autodesk with sheetcam