Fusion 360 ignoring small cuts for path

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Fusion 360 ignoring small cuts for path

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Hi, I have been using Fusion 360 to generate my CAMs for my torch table, whenever i am trying to cut a peice of artwork or a detailed sign it will ignore small cuts and say "Warning: One or more passes were discarded due to linking constraints." For example if my kerf is set to .062 it will not cut an .125 hole. I know it has to do with my kerf width and it not doing it because its "to big". My question is what setting do I need to change to bypass the error or any other work arond.
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kirby97 wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:30 pm Hi, I have been using Fusion 360 to generate my CAMs for my torch table, whenever i am trying to cut a peice of artwork or a detailed sign it will ignore small cuts and say "Warning: One or more passes were discarded due to linking constraints." For example if my kerf is set to .062 it will not cut an .125 hole. I know it has to do with my kerf width and it not doing it because its "to big". My question is what setting do I need to change to bypass the error or any other work arond.
Also take a look at your lead-ins for your pierces. If the lead-in is too long to fit in the hole or small cutout, it will not generate the cut path for that particular feature and issue a warning.
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You can also just set your kerf width to something really narrow like 0.001" and set your lead-in length to zero. Then it should generate all the cut paths. This is a good way to see which setting is effecting your work.
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Kirby97 - were you able to solve our problem using any of the suggestions made above?
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I'm with David, just reduce your kerf width.

With a kerf width of .062 x 2 (both sides of the cut) = .124 and your cut profile is .125 Fusion will ignore it.
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In general - having the lead-ins too long usually causes most of these problems.
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Thanks, that seemed to work.
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kirby97 wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:26 pm Thanks, that seemed to work.

You are welcome. I assume you mean shortening the lead-ins worked for you.
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yes i also made the kerf size smaller. Thanks again.
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