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New User Various Questions (finger joints, non combined parts, plan to laser cutter etc)


sparkysparkandthefunkybunch

Hi all, 

Have not started using DS mechanical yet, but have watched a few tutorials on getting started. 

Interested to know the following:

1) Can finger joints (for timber fit together pieces) be done? (I found a great demo on how to do with in Fusion  Fusion360: Automatically sized finger-joints - YouTube  I am not a Fusion user, but like how this has been setup to save time in the future.

2) Can separate parts be isolated with a 2D plan (including measurements) being able to be printed?

3) Can plan views be exported to Corel (or a simialr program via some process), so that a 2D component can be cut or engraved using a laser cutter?

4) I understand DS mechanical may not have the save parametric features as DS, but the ability to use and define formulaes/variable constraints looks very useful. Does anything like this exist in DSM yet?

Thanks!