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Once you're feeling O-K about your machine design, you should get ready to cut it out.


First, pick out the 3D Printed Parts and slice them up.
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Then, the command that you'll want to use is ``` DupFaceBorder ``` - this will take the faces of your parts (with the RCT Gantries, etc, everything should render well into 2D Cuts only [i.e. no pockets anywhere]), and render them as linework. Then you can export this linework (probably as a .dxf) to whatever machine tool you'd like.


While I cheat by using the CBA's Waterjet and Zund, there are a lot of ways you could go about cutting out the pieces of your machine. HDPE cuts beautifully on a shopbot using a 1/8" single-flute o-cutter, for instance.
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[^1] Typically, CNC Machines - but ambitiously I would like to include most of robotics and automation here as well.
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[^1]:Typically, CNC Machines - but ambitiously I would like to include most of robotics and automation here as well.
[^2]:Parametric CAD Software [from Autodesk](https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview), available [free for students and educators](https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/students-teachers-educators).
[^3]:Non-Parametric CAD software [available from McNeel](https://www.rhino3d.com/), loved by generalists and computational geometry-ists. Educational licenses available.