# Who wants Laser Cut Stainless ? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 18, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853 "2007-04-18T15:10:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853/4 "2007-04-18T18:28:45Z")
We use AutoCAD for all our lasers at work… kinda AutoCAD drives all our CO2 lasers, but we transfer the files to LaserCAD for the YAG’s… Pretty fun stuff there; but programming doesn’t take that long, even for complex designes… I’ve done a 24x18" Firebird Formula WS6 Logo all custom done and it took me longer to get everything arranged the way I wanted it and crosshatched (for patterning in the fill-in areas because I only cut the outside, and etched the centers) than “programming it”, which took a hit of the print button and some editing of the paramaters. As long as it’s a 2D design with etching and cutting, it’s not really a “programming” task persay, but more of a layout and print. If we’re talking a 5-axis (3D) Laser system than that’s an ENTIRELY different animal and needs to be programed like a true CNC machine. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-laser-cut-stainless/27853)._