Creating Cookie Cutters

These steps are pretty universal, however, Dad will be demonstrating via Autodesk Fusion 360.

Create the outline

Find a picture, one with the least amount of perspective, and insert it into your project as a canvas. I typically put it in the x-z plane so that when you view “TOP” you’re looking down on the canvas. Note: if the cookie has a specific direction, we are building it from the handle side first so mirroring the picture would produce the correct shape.

Mom typically wants 3.5-4″ sugar cookies, so right click on the canvas in the Browser Tree and select Calibrate. Using two points, select an ideal distance and it will scale appropriately.

Now is the tedious part, with the canvas visible, create a sketch. Then use points to outline the shape you desire. Dad typically use fit point splines.

Hint: if there’s symmetry, create only half of the sketch. press {L} to create a line and draw a mirror line. Use the create mirror tool to select the partial sketch and select the mirror line to generate the other half.

Create Sketch of the cookie cutter shape
hint, if you need to mirror, press {l} to create a line to select
offset {o} 0.5mm larger for cutter
offset {o} 1mm larger for cutter
offset {o} 6mm larger for press
extrude 4mm press
extrude 15mm outer cutter
extrude 16mm inner cutter
select edges and fillet 1.99 round
chamfer outside cutter edge 2-dimension 0.499/longer