I’ve used it to pattern cuts for a laser cutter.
While it’s possible it’s very buggy especially with curvy designs. There’s a function called Flatten to SVG which helps with this step but it requires a lot of tuning of the model, to get the export right.
A great example is a hole in the design, perhaps for a button. If done wrong the button hole is the main solid and the rest of the design is not solid. Plus you’ll have so much extra lines that cleanup is not fun.
For me I need to do it this way since the pattern is mated to a 3D print so having every 1:1 is a must. But if you are doing it for other reasons, I would look elsewhere.
Tech drawings is another way to export an design too if you want to go through with it anyways.
While the safe bet with Linux is AMD, it's not like Nvidia or Intel are bad options for Linux. (,running RTX 3050 and 12100f).
It just depends on your platform and how comfortable you are with tinkering.
From my testing, Ubuntu based, is the easiest to get up and running while Fedora and arch can take a bit of work.
For my recommendation, look at the games you wanna run and see what they recommend for hardware. An in general safe bet, 12th gen Intel i3/i5 or 3rd gen Ryzen is a good bet for cheap hardware still in stock in stores or online. Upgrade is good (12-14th on the same socket & 1-5th gen Ryzen on the same socket).
Graphics cards works on both, and AmD and Nvidia works on Linux, though Nvidia is behind on support, but not by much games will be stable.