Fusion 360: 10 CAM Tricks You Didn't Know! FF46

Ten CAM tips and tricks in Fusion 360! From time-saving tricks to orientation, toolpaths, simulation and more!
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[@protoserge]

Thanks. I learned a few things. I can't keep up with all of the Fusion 360 videos so I appreciate you incorporating some of the tips!

[@SpeedofCheeseRacing]

I just started using Fusion 360 after years of using other cam systems. Your videos are such a huge help. Thank you!

[@braxtonec]

Great tips John! Thanks!

[@jonboy5yo]

Great job John...

[@devondupuis5995]

I knew all 10. But this is a really good video for. Beginner to advanced to help workflow. Definitely showing this to my students. Thanks John. It was also good to meet you at imts last week. It was a blast.

[@thedudeofoud2282]

I'm new to the cam stuff in fusion and this was a huge help, thanks for all your vids man : )

[@BlueSwallowAircraft]

Great Tips, going to write them down in my CNC notebook. Thanks.

[@sytran666]

im new to cam, this and the rest of your videos are awesome!

[@FLPMOD1]

Awesome video ! Super helpful we just went over to fusion 360 so far we love the cam end !

[@jono90hd]

I appreciate your videos in general. You explain things well and efficiently and your production quality is great. Keep making fusion videos! The small shop that I work at just got into Fusion 360 and they want to me be the main guy, so your videos would help.

[@fairlane155]

This was useful - Thanks John :)

[@dudemcgee256]

Great tips in this video btw, thanks for the content.

[@readytowork99]

Thank you

[@swamihuman9395]

GREAT tips! Thx, A LOT! :)

[@crosstac]

One tip on the simulation that may help folks - try turning on the "stop on collision" checkbox, then hit the rapid button to the end of the sim. It will fast forward and stop on any collisions in the timeline. Now you don't have to watch for only the red indicator lines in the timeline which can be thin if you have a long process.

[@seanwolfe9321]

Great stuff to pass on, I don't know that I would ever stumble upon these tricks/shortcuts otherwise. Would love to come to your guys place and take some training as I have a 440 and use F360 strictly. Keep it up brother!

[@sidlinger]

Very nice video, and brief like this is always best whenever possible.

[@manversusmetal6440]

I knew 8 of these, but only because I watch your channel!

[@Bigwingrider1800]

The avoid saved my ass, thanks big John.... been working on it for an hour couldn't get the profile (it would miss stuff) but the avoid sure fixed that. THANKS BUD.

[@RoboCNCnl]

Would be cool to say I knew 10.... but no... You won ;) thanks for sharing buddy

[@geobot9k]

Didn't know about protecting adaptive toolpaths like that. Adding that to my workflow, thank you!

[@atomkinder67]

You can protect any toolpath. I find it most useful for protecting 3D finishing toolpaths once they're perfect, especially if I've had to suppress features in the model to get them that way.

[@whatmoughwedding]

In compare an edit you can use the dropdown in the bottom left corner to show just the things that are different.

[@jefffriedman6942]

Ramp Taper Angle - great tip. Is there any way to add a taper angle to a normal ramp or a however? I use ramp rather or contour (ramp is faster) when profiling a thin (.25-.5" thickness) part on a vacuum table as a final step, but I'd love to add a taper for extra chip clearance. I tried to force it by making the model itself tapered, but that doesn't work for obvious reasons.

[@ashish9501]

Very nice video :) I really want to learn fusion 360

[@tesladrummer]

Download it and start playing around. There are a ton of great videos, tutorials and forum posts on how to do most things. Just remember, you have to invest some time learning it! This isn't a 5 feature basic tool, it's very robust and built for professionals. That's means some tricks aren't at all obvious to a beginner but are powerful for the experienced.

[@johnburke7253]

Totally unrelated but there is a old B-17 out at the Zaneville Airport. Boeing established aeronautical machining in WW2 with their plants. Might be interesting to take a look at if you get time.

[@m98custom1212]

yeah, I knew all 10 follow the f360 webinars

[@Anonymous-nn5wn]

How can you make your simulation model look like metal, Sorry for that question I'm new in Fusion and I don't know where all this options are yet

[@urgamecshk]

Knew all 10 as a self taught HSMWorks user!

[@johnsaunders4227]

NICE!

[@jordfordable]

I can tell your not a fan of "relative size box" - i actually use "relative size box" for almost for every job i do. (i make military aircraft sight head components) First i model the part in Fusion360, then i select "relative size box" and additionally select "no additional stock". Then i machine the outside of the part to the exact size. Then i can clamp or vise the outside of the part however i like, and machine the inside of it. So point being - some things work for some that don't for others. "Relative size box" is a life saver for us. i just wanted to share that :)

[@jim8072]

I k ow that most machinists like to PRETEND hey k ew all 10! Thanks for your time. This was beneficial. Autodesk owes you a beer!

[@adamonline45]

Is there a way to simulate a later toolpath, with the stock as it would be at that point, without having to simulate the earlier toolpaths, too? Seems like this would make sense, especially with rest machining on that operation.

[@kevinkillsit]

No, that's why it stays 'pending' until all previous Toolpaths are generated. Otherwise, it won't know what is left for rest machining to go and remove. it would be nice, but it breaks the order of operations for the algorithm to process on the exported STL surface. It's a computer not a psychic so it has to know what the previous ops remove from the stock by doing the required toolpath calcs before it can go forward. That's why it generates top to bottom. you need the answer from the previous question (as a temp STL surface export) before you can use it to solve the next question (ie.. toolpath generation). Hope that makes sense.

[@adamonline45]

kevinkillsit Yup, thanks for the reply!

[@edalton1107]

I knew most of them I do know that you have gone over #10 quite a few times in other videos but I do like the one about protecting the tool path now this maybe wishfull thinking but imagine if you could simulate surface finish it seems to me that even when you simulate a part the rendering of what is cut is not of the highest quality I mean to me it seems like a computer program should show you in high definition what the part will look like after it is cut including surface finishes wouldn't it be nice if you could simulate surface finish on a part? that would save you alot of time in the long run trying to get your code dialed in!

[@NIGHTSTALKER0069]

seen almosy the samething on the fusion channel

[@whatmoughwedding]

all the crashes in your simulation was because you don't have a roughing operation (that sample part is to show finishing strategies)

[@TheRealFrankWizza]

Knew all 10, don't use 3 of them normally.