Fusion 360 CAM tips and tricks to speed up workflow

[@webmonkeyuk]

This was super, super helpful. Thanks!

[@PM.al.whatmough]

Excellent tutorial! I love that you are promoting the workflow of creating a new document for the purpose of manufacturing.

[@PM.al.whatmough]

I made this video a little while back on a similar topic. That said, I like your style and example better :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKnceKZ-YpZkh7M keep up the great work!

[@MKMilling]

@@PM.al.whatmough Thank you for the feedback. Using a new product is such low risk as changes can still be easily rolled in and save a ton of processing power. I hope to keep adding content as I find ways to save time in fusion and hopefully keep the explanations simple.

[@PM.al.whatmough]

@@MKMilling WOW, if you are new to Fusion I am even more impressed!

[@MKMilling]

@@PM.al.whatmough haha, no been using CAD/CAM for a long time, Fusion only for about the last year though. My new product comment was in regards to a new Fusion Product to derive a body or component into it.

[@curiouslittledroid1234]

This is very helpful. I am just starting to learn CAM in Fusion, and I didn't know about any of these tips. Keep doing more tutorials on using CAM in Fusion, as I suspect a lot of use newbies are floundering around a bit.

[@MKMilling]

Thank you, glad it is helping people out. I'm sure most people would stumble on to them eventually, but knowing about it from the start can save a lot of frustration and build better habits.

[@Zgembo121]

much better quality of life then on my x5 mastercam

[@JimboJet737]

Excellent tips in here, thanks.

[@MKMilling]

Glad it was helpful!

[@janderson2375]

I use CAM templates similarly to how you do. However, I make CAM templates for materials, rather than operations. Thus, when I am milling aluminum, I insert my aluminum CAM template and inside that is a bunch of operations with a bunch of tools, all that work well in my given material. Thus, I delete unneeded operations and pick the ones that work. I'm curious about using your method and if it would work well to change my workflow. Then, instead of inserting my entire aluminum CAM template, I could just insert the threadmilling CAM template. Have you ever considered using it this other way? What observations did you notice and is it faster/more efficient to run it the way you do?

[@MKMilling]

I didn't show it in the video because I didn't want to complicate things, but I have a different template library for different material types, and then within that I have operation templates for that material. The main reason I would recommend my way, is that you can just select the operations you want to use in the order you think you will use them. That avoids having to delete out a bunch of unused operations. Plus it makes it easier to go back and add in individual operations templates that you realized you need after optimizing toolpaths, vs having to load an entire list of operations again, just to get a single operation you are looking for.

[@janderson2375]

@@MKMilling Right, that's what I thought about too after I pondered on it last night. I'll give your method a try. Thanks for sharing all this great information!