Slicer for Fusion 360 | Laser Cutter and CNC Router Projects

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Slicer for Fusion 360 | Laser Cutter and CNC Router Projects // By the end of this video, you’ll know how to use the Fusion 360 Slicer app to split up your files for laser cutting or CNC router projects.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Using Slicer for Fusion 360
5:17 - Slicer for Fusion 360 Add-In
6:03 - Scaling the object
7:07 - Setting up the manufacturing settings
9:56 - Choosing the construction technique
10:51 - Cut layout
14:42 - Viewing the generated instructions
16:51 - Plywood demo
18:04 - Adjusting the cut distribution
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[@salimahmed4760]

This one of the best tutorials I've watched. Thank you

[@rxraine]

Thanks for this and all your other videos, Kevin. Your consistent and concise style really is a pleasure to watch. I've wondered how to slice for lasers for a while now, and tripped over this one while looking at your other stuff. Twenty minutes later and I feel like an expert. I expect my stock of plywood and card to be very much depleted by the other side of this rainy weekend. :)

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Glad to hear it was helpful, Rob. Have fun :)

[@lostmanamiga38]

this is the best Slicer demo I have seen. Really nice!

[@jamessturgeon7025]

Great tutorial and very clear introduction to Slicer. It’s especially good to see how to approach correcting errors in the slices. I will try some scaled down furniture just to see how the flow works then see where that leads.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, James! I'm glad you enjoyed this tutorial. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions as you use Slicer. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@kelvink8955]

I always learn something from your videos, thanks for the tips on fixing the errors and thanks for posting

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Kelvin! Always happy to hear you're still finding value in my tutorials. Thank you! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@911HerbalinfoGoneRaw]

This video helped me a lot! Thank you for this!

[@scualo00]

Thanks, very informative. Keep going with this work!!!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Manuel! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@Nickporter17]

Beyond helpful video! Thanks Kevin!!

[@kupkake-inator2419]

Thank you so much for showing me the way.

[@klayjones724]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you.

[@mohammedazzam1908]

Big thanks, It's really helpful 😊 keep going 👏🏻

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Mohammed. Glad you enjoyed this one. I appreciate your support! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@Sbregher]

Yay, that I found this video! What an awesome tutorial video! It will help me tremendously! Thank you!

[@hamadal-khaldi1820]

This is the best video I see it’s about slider thank you very much

[@MountainWerksVideos]

Great instruction video and thanks for the demo. Very informative.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for watching!

[@ChirawatNg]

Great tutorial. Thank you

[@zomgkitteh117]

awesome video! thanks!

[@mayurahuja817]

Amazing content.

[@awieneke]

thank you very much!

[@kevinrhodes8311]

Another great video and a very interesting tool! If you are open to requests, I would love to see something on framing, rail and stile panel doors, approaches to joinery for finger/dovetail/tenon work, and generating cut lists and diagrams.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for the suggestions, Kevin! I'm always open to hearing video ideas. I'll certainly be doing more woodworking related videos...I've added these to my list of video ideas. Thanks again! Cheers, Kevin :)

[@erikchilders5496]

Thanks!

[@legendarydave333]

Great Content...To make interlocking panels work, it appears there should be a way to adjust the length/depth of the slots themselves. It doesn't appear to exsist in SLICER. Is there a way to export individual components and modify them and bring them back in? Thanks for the great videos...

[@ProductDesignOnline]

PRO TIP: You can actually hit the little arrow icon at the top to rotate your model's orientation. You no longer need to export the model with the "Y" orientation up. Here's where the arrow's at - snag.gy/Vq6CHT.jpg __ New course: "Masterclass: Fusion 360 for Hobbyist Woodworkers" ► bit.ly/woodworkingCourse Resources for this tutorial ► productdesignonline.com/10 __ *TIMESTAMPS* 0:00 - Using Slicer for Fusion 360 5:17 - Slicer for Fusion 360 Add-In 6:03 - Scaling the object 7:07 - Setting up the manufacturing settings 9:56 - Choosing the construction technique 10:51 - Cut layout 14:42 - Viewing the generated instructions 16:51 - Plywood demo 18:04 - Adjusting the cut distribution

[@Snagglepuss1952]

Waiting for my first laser cutter to come, then this will be my first port of call to get started, thanks from NZ

[@ProductDesignOnline]

that's great! Which machine did you get? :)

[@Snagglepuss1952]

Product Design Online a Chinese 6090 with a Ruida controller and a Reci 100w tube

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@Snagglepuss1952 nice. Keep me posted with how it goes... I've always wanted to get a laser for my home shop :)

[@Snagglepuss1952]

Product Design Online will do, this is a retirement project, I love making stuff and I have always wanted one. Expecting a steep learning curve but for once time won’t be the main hold up. Thinking of doing a video on how it goes as a first timer with laser cutting, who knows what problems there will be, but that’s the challenge. Thanks for the interest, cheers from NZ

[@BillyBob-si2db]

Very cool.. Thank you... It would be awesome if you would highlight various Add-Ins in the future.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Wm Robert Leschyna. I've been keeping an eye on many add-ins. I plan on making some more videos on them...however, many of them are currently "broken" because they need to be updated with the new UI update (as the API changed). Cheers, Kevin :)

[@AishwaryamBuilder]

good job

[@tonyfoxxbuilds1920]

Great video! I want to hydro form some 3in copper pipe. Is there an option to make each section a 4.5in square?

[@mech22ayush]

Very helpful

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Ashutosh! Please don't hesitate to comment on any of my videos should you have any questions. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@raphvandessel]

Wonderfull video's. 3 questions if I may : I have a free Fusion 360 version for hobbyists and just started to learn. The main button on the left top says "DESIGN" not "MODEL" what is the difference? Can I also istall the slicer app on the free version? What is the difference between E(extrude) and Q(pull and press?

[@itshurris]

Thank you

[@paulzagoridis5785]

I want to CNC a giant (1000mm) version of a 3d Print model out of foam and was wondering how to slice it. I'll give this a go. Looking for slicing tutorials for CNC gets flooded by all the 3D Printing slicing tutorials, glad I found yours

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Are you trying to slice so it can be cut out of a sheet of plywood? or just split the part so it fits on the CNC bed?

[@paulzagoridis5785]

@@ProductDesignOnline Slice so it fits on the bed. The final model will be 1.6m x 1.2m x 0.5m when assembled. Most of it can be hollow so I'll only cut the outside surface of the model as thick as my x-axis. I know I can cut it in plywood slices (like the lampshade) easily but then it's not the 3d model I want. Its a stacked set of 2D plates. That can look good as an artwork. But I really want to foam cut a XL size model (e.g. a Grizzly bear)

[@TheosResearchDiary]

3 years later! did you ever make the sculpture? @@paulzagoridis5785

[@archphase]

@ProductDesignOnline ...I was shattered when Autodesk pulled the plug on (the old) Slicer for Fusion 360 and have been searching for a replacement ever since. I had structured a practice around it and found it one of the most useful pieces of design software ever. Do you know of any other software that does what it did?... or the developers? I've been hunting for ages and the only thing I've found that comes close is FlatFab (but really nowhere near as good). I'm sure there are lots of others that miss it too. Thanks in advance

[@jeffk1736]

Great tutorial, one question where can i download slicer? It seems to no longer be an available app on auto desk. Its say unreachable or unpublished.

[@10rajivm]

thanks

[@NerdMusician]

This is mind-blowing. Can't wait to try.

[@klayjones724]

Also thank you for not having a 5 minute intro repeating the title of the video

[@michaelcobb5454]

Hoping to use this for a small shed design using 1 1/8" plywood. TOodo this I think I will have to half lap some sheets of plywood. I wish there was an additional feature in Slicer for tiling and/or lapping sheets. Any thoughts on the best way to accommodate this variation?

[@klayjones724]

If I understand your question right, I believe it's easier to do the tiling in your CNC CAM software. In Easel for the Xcarve I can create material larger than the bed and it will setup the tiling and have a step where I shift the material to a 2nd starting point. That gets me a 30" x infinite workspace

[@KRABBIT32]

This might be a silly question, but is there a way to interlock in all 3 planes? If not in this software, do you know of another that allows for that?

[@joga2491]

Kevin, I have been following most of your videos, they are great. I'm trying to find the fusion 360 slicer and when try to find/ or download it , is telling is not available for download. I have been working already for a while in Fusion and i want to start testing with an small CNC machine. Is a GRBC controller, i can find a concise information in what to do. My pc is a mac. is there any links you can provide? please. Jose.

[@geauxracerx]

Yeah it’s a beast to find now, as it’s been discontinued, but is available from Autodesk in their “knowledge network”. It’s back to being standalone Link will likely get broke/removed, so I’m not going to link, but I promise you it’s in there I just downloaded it again for a new desktop to run my new laser cutter.

[@null090909]

The optimization for the lamp rings is surprising. I would expect a small set of sheets, each with a slightly smaller series of concentric rings.

[@null090909]

And the chair is not much better. Rotating som of the pieces would allow for fewer sheets.

[@Alpaca83]

That's what i was thinking. For the chair grain direction might be an argument for not rotating them, but if i were to make the lamp i'd just draw 3 or 4 sheets of concentric circles instead of 26 sheets of waste.

[@4funrc11]

On more than one occasion I've wondered about 3D printing with this software, yet, I've not been enthusiastic enough to try it and see... lol! ;)

[@ProductDesignOnline]

I have seen a small 3D printing project done with it. Someone made an interesting layered 3D model of their face. I forget what the reasoning was to use slicer/print in huge layers. If I find the original link I'll share it :)

[@4funrc11]

@@ProductDesignOnline A-ha! 😎 Thank you! :) No rush or course. Really.

[@davidkaye821]

Great video, but I wonder if you could nest smaller disks inside of bigger ones to be even more efficient, and waste less stock.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi David. In short, you used to be able to do that when the app was originally part of 123D make. However, they reverted that feature as it broke others...and then the program got rolled into this Slicer app so it was never revisited. :(

[@evneoge]

hello, greetings from colombia . Im having an issue with the minimum thickness of the materials to cut. Im trying to cut a 100cm x 100cm x 0.3 cm and i got the " The number of sheets generated is 0" . I would appreciate any information

[@thebeastbrothers]

is there any alternative for this process nowadays? your videos are great!

[@dsouzacarl123]

Thank you for the video. It was very helpful. I sliced my existing file and send them for laser cutting, however, the people who do laser cutting asked me to provide a file without the numbers marked on every profile (in red). Is there anyway we can generate profiles without the numbers marked???

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Carl de Souza. Unfortunately, there is no native way to hide or remove the numbers in Slicer. The fastest way I've found is by using Adobe Illustrator. You can select all of the numbers and other markings (red) by selecting all of the same color. 1.Select any one part of the image that contains the color you want to remove (black in this case) with the Direct Selection Tool (A) 2. Go to the Select menu > Same > Fill Color. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@dsouzacarl123]

@@ProductDesignOnline Thank you.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@dsouzacarl123 You're welcome. Unfortunately, Autodesk seems to only be supporting Slicer with minimum effort. They've updated it to patch issues, but from what I've seen they're no longer actively working on it (adding features, etc). Cheers, Kevin :)

[@WoodYardProducts]

On the lamp shade, there is no option to nest the rings inside each other to save cardboard? Thank you.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Unfortunately, they had that feature at one point but they rolled it back because it messed up other functionally....and now the program has be deprecated. However, Fusion 360's new Nest workspace (still in Beta) will have similar functionality.

[@ronnied1234]

I am trying to use the 3d slice option however there is no plan generated. Am i missing something?

[@leadbellymetalworksllc6288]

Now that fusion 360 doesn’t support this app, how would you go about doing this now in fusion 360? Thanks for the awesome videos!

[@kathzerrato]

it still works, I just downloaded and tried it

[@danielluciano447]

@@kathzerrato How did you download the program ? is there a link ?

[@thisisaname822]

@@danielluciano447 Here, I just found it. They just won't update it, but it has the download file on this page. knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/troubleshooting/caas/downloads/content/slicer-for-fusion-360.html

[@TheBestUni]

❤

[@ensenadorjones4224]

I want to do this with my 9th grade sculpture class only with printed papers that would be used as templates to cut out cardboard interlocking shapes. The students would manually cut out the slices and as a team we would assemble the final piece. However, it would be cool to have a laser cutter for this project but then it takes the process away from the kiddos and they don't have much participation in the project.

[@randogame4438]

Since my CNC only has a 31X31 cutting surface I doubt this will be a project I'll take on, however I do have a dust catcher project where I'll need to slice one of the parts and I'll give it a try. Thnks!!!!!!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Rando Game. Glad to hear you'll utilize this process. What model of CNC do you have? I'll be doing some more projects in 2020 that can be utilized with a smaller CNC. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@lageek]

Awesome, but how do you do this now without the Fusion 360 Slicer app?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Unfortunately, there is not really an automated way. You can still download the last version of the deprecated app - knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/downloads/caas/downloads/content/slicer-for-fusion-360.html

[@Vindix007]

Can you show us, how to make a fan grill on a case (for Raspberry PI)?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for the suggestion, Vindix007! I'll try to make this one of the video topics in the coming weeks. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@Vindix007]

@@ProductDesignOnline Thank you. Greetings from Brazil.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

:)

[@9jatechie]

Thanks. Highly inspiring. Greetings from Nigeria

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@9jatechie Thanks, Joseph! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@erimeljc5013]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍de france

[@activegrip]

Any chance you could do an update on this as Slicer is no longer available or supported, would love to know how to do a water drop wall hanger or similar

[@ProductDesignOnline]

You can still download and use Slicer as a standalone program. Still been working for me. You just can't export directly from Fusion 360 now. I shall do another tutorial tho!

[@activegrip]

@@ProductDesignOnline I like your tutorials the best as you are clear, concise and don't assume we know everything from the get go. Managed to find the Slicer download, still have to learn how to do the water drop in Fusion, then export as SVG into Inkscape, convert to STL/OBJ then into Slicer, I'm only on the 'free' Fusion' so a few extra steps it seems

[@activegrip]

I managed to get Slicer to work, however the output file has to many nodes and the transition from each is not smooth at all....eeek

[@levantinboracay2869]

Slicer is no longer working. Do you have any idea how we can still to this in Fusion360 or any other program?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

You can use construction planes or surface extrudes... And use the split body command to slice and dice your model. Did you try the latest build of Slicer for Fusion 360? they are no longer supporting the software but you can still download the last version.

[@DizzyWood_shop]

does autodesk ended this software? i dont find it anymore

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Sadly, it was deprecated and no longer supported. You can download their last version here: knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/downloads/caas/downloads/content/slicer-for-fusion-360.html

[@ballardgw]

With the non supported version of Slicer when I select one of the red pieces the cursor does not change nor does it allow me to drag the shape to correct it. What am I doing wrong?

[@JohnJacobJingleheimerSchmit]

Were you able to find a fix? I'm thinking about getting the final build because it has the exact function I'm looking for but I'm hesitant about it bc it's unsupported

[@MrBrunosvensson]

The plans looks different after I have exported it???

[@ProductDesignOnline]

How so? :)

[@NectarineSoup]

Has anyone found a replacement for this software? It's no longer supported by Autodesk and I can't get the last version to work.

[@Aya-tj1me]

Maybe SelfCAD?

[@TheosResearchDiary]

Any idea on the current state of this software Kevin?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

It can still be used independently (without Fusion 360), but it unfortunately has not been updated since shortly after this video was created. You can still download it. They pulled the direct links from the Autodesk website since they were no longer updating it (and didn't verify with each new OS). However, the links are accessible through the Wayback machine (website) for the following URL: www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/3yg7zznS94MHNDG7KMV8Qg.html

[@TheosResearchDiary]

Oh wow! I had no idea you could use that tool without Fusion. Thanks for the link -- 100 thanks!@@ProductDesignOnline

[@TheosResearchDiary]

Really, really appreciate this Kevin!! @@ProductDesignOnline

[@TheosResearchDiary]

@@ProductDesignOnline p.s. I was stumped on how to export the '3D slices' with curvature rather than 2D as there was no 'get files button'. After a long time I realized you go up to FILE > Export mesh and i'll make you a zip with all sliced geo STLs (in case you're ever curious).

[@NectarineSoup]

Could you possibly do an update of this video that uses current software? Im so stuck. Absolutely miserible that Autodesk no longer supports it.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Unfortunately, its been deprecated and they never released a replacement like we all anticipated. I really thought they were going to fold the features into Fusion 360 :(

[@CraigHollabaugh]

@@ProductDesignOnline I've found the deprecated page and am running it now on win10. It doesn"t connect to the cloud but looks the slicing works.

[@robertsilvanogueira2623]

i can`t resize my model, the app close if i try to make the model bigger

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Robert Silva Nogueira. Is Fusion 360 closing or the separate Slicer application? Cheers, Kevin :)

[@robertsilvanogueira2623]

@@ProductDesignOnline the separete slicer application.

[@robertsilvanogueira2623]

@@ProductDesignOnline when i open the model the program open with i different size from te original archive, so when i try to resize the application just close, with no error menssage.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@robertsilvanogueira2623 Thanks for clarifying. Slicer does have some size restrictions. In general, you can't use a model that is larger than the standard (preset) sheet sizes in Slicer. What is the object you're trying to create and how large is it? You may have to split the model into sections in Fusion 360 and then send it to slicer in sections. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@robertsilvanogueira2623]

@@ProductDesignOnline another thing, when i finally can open the model and slice it when i try to save the plans it's close to.

[@TheNikoboxMan]

I set the speed for the video to 1.25x - so much better to listen for me

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Glad to hear that Tim. I record them all at a steady pace so folks can slow down or speed up to their preference :)

[@maler771]

it makes double line why?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Nojus Armonas. Unfortunately, this has been a known issue (I've seen som posts on the forum about this). They are no longer working on the development of Slicer so I'm not sure if there will be a fix for this any time soon - other than manually deleting the second line. If you export as DXF and open in a graphics program they should be on layers where you can delete all of them by deleting the corresponding layer. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@maler771]

@@ProductDesignOnline oh thanks, just found out on autocad these lines have thickness, 2mm. I guest that was the problem. That other programs rocognize thick line as double line. You can simply change it in line properties in autocad. Haven't tried cutting laser tho. :D . I hope it'll work.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@maler771 Thanks for the additional info. That's good to know :)

[@georgepeoples1209]

App is once again unavailable. Great video though.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi George. You can download from this forum article where they also talk about how it is no longer supported - forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/slicer-app-for-fusion-360-not-available/td-p/9688237

[@scaletownmodels]

It's too bad they have abandoned this product. If they're not going to incorporate it into Fusion then it'd be nice if they would open source the product. There is a lot of obvious improvements that still need to be made. For example, in the lampshade there is a lot of waste in the cut plans. It could be made to utilize the void space inside the large rings to nest the smaller rings. Probably cut it down from 26 sheets to 3.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Agreed! I really thought we were going to see it as part of F360 shortly after...

[@Z-add]

Your lamp is hollow on the inside. The nesting parts should have placed the smaller circles inside larger ones and used lot less sheets of cardboard. The nesting has wasted lot of space that could have been used. You shouldn't use slicer for nesting.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, MySchizo Buddy. As I've done with other objects, one would have to simply reorganize the parts in their laser cut software. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@Z-add]

@@ProductDesignOnline you should mention that in the video. Newbies don't know about this and will end up wasting lot of material. Make an entire video on nesting.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@Z-add Thanks for your feedback. I will try to incorporate this into a future tutorial. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@vistathingy]

Yeah, I chuckled when Kevin mentioned the software organized the cuts to fit on "fewest amount of sheets as possible"....and figured there was a downstream workaround.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@vistathingy Sorry for not being clear about this in the video. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@devstefancho]

Hi, kevin could you check my email ?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, MAKER HOME. Thanks for reaching out! I just replied to your email this morning. Cheers, Kevin :)

[@laurv8370]

"minimum number of sheets"... not, by far! you can reduce the number of sheets to a quarter, or even a fifth, by putting the smaller circles inside of the larger ones, and cut them first, and save 75% or 86% of the cardboard 😛

[@ProductDesignOnline]

You're right :) Sadly, they deprecated the 'slicer' software instead of making it better lol

[@rabiakosar6145]

Nesting is poor. Too mücadele Walter material

[@davisburnside9609]

Thanks!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, Davis! Appreciate your support :)

[@schemattercadprintinggoa8495]

Thank you for the video. It was very helpful. I sliced my existing file and send them for laser cutting, however, the people who do laser cutting asked me to provide a file without the numbers marked on every profile (in red). Is there anyway we can generate profiles without the numbers marked???

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi, Schematter CAD & Printing Goa. Unfortunately, there is no native way to hide or remove the numbers in Slicer. The fastest way I've found is by using Adobe Illustrator. You can select all of the numbers and other markings (red) by selecting all of the same color. 1.Select any one part of the image that contains the color you want to remove (black in this case) with the Direct Selection Tool (A) 2. Go to the Select menu > Same > Fill Color. Cheers, Kevin :)