Fusion has a neat built in tool that allows you to export and send your design straight to your preferred 3D Printing Slicer. To access this feature click on File > 3D Print. This will bring up a 3D Print Dialogue, where you can choose: Which format to export it to. The refinement quality that …
We often need to add new bolts into Fusion 360 but sometimes the options we find online aren’t quite what we’re looking for. One of Fusion’s lesser-known features is the add-ins tool which allows us to run Python scripts. One of these includes a Bolt sample script which we will look at today. Inserting Library …
The Product Design Extension is aimed at making the design process easier and more intuitive. This new addition to Fusion Extensions offers some very handy tools including Boss Creation, Geometric Patterns, and Plastic Rules to name a few. The new tools are mostly focused on the manufacturing of plastic parts, and are therefore found in …
Make PLM easy with Fusion 360 Manage: Autodesk’s product lifecycle management platform that connects resources and work teams, processes and data, across all departments and offices. What is PLM for? Now I’m sure you are wondering why you should implement PLM within your business. Fusion 360 Manage is a great PLM solution if you need to manage: Development …
Machining parts from multiple angles is key to most CAM processes. Sometimes (pretty much always) you want to be able to see how much stock is left after you’ve run a few toolpaths through. Maybe even in a separate part. In this blog I will take you through a few ways that we can reuse …
We all have a moment that we can think back to when Augmented Reality blew our minds, whether it be from movies, books, or games. I have always dreamed of a time when I could create something digitally and be able to interact with it in the real world. Though we have been able to …
Many of you will be familiar with Fusion 360’s Manufacturing workspace and its ability to push out scripts for CNC machining, or Subtractive Machining. Fusion also has the functionality for Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing, and in this article, we are going to explore a quick overview of the extension as well as basic tips …
If you already have a piece of material that you are wanting to machine to create the final part needed, you can use a Starting Mass. This is also great if you know the area that the part can reside in. To use a Starting Shape, you will first need to create it as a …