Work Flow

  • Autodesk Fusion 360 is used for the computer aided manufacturing (CAM) operations
  • The CAM work consists of the following stages:
    • Create Setup - defines the stock/material that the model will be created from
    • Generate Tool Paths - dictates how/where a specific bit/mill moves, multiple tool paths are routinely used to manufacture parts.
    • Simulation - provides a virtual “mock up” of the tool paths without running the CNC
    • Post Processing - converts tool paths to CNC specific gcode
    • Run - gcode is executing on the physical CNC