And in this case, it needs converted to a ‘BRep’ : I’ve been unable to actually figure out what the definition of a BRep is, but I’m guessing it’s a (solid)BodyRepresentation. Importing your meshį360’s CAM package can’t deal with 3d mesh natively (at least, I’ve been unable to find a way) : You first need to convert it into a solid it can deal with. I’ve not looked into that recently though.
I remember back in the day when it first came out there was a way around this, to only ever work locally. It should be noted that F360 is cloud-app, meaning everything you do gets uploaded to the cloud. Really nothing to report here: Install went off without a hitch. 3d carving pinewood derby with fusion 360.CAM Expression Variables in Fusion 360 : These are variables that can be called to when authoring custom expressions for setup parameters below.These are the docs I got the most out of when it came to learning its CAM capabilities. It does seem a little twitchy: Some mesh will come into the CAM workspace fine, others does not.
You no longer have to convert your mesh to a BRep to cut it.While I’m not going to go through this whole post updating it, things worth calling out include: : Based on the release, they made a huge improvement to importing mesh for CNC cutting.There may be better ways out there to do any of this. What I list below are ways I figured out how to do things by looking through the docs, and a lot of forum posts.
I should note though, if you don’t care about cutting 3d mesh, this tutorial is still a valid intro to generating toolpaths with F360.ĭisclaimer : Not a CNC expert. The below post is an overview on my first steps to get it working, specifically for cutting 3d mesh (rather than parametric solids) so I don’t forget what I did in the future. I am by no stretch any sort of CNC expert, just an avid hobbyist, but I was really surprised how much the F360 team has put into its CAM solutions. And as much as I appreciate how much I’ve learned from MeshCAM, I felt like there could be a more robust solution, and that’s where F360 comes into play. I’ve been using my X-Carve CNC for just over a year now, been a great learning experience both with its hardware, and the CAM software that generates the toolpaths for it. I’d dabbled with Autodesk Fusion 360, but the ol’ Mac wasn’t powerful enough to handle it well unfortunately.įinally got a new PC, and can start to branch out into other CAD/CAM apps. And because of that, I was limited to MeshCAM (no disrespect, I quite like it, but one of the few mac apps for CNC I could find) for all my 3d-mesh carving. I’d been stuck on an old Macbook Air for all my CAD/CAM work for the past number of years.
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