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CNC | Fusion | 2.5D Milling

CNC | Fusion | 2.5D Milling

Preparation | Rhino

  1. Create your stock material within Rhino

  2. Place your model within the stock material at the location you want to mill it from

  3. Draw a polyline perimeter around the top of your model

  4. Export the stock as an .stl

  5. Export the model as an .stl

  6. Export the perimeter as a .dxf

  7. Ensure you’re naming these exported files something logical

Design | Stock

  1. Start in the Design workspace

  2. Verify units for your scale

  3. In Fusion, select insert mesh

  4. Select your stock model .stl file

  5. Click OK

  6. Change the opacity of your stock material by right-clicking the item on the navigation tree -> opacity control -> 50%

Design | Model

  1. Still in the Design workspace

  2. On the top navigation bar, select Insert → Insert Mesh

  3. Select your mesh model .stl file

  4. Click OK to insert your file

Design | Perimeter

  1. Still in the Design workspace

  2. On the top navigation bar, select Insert → Insert DXF

  3. Select the X,Y plane

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  4. Click the folder icon

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  5. Click “Select from my computer…

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    2. Select your file, click Open

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  6. Fusion will need to think about your .dxf for a moment, then the Insert menu will change a bit

  7. Confirm that the units are correct

  8. Click OK to insert your file

  9. To view all of your imports, expand the Bodies and Sketches sections of the navigation tree

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Manufacture | Setups

  1. Select the Manufacture workspace

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  3. Expand the Models → your file name → Bodies and Sketches sections of the navigation tree

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  4. On the top navigation bar, select new setup

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  5. Setup tab

    1. Configure Work Coordinate System (WCS)

      1. Select the Model orientation

      2. WCS should be Model origin

    2. Model

      1. Use the navigation tree to select your mesh model (best method)

  6. Stock tab

    1. Stock

      1. Use the navigation tree to select your stock (best method)

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  7. Click OK