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    <title>topic Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway? in Fusion Manufacture</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Pretty new to Fusion 360, have used a lot of CAD before but not Manufactuing side (here I am a massive newbie).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a project where i want to cut the whole thing using a 1/8" diameter cutter, however, some pockets are smaller width than 1/8" and a tool path will not be created.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there any way to ignore that and force the program to create a tool path through that section anyway, Yes I understand that it is going to cut wider than the drawing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:45:36 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>toolcontrolreliability</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-07-10T10:45:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090825#M142198</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Pretty new to Fusion 360, have used a lot of CAD before but not Manufactuing side (here I am a massive newbie).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a project where i want to cut the whole thing using a 1/8" diameter cutter, however, some pockets are smaller width than 1/8" and a tool path will not be created.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there any way to ignore that and force the program to create a tool path through that section anyway, Yes I understand that it is going to cut wider than the drawing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:45:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>toolcontrolreliability</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T10:45:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090861#M142201</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Well, seeing as your model is taking ages to open, here are some general thoughts:&lt;BR /&gt;1) Yes, with 2D toolpaths, you can force a tool to violate the model. The trick is to use 2D Contour, and not 2D Pocket. Select a single edge to drive the toolpath (not both sides of the pocket)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2) If the difference in feature/tool size is very small, you can also "cheat" and define the tool slightly smaller.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Will offer up more thoughts when your file gets around to opening &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/html/@7C97B755CF081BC54DF69ABB800420C5/emoticons/1f914.png" alt=":thinking_face:" title=":thinking_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090861#M142201</guid>
      <dc:creator>seth.madore</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T11:02:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090888#M142202</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks Seth, I will give it a go, I have 30 imported DXF contours, maybe that could be the reason, its has been very slow for me too.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers Matt&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:17:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>toolcontrolreliability</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T11:17:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090907#M142203</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Ok, your file finally opened. For contours that you just can't get to work, Trace is another valuable tool, as long as you set your compensation direction properly:&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:26:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>seth.madore</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T11:26:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090913#M142204</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;What was used to create the DXF's?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:31:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>seth.madore</dc:creator>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090947#M142205</link>
      <description>The file was not slow until I started to extrude. Any ideas on why its so slow? I'm thinking I might even start again to see if it's just this particular file?&lt;BR /&gt;The program is contour trace, &lt;A href="https://contourtrace.com/" target="_blank"&gt;https://contourtrace.com/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Id be greatful for knowledge on how to achieve the raster image outline to vector for import into fusion if there is other options?&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I have not been able to try anything yet as Fusion just keeps stalling on this file</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:46:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>toolcontrolreliability</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T11:46:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090953#M142206</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;It's all the splines that the DXF contains. I know there are dxf tools out there that help to smooth those out into arcs, but there name escapes me (I don't have need of them in general). Maybe&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2782855"&gt;@HughesTooling&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;might be able to make a recommendation?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:48:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090953#M142206</guid>
      <dc:creator>seth.madore</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T11:48:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090961#M142207</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/13746945"&gt;@toolcontrolreliability&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Can you share the DXF and what program produced it?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Edit I see above you mention the trace program. Can you share the image you used as well?&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Mark&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:56:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090961#M142207</guid>
      <dc:creator>HughesTooling</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T11:56:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090970#M142208</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi Mark,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;DXF for a single tool attached and the original image.&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="IMG_7358.JPG" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1238497i3B2651BA9E119DA9/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="IMG_7358.JPG" alt="IMG_7358.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090970#M142208</guid>
      <dc:creator>toolcontrolreliability</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T12:00:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090974#M142209</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Program is "&lt;A href="https://contourtrace.com/" target="_blank"&gt;ContourTrace" - Cheers Matt&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:01:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>toolcontrolreliability</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T12:01:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12090993#M142210</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2782855"&gt;@HughesTooling&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6965551"&gt;@seth.madore&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I think I may have a solution for the file size. Attached is a photo of what I'm trying to achieve. Custom Toolbox shadow foams. Mine will have a polypropylene sheet on top of the foam with a 2mm offset around the tool.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The trace software has an offset function in which you can create a more rounded contour, if I leave the DXF offset contour sharp and then add smoothing in fusion it should reduce the number of vectors present in the file and a smoother edge.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm still very much learning I only purchased my first CNC a couple of months ago&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:08:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>toolcontrolreliability</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T12:08:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Tool Diameter larger than pocket width - can I force it to create a tool path and cut it anyway?</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/tool-diameter-larger-than-pocket-width-can-i-force-it-to-create/m-p/12091046#M142212</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Scans from pictures are always a problem. The one you shared is not too bad but looking at your Fusio design the biggest problem is the offset curves for the shallow pocket.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Just this one corner is 121 faces! You might be better off just importing the inner profile and create a shallow pocket and offset then create the deeper pocket. So use one outline for both pockets.&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:28:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>HughesTooling</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-10T12:28:25Z</dc:date>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;One other thought is don't model the shallow pocket at all and just machine it using a 2d contour with a negative stock to leave. This simplifies you model quite a lot.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:32:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2023-07-10T12:32:24Z</dc:date>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;For the pocketc that are too small try using 2d contour with a -1mm radial stock to leave.&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:46:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>HughesTooling</dc:creator>
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