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@dwilliamsFM6K4 wrote:

I don't know how anyone can "do" this for you

 

There's multiple ways to skin a cat, everyone is going to do it differently

 

which parts of your workflow are you having trouble with , and how can we help you address them? What past CAM systems do you have experience using, and what specific problems with Fusion 'workflow' are you trying to correct

 

Overall I would say your desire to have a certain # of setups and represented parts via copy pasting / jointing is already not something I would do, rather multiple work offsets / patterns

 

There's not nearly enough information here to begin assisting you, if you can provide part files / pictures that would give a much better frame of reference


As I said, ask 10 machinists and you will get 14 different answers. Everyone does things differently. What I am doing does not work, but Autodesk doesn't know why and they can't seem to tell me the correct way. The way I am doing it is based off of Autodesk documentation and video's on YouTube. 

 

If you take a look at the linked thread, you can see a few of the issues represented with example parts, as well as discussions trying to remedy/work around. I've already spent several hours and several phone calls with Autodesk, it isn't so much that I am trying to get assistance with my parts specifically, because Autodesk can't figure out why they don't work, I am trying to see a *working* setup in hopes that I can find out a way that works or sometimes just seeing a different way helps to get a better idea.

 

I used AutoCAD for about 2 years, took Solidworks and MasterCam in engineering, then spent about 6 years using Solidworks/MasterCam/HSMWorks before starting on Fusion in 2016, which I have been using since. 

 

In Short

If I take 1 part, flip it, do 5, 6, 9 different setups and wcs, the machining and stock works. 

 

If I take multiples of a part the stock and the wcs do not recognize the selected components. It does not appear to matter if I use a derived part, or the original part. It does not appear to matter if I use copy paste, or pattern, though copy paste seems to have less issues. (see above discussion)

 

Due to customer requirements and NDA I cannot share parts, but I provided samples that shows the basic problems in the link above. 

 

Video's like these are helpful, but they really don't go into multiple parts, multiple setups/wcs, all on one fixture. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOJlBeE808E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWgC0GoB15M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOJlBeE808E

 

Maybe there is a video out there showing exactly what I need and I cannot find it on YouTube. Somewhere there may be a Autodesk example from a class that shows how to do this and what the workflow is supposed to look like. I've looked through all the CAM Samples and Workshops & Events looking for a sample that works.

 

With the supposed millions of customers using Fusion, someone, somewhere, has to have a similar setup and part configuration that works that they are willing to show the workflow and how to set it up.