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I've been using HSMXpress with Solidworks for years, and have recently started using Fusion CAM as well. While the two are obviously closely related, I find some striking differences, some not for the better. In particular, I REALLY miss the ability to create an arbitrary number of named coordinate systems in HSMXpress/Solidworks. It appears that in Fusion as close as we get is being able to create an arbitrary number of individual axes, which is, in comparison, a rather cumbersome process.
Another thing I REALLY miss is the ability to create the Stock by extruding a sketch. I find both of these features to be both save a lot of time, and provide much better design documentation, as clearly named coordinate systems and stock profiles make it crystal clear what the design intent is.
Any chance these features will eventually be added?
Regards,
Ray L.
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The Coordinate System is a SolidWorks feature, and was co-opted by HSMWorks. Granted I know some folks use it extensively (and in some cases exclusively) but it's more of a CAD request than a CAM one, so definitely add that to the Ideastation if you can't find an existing request to vote for.
I hadn't even noticed that Extruded Sketch went away. I swear this was an option previously, and yes, it's disturbing if it's been removed.
@jeff.pek when did this go away? Am I just imagining previous functionality?
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@Steinwerks: Not following. You can certainly extrude a sketch profile in Fusion. Are you not seeing this?
Or am I misunderstanding?
Jeff
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Stock From Extruded Sketch appears to be gone and I swear it used to be in there. In the CAM Stock menu, not making a solid from the Model environment.
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I don't think that's something that we've ever ported into Inventor or Fusion. There's actually a line in the code that references this, but it's commented out, and has been "forever".
Jeff
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I can confirm that this function (extruded sketch) has never been available in Inventor HSM.
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