Free Fusion 360 manufacture

[dinkydi63]

I have version 360  as follows

It is a free version but it did state it had access to manufacturing! I would like to know how to access it to drive a small Dremel by G Code to engrave a copper sheet. Any advice please

George

[seth.madore]

You first select the proper workspace:

After that, you want to create a Setup, defining the model orientation respective to your machine coordinates (sometimes models are aligned incorrectly, this allows you a step to correct that error)

Then, we create our toolpaths. Once that is complete, we "Post Process" the toolpath, but we (you) need to know what your controller is and what it needs to see for G-code.

 

[thomas.stock]

Hi @dinkydi63 ,

Did Seth answer you question?

When creating the setup Seth mentioned, you can also select the machine - see image below:

Selecting the machine also defines which manufacturing capability will be used - you can also filter between capabilities on the right - see image below:

If you do not see your machine there, let us know and we can look into adding it in the future.

[dinkydi63]

Thank you Thomas and I apologies for the rather long delay in getting back to you!!! I have only recently got back to fiddling with 360 and after much practice managed to get a simple drawing into the manufacturing sphere and saved the post process, but cannot open it to see the gcode! I am informed by the program that

THIS POSTPROCESSOR IS A SAMPLE FOR MACHINE SIMULATION USAGE, IT DOES NOT OUTPUT ANY NC PROGRAM.

For more information on how to update your post processor with machine simulation support please visit:
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/article/356406
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I have tried to locate this 356406 without success!  Can you assist please

Thanks  G

[thomas.stock]

Hi @dinkydi63 ,

No problem, good to hear you are back to trying Fusion 360!

Could you share your Fusion 360 project with us so we can see what's going on?

[dinkydi63]

Hi Thomas,

Thank you for your response.

Not sure how to go about sending the simple detail of what I am trying to do! it is a 360 drawing of a piece of material, wood or whatever, 40mm square by 5 mm thick with two holes through it, one 20 mm and the other 10 mm. It was just drawn up to try and work out how to make a router machine it!

Hope this explains what I am endeavoring to do!

Thank you.

G