Form tool creation help

[sara_anderson5]

Hello,

I am having trouble creating a form tool from a sketch (.dxf). When I view the tool in the library it places the center axis offset by the width of the tool. Another forum post suggests that I set the tool diameter to zero, which introduces a host of other problems.

 

 

On a separate note, when I set the units to Imperial, it creates artifacts and changes its dimensions.

 

 

The link to the tool: https://www.harveytool.com/products/tool-details-859240

Attached is the file where I attempted to define the tool profile. Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Edit: I realized I was having trouble understanding what the compensation point actually meant. I still have issues when switching units.

[programming2C78B]

your compensation point should be along the centerline, not the edge. 

[a.laasW8M6T]

The compensation point does not need to be on centerline, it is where you want to drive the radius compensation from in fusion. The compensation point is the point that follows the selected contour.

See this link for more info https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=FORM-MILL-OVERVIEW 

The easiest way to create a form mill from the harvey website is to download the .dxf

Then insert it into a sketch in Fusion

then create the form tool from that.

In your original sketch you had an area of undercut on this radius where its not tangent to the lines

That may have been causing issues.

There does appear to be some problem switching to imperial units with the compensation point and flute length not correctly switching to imperial.

I'd suggest sticking with Metric units

[leo.castellon]

That tool is directly available in the optional Fusion 360 tool library available for download. The link is available here: Tools for Autodesk Fusion 360 | Autodesk Fusion 360 .

LeoC