Including fixed angled holders, creating a thread path from a curve, and more.įeatureCAM® 2018 includes a new user experience including a ribbon interface. Machine radial patterns using XY coordinates and rotate the C angle for each instance of a feature. Including a faster way to create and edit setups, an enhanced thread library, and more.Ī new turning strategy for specialized inserts, including Sandvik PrimeTurning. Get enhanced collaboration, a better user experience, and improvements for programming multitasking lathes.ĭirected Automatic Feature Recognition (DFR)Īutomatically recognize holes, bosses, sides, and pockets for faster programming.Ĭhange the tip and included angle of your center drill for accurate simulation and NC code.
Fusion 360 offers a connected design and manufacturing solution, with a range of tools for workflows, from concept exploration to solid modelling to advanced manufacturing.Įxplore new and enhanced features to automate your workflow from design to NC code reduce programming time and produce consistent results for CNC milling, turning, and wire applications.įeatureCAM® 2019 has new capabilities for applying feature recognition. View data in Drive from any device with a browser.Īutodesk® Fusion 360 is a cloud-based CAD/CAM/CAE tool for collaborative product development. By sending a link to the shared view to your collaborators, they can view, and comment on, the shared view in Autodesk Viewer, without needing an Autodesk product.Īutodesk® Drive provides a secure location in the cloud for individuals and small teams to store, preview, and share model or design data. You can upload a shared view, which is a visual representation of all toolpaths and solids in a model, from within FeatureCAM. Use Shared Views to collaborate online with people you're working with. Subscribing to FeatureCAM offers many benefits, including: PartMaker 2020: Autodesk® PartMaker is again made available as part of FeatureCAM Ultimate, after an absence in 2019. Identify holder type: A read-only HolderType property in FMLatheTool and FMThreadTool objects returns the type of holder. This is useful for double station vises because they can then be reassembled in Multiple Fixture documents.Įxport as STL: When using the ExportToSTL method, all solids associated with a multi-body solid are exported. Again, this process is similar across other CNC controllers.The new features and enhancements added since FeatureCAM 2019.3.4.Īlign parts in vises along positive and negative axes: When using the Import Vise add-in, you can now orient parts along X+, Y+, Z+, X-, and Y-, instead of just X, Y, and Z. In addition, a video included in this set, details the process of “posting G-Code” to Mach-3 for your CNC to follow. So with attention to this overall approach, success can be achieved.
Again, the process is similar in other CAM software packages as well. Place stock/wood on your CNC router, execute the code to cut the model.Īs noted, the instructional set of videos here detail the process of creating the mentioned toolpaths in MasterCAM.Import the G-Code into your CNC router Machine Controller (I use MACH 3 to control my router, so this is what I Import the “G-code” to).
“Post” the instructions from the CAM software (so a CNC router can follow these instructions and cut the part).Create tool paths in the CAM software (These videos show this).Import this model into a CAM software Package (Like MasterCAM).Export that model to a solid/.STL/.IGS/Parasolid etc.Create a model in 3D/CAD package/software (Like SolidWorks).