These fancy cuts are big deal for a computer to do, but a computer doesn’t know what’s in your head, so here’s how to tell it what’s in your head. You can make a lot of really cool stuff using just these types of cuts, but you can also carve more 3D looking shapes or do really complex designs with multiple flat surfaces, way more than you would wanna calculate manually. Lastly, this wasn’t a sponsored project or anything, but we’ll go ahead and link to Fusion and the CNCs we used in this video:įirst off we’re gonna go over the different types of carving a CNC can do. Second, here are time-stamps for the video for each section we’re gonna cover.ģ:14 CAM – setup – setup tab (orientation and zero)Ħ:28 CAM – toolpaths – customize toolpathĦ:36 CAM – toolpaths – customize toolpath – tool tabĦ:43 CAM – toolpaths – customize toolpath – geometry tabħ:35 CAM – toolpaths – customize toolpath – heights tabħ:42 CAM – toolpaths – customize toolpath – passes tabĨ:31 CAM – toolpaths – customize toolpath – linking tab First, a link to the Fusion 360 3D file we’re using so you can follow along/poke around: So we’ve put together this beginners guide to using Fusion 360 CAM for your CNC.īefore we dive in, here are a couple things to help you follow along. Once you understand it, you can literally do anything.Fusion 360 is an awesome tool you can use with your CNC because you can do fancy cuts like 3D curves, slopes, and complex layers. My recommendation to someone just getting started is to put the time into Fusion 360.
The cost of the licenses for Aspire is just absurd, the software just isn’t high enough quality for what they charge, in my opinion. I do use Aspire and Vcarve for signs because it’s just a faster interface, but if it’s high volume or high accuracy/detail, I use Fusion 360. You can import STL’s for carving (assuming you design them somewhere else, like, Fusion 360) but again, it’s pretty limited. It can do 3d, and it’s designed for ease of use on CNC routers, but the 3d integration is pretty limited, you’re mostly limited to canned clipart again (albeit more) and a very clunky raster height map style of modeling.
Aspire is a very clunky limited 3D program. It’s limitations are generally v-carving, and some canned 3d clipart. However, Fusion 360 is a far more advanced and capable software. As someone who operates VCarve, Aspire, and Fusion 360, I would agree with Harry as far as the ease of use.
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