Additive Manufacturing

Using Fusion 360’s additive manufacturing is made easy using the post-mapping task Manufacturing Model. This task will create or switch to an existing manufacturing model (MM) with setup. Using an MM provides the convenience of shadowing any changes made to a mapped board in the design workspace.

If you plan to use the Fusion additive manufacturing workspace to complete the cutting with a CNC Router, the following steps are suggested as a starting point. I would also suggest trying the default options for toolpaths with a simulation first:

• Create a map with a Map Output Type of Component Bodies

• Right-click on the map object in the browser tree and execute the Manufacturing Model task

• Select which board you want exported

• Check the Create Setup , ensuring the WCS Origin value matches your CNC machine setup origin, then press OK

• Create one or more toolpaths then simulate to validate

Note

For a simple body cutouts, the 2D Contour toolpath is a good choice. See Manufacturing Model, which shows how to create this toolpath using the default setup in the Manufacturing Model task.