FusionCAM for Beginners

​Introduction to FusionCAM. Bring your laptop and join us to learn more about designing toolpaths for the CNC Mills in EPIC. This event is designed for those new to CAD / CAM. Prior to the event, please set up an account with Autodesk and have Fusion loaded on your device.

​Details about setting up Fusion can be found on the EPIC Blackboard site located here: https://www.bu.edu/epic/get-started/training/

​A deeper dive into related topics below that we'll review while working through EPIC's coaster project. More details on this project can be found in the FusionCAM learning module in the EPIC Blackboard site linked above.

​Topics include:

​Overview of the Fusion work environment·

​How to save files to your cloud account

​Importing files

​Establishing Work Coordinate System (WCS)

​Accessing tool libraries

​Defining tools

​Creating Toolpaths

​Simulating Results (Visual simulation)

​Creating setup sheets

​Post processing to create G-Code