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Before continuing, if you’re not familiar with the Cycle Time Estimator, it’s recommended you take a look at the Introduction and Overview.

Features and Functionality

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Feature

Description

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Contains the add-on title ‘Cycle Time Estimator’.

The Cycle Time Estimator can be collapsed and expanded (in the same way as other aspects of Fusion’s user interface)

4 Tabs

The Cycle Time Estimator presents its core features and functionality via a set of four tabs (as shown in the above screenshot):

  • Upload - enables you to:

    • Upload up to 10 Fusion part files.

    • Configure the machining environment.

  • Cycle Times Estimates - presents the results of the cycle time estimateestimates, which is performed on populated after clicking Run.

  • Report - provides a summary report of the cycle time estimate, which is performed on created after clicking Run.

  • Export - enables you to export any of the Cycle Time Estimates, as a CSV (comma-separated values) file, to a designated folder.

For more information on each of the tabs, click on the tab’s name in the above bullet point list.

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Contains the following:

  • Run - creates a cycle time estimate, and a toolpath strategy, based on the specified ‘Options’, for each of the Fusion part files that have been uploaded/selected.

  • Cancel - cancels and closes all choices made within the Cycle Times Estimator and returns to Fusion.

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