Getting Started with CAM Assist is a simple 4-step process:
If you follow along with the videos and/or step-by-step instructions featured below, you’ll use CAM Assist to generate a toolpath strategy for a demo part, using a [built-in] tool library.
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This guide assumes that you have already installed CAM Assist:
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Getting Started videos
The following videos show how you can ‘get started’ with CAM Assist using ‘3-Axis’ and '3+2 Axis' machining modes.
Step-by-step instructions
Step 1 - Open a ‘Demo' part’
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The ‘Demo’ parts are available from the CAM Assist panel, which is located at the right-hand end of Fusion’s ‘Manufacture’ ribbon. |
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Within the <a href="https://cloudnc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAF3UD/pages/6455333/CAM+Assist+Panel" target="_blank">CAM Assist panel</a>: |
Hover over ‘Open a Demo Part’.
Select one of the ‘Demo' parts:
Demo 1-3 - suitable for 3-Axis machining.
Demo 4 - suitable for 3+2 Axis machining modes.
The selected ‘Demo’ part opens in Fusion in an aptly-named new tab.
For more detailed instruction on how to use the Demo parts, see:
Step 2 - Select a ‘Tool library’ and ‘Target setup’
Open CAM Assist
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You can open CAM Assist by clicking:
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Within the <a href="https://cloudnc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAF3UD/pages/557275/General+Tab" target="_blank">General tab</a>: |
For Tool library:
Select ‘[Built-in] CloudNC CAM Assist Sample Tool (Inch)’
For Target setups:
Ensure that at least one of the Setups is checked (for example, ‘Setup1’).
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CAM Assist will compute a separate strategy for each checked ‘Target setup’ |
Step 3 - Check ‘Tool library’ configuration
Open the Tool use tab.
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The <a href="https://cloudnc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAF3UD/pages/44007872/Tool+Use+Tab" target="_blank">Tool Use tab</a> provides a streamlined, at-a-glance, view of CAM Assist’s analysis of the selected 'Tool library'. It alerts you to tool configuration issues and guides you through fixes. |
For more information, see the Tool Use tab.
Step 4 - Click Run
After you’ve clicked Run, CAM Assist:
Closes its user interface.
Uses the CAM Assist configuration to compute a toolpath strategy, which is applied to the each ‘Target Setup’ in the Fusion Browser (see image to the right).
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CloudNC Cutting Parameters is available by right-clicking any operation toolpath in the Fusion Browser (see Cutting Parameters) |
Congratulations! You've used CAM Assist to create a toolpath strategy for a demo part, using a built-in tool library.
From this point, you can add, delete or modify any of the calculated toolpaths.
Next step
This guide showed you how to use one of CAM Assist’s built-in sample tool libraries to generate a toolpath strategy for a Demo part.
The built-in tool library is not limited to just ‘Demo’ parts, it can used on any part.
However, the built-in tool library cannot be customized. Exporting a tool library (toolset) creates a ‘Local’ copy within Fusion, which can then be customized using the Fusion Tool Library (for details, see How to Export a Built-in Sample Toolset).