Opening Cutting Parameters
Cutting Parameters is opened from the Fusion Browser by right-clicking on an operation toolpath (see Opening Cutting Parameters).
Recommendations
Cutting Parameters makes recommendations for the following operations and tool types:
Roughing
Flat end mill
Radius end mill
Ball end mill
Finishing
Flat end mill
Radius end mill
Ball end mill
Reamer
Holemaking
Drill
Threadforming
Tap
Inputs
Recommendations are made based on inputs from two sources:
Fusion and CAM Assist - the original configuration of the tool when it was first selected from the Fusion Browser (see Opening Cutting Parameters)
Cutting Parameters - the value of inputs and sliders used within Cutting Parameters (see Cutting Parameters' Layout) that change the original configuration.
Cutting Parameters' Inputs
There are three sections of the Cutting Parameters interface (as annotated in the screenshot to the right) that are used to configure the inputs required to make recommendations for the tool.
The following table provides an overview of those sections.
# | Section name | Description |
|---|---|---|
1 | Input tabs | Each of the input tabs displays its the current value. Clicking a tab, displays it’s pop-up, in which certain parameters can be changed. For more details, see Input Tabs. |
2 | Aggression Control sliders | So named because they indicate the level of ‘aggressive control’ you assign over a tool in the machining operation. For more details, see Aggression Control Sliders. |
3 | Fine Tune sliders | An expandable/collapsible section that contains a set of parameters whose values can be changed by multi-functional sliders. |
For a detailed look at the features of the interface, see the Cutting Parameters' Layout section.
Dynamic Recommendations
Recommendations are dynamic: they change when the inputs change.
When changes are made to the inputs (see above), those changes are immediately reflected in the recommendations made in the Cutting Parameters interface; this occurs in three separate sections of the Cutting Parameters interface, as shown in the following screenshots.
The following table provides an overview of the recommendation sections (as shown in the above screenshots).
# | Section name | Description |
|---|---|---|
A | 2D Machining model | The 2D Milling diagram provides a dynamic illustration of the Cutting parameter recommendations. The left image represents the cutting engagement. The right image represents the z-place view of the machining process. For more details, see 2D Milling Diagram. |
B | Fine tune section | A expandable/collapsible section that is populated with a set of cutting parameters that you can use to ‘fine tune’ the tool’s application of the selected operation. Each parameter can be adjusted via a multi-functional ‘fine-tune' slider. For more details, see Fine Tune. |
C | Heatmaps | Complete this For more details, see Heatmaps. |