Getting Started with CAM Assist

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Last updated: Sep 10, 2024 by Geoffrey Brennan
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Getting started in 5 steps

Getting started with CAM Assist is a simple 5-step process:

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Getting Started in 5 steps

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.

Step-by-step instructions

Step 1 - Install CAM Assist

CAM Assist for Fusion is available on the Windows and MacOS platforms.

For step-by-step instructions on installing the CAM Assist add-on, see the following:

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For an illustration of the rest of the ‘getting started’ process, see the YouTube video: Getting Started with CAM Assist.

Step 2 - Open a ‘Demo' part

CAM Assist provides you with 4 ‘Demo’ parts to help you get started.
The ‘Demo’ parts are available from the CAM Assist panel, which is located at the right-hand end of Fusion’s ‘Manufacture’ ribbon (as shown in the following screenshot).

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CAM Assist panel - in Fusion’s ‘Manufacture’ ribbon

  1. Hover over Open a Demo Part.

  2. Select one of the ‘Demo' parts:

    • Demo 1-3 - suitable for 3-Axis machining (see Machining Modes).

    • Demo 4 - suitable for 3+2 Axis machining.

  3. The selected ‘Demo’ part opens in Fusion in an aptly-named new tab.

Step 3 - Select a ‘Tool library’ and ‘Target setup’

  1. Open CAM Assist

You can open CAM Assist by clicking:

  • The ‘CloudNC CAM Assist’ option of the CAM Assist panel.

  • The Large ‘CAM Assist’ icon in Fusion’s Manufacture ribbon.

  1. For Tool library:

    • Select ‘[Built-in] CloudNC CAM Assist Sample Tool (Inch)’

  2. For Target setups:

    • Ensure that at least one of the Setups is checked (for example, ‘Setup1’).

Step 4 - Check ‘Tool library’ configuration

Step 5 - Click Run

When you’ve finished configuring CAM Assist, 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 the screenshot to the right).

 

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.

For more detailed information on the features and functionality of CAM Assist, refer to the CAM Assist for Fusion section.