Supported Operations
Supported operations (and their alternative names) can be used for the operation aspect of the Preset name format.
The following table shows the operations that can be used in Fusion and are supported by CAM Assist:
The table uses the following columns:
Operation - name of the operation.
Abbreviation - abbreviation of the material, as used in the ‘Allowed Operations’ column of CAM Assist’s ‘Tool use’ table.
Tool type - associated tool type.
Toolpath type - associated checkboxes in the Advanced tab.
Alternative name - alternatives names for the ‘Operation’ that can also be used in Fusion and are supported by CAM Assist.
To sort the table, click the sort icon that appears when you hover over a column’s header.
Operation | Abbreviation' (see Tool use' tab) | Tool type
| Toolpath type | Alternative names |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ball finishing | Ba | Ball mill | Finishing | BallFinishing, Ball_Finishing |
Chamfering | Ch | Chamfer mill | Deburring | Chamfer |
Drilling | D | Drill | Hole making | Drill |
Face finishing | Ff | Face mill | Face milling | FaceFinishing, Face_Finishing |
Face roughing | Fr | Face mill | Face milling | FaceRoughing, Face_Roughing |
Finishing | F | Finishing | Finishing |
|
Flat finishing | Fl | End mill | Finishing | FlatFinishing, Flat_Finishing, Floor Finishing, FloorFinishing, Floor_Finishing |
Helical boring | HB | End mill | Hole making | HelicalBoring, Helical_Boring |
Roughing | R | Roughing | Bulk roughing |
|
Spot drilling | SD | Spot drill | Hole making | SpotDrilling, Spot_Drilling |
Tapping | Ta | Taps | Hole making | Tap |
Threading | Th | Thread mill | Hole making | Thread |
Wall Finishing | Wa | End mill | Finishing | WallFinishing, Wall_Finishing |
Smart Keywords
Smart keywords can be used to assign one Fusion cutting data preset to multiple operations within CAM Assist.
For example, you could use the cutting data preset “Aluminum - Side milling” to assign it feeds and speeds to the Roughing, Wall finishing, Flat finishing, and Helical boring operations of a tool.
For more details, see Smart Keywords.