Especially since Fusion can work in a relational way (you can set variables and then use them as dimensions, which makes tweaking the part very easy later on).In this edition of Sliced, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we cover the latest business developments, partnerships, and acquisitions in the additive manufacturing sector. If I have something complicated to draw I sometimes whip it up in AutoCAD and pull it into fusion to extrude into a 3d shape and set toolpaths, but after a bit of use I actually find Fusion very well suited to drawing and do that much less frequently. TBH, Fusion works so differently than autocad that aside from broad concepts I didn’t find my previous knowledge that helpful. Once you can draw something setting up the CAM part is fairly easy.Ĭaveat, I’m a longtime AutoCAD user, which may have helped. I would download it and watch some basic drawing tutorials and see how well they click for you. It has a learning curve, but honestly its pretty user friendly for drawing and modeling once you understand the methodology, and there are extensive tutorial videos out there for it. I did the free hobbyist license for Fusion and watched a few hours of tutorial videos and made the switch to that. Initially I played with Carbide Create, but I quickly found it limiting (even for basic CAM operations, the lack of support tabs makes it a bit frustrating in actual use). Once you’ve got the basics, then you can move on to more interesting (and complex) things. -you’ll need clamps anyway - get the file for this from: Bamboo Work Clamps made with Carbide Create.Let's make a coaster - this covers the basics.- look up any terms which are confusing at:.Learn the terminology, do a couple of basic tutorial projects. More importantly, the concepts and terminology which you will learn while using Carbide Create will apply to any CAD/CAM tool which you may work with later. That said, the user guide for Carbide Create is quite brief: - I’ve tried to expand a bit upon that on the wiki: and If one has experience with another drawing / design tool, then it’s an excellent strategy to do the design in the familiar (and more capable) tool and then import it into Carbide Create for CAM. The nice thing about Carbide Create is that it’s as simple as it can be (sometimes frustratingly so) - a bit of experience with vector design helps w/ understanding it (though makes some of its missing features agonizing) - more importantly, by only providing the essentials, it allows one to be exposed to only what is needed to start, greatly simplifying early success.
That said, unless you have experience with and a real, driving need for full 3D machining, I don’t recommend adding in the complications of a 3rd dimension pervasively at the beginning, it’s a needless complication.
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