Cutting a toolpath in half
Nice to be able to cut toolpaths in half when working on odd 3D shapes. That way I can clamp half of the piece down really well on one half while milling the other half and then switch.
- Make a construction plane offset from the surface you want to mill
- Draw a sketch on that plane around the area you want to mill
- In manufacture create your toolpath (adaptive, parallel, etc)
- In the geometry tab set the machining boundary to your sketch. Under Model select the faces to mill (KEY: uncheck "Include Setup Model". Under Avoid/Machine Surfaces you can select surfaces to avoid if you find your toolpath running into anything weird.
Ref: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/parallel-tool-path-is-plunging-on-the-end-of-a-face-selection/td-p/10035789#M71684
Inserting a canvas and tracing
This is useful for things like tracing a wrench to build a tool foam drawer
- Insert > Canvas
- Document explorer > Canvases > canvas you inserted > calibrate
- In the edit menu of the canvas you can flip it horizontally/vertically
- Trace a fit point spline around it. For tool foam I've found being a tiny bit wide of the tool is best (too tight then it is hard to get in and out)
Moving a canvas and spline sketch
Once I've inserted a canvas and drawn a spline it can be nice to move them together to adjust their positioning.
- Document explorer > canvases > canvas you inserted > edit > adjust x/y
- edit sketch > draw box around all points > press m key (for move) > move x/y same amount as canvas