Fusion 360 CAD & CAM Tutorial for CNC Beginners [Snapmaker Academy]
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- Follow this video to design a 3D model in Fusion 360 and carve it out with your Snapmaker. The whole process could be much easier than you would have expected.
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[Tool]
Snapmaker 2.0:
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[Software]
Autodesk Fusion 360: www.autodesk.c...
[Material]
Beech Wood Board (150mm×150mm×10 mm)
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The fact that you guys are actively putting out this content makes me feel so much more comfortable with my purchase. I look forward to learning this beast in September.
Nice to see how to check boundarys.
More nice is it to know how to set boundarys!
This has really helped me feel less intimidated by CNC in general, it makes it feel a lot more like 3D printing which i'm more familiar with and it taught me some good tips for 360 I didn't know like the ability to make tabs easily. More vids like this please, maybe go over best instructions for specific materials on the laser cutting/etching and CNC? We already have a video talking about different filament types, would be nice to know how to laser cut wood versus acrylic or EVA foam.
Thanks! For the instructions on laser for specific materials, maybe you could check this guide on our support page: support.snapmaker.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019025954-The-Definitive-Guide-to-Laser-Engraving-and-Cutting-with-the-Snapmaker. Hope it helps!
Good video to a point. Downloaded and installed Tools went perfect. BUT there seems to be 2 missing pieces: 1-installing post-processor configuration 2-installing actual machine configuration so the proper machine can be selected during setup.
Yeah, it's sad Snap Maker seem to not be very active in supporting their printer with arguably de facto standard third party software. Here's hoping that they change their mind and provide a machine file for CNC and Additive manufacturing in Fusion.
Was already saving up to buy a snap maker. We are already paying for 2 seats of Fusion 360. Great video. This will inspire the next generation. Keep going!!!!!!
use FLOSS/OS/Open OSurce CAD and CAM? ie freecad and/or OnShape ! n o s o f t w a r e l i s c e n c e c o s t
Great to hear!
I have to say that was a really clear and concise instructional video. Having watched countless others that just helped confuse me, this video has made the process crystal clear. Thank you!
I came here for the how-to make the mortise holes and tenon tongues in F360 for my 3D printed parts, fantastic tutorial! 👏👏👏
what a great, simple smart video on cad and cam.
Installing the postprocessor + tools correctly was a bit problematic for me, but after finally succeeding with those, the rest was easy to follow and understand. Great tutorial!
Thank you!
Here I was avoiding Fusion360 because I thought the free year meant only one year. God that is going to make using my Snapmaker so much easier...
Well done on this tutorial guys! Waaaay easier than working through the written tutorials (although those are also very well done). This has definitely lessened the learning curve on using my A350 and Fusion for CNC. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much!
Such an amazing video! Great work there, Snapmaker!
~~and freecad but the gui is shit~~
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for making this video! You guys should definitely make more
More to come!
Thank you! Couple days of frustration could have been saved by finding this earlier lol
Awesome video! Really helpful. I’m loving my A350.
I might snag one for my next project :)
So jelly!! Mine is still on the ordered list.
@@adamsbeforeaftercreations7625 mine would be IF I HAD THE BURNABLE CASH (1-3 months though...)
Great to hear!
@@Snapmaker Can this also carve Aluminium and print PETG? And where the shroud to block the sound and particles
Thanks a lot, your video had helped me alot with my first cnc file preparation.
Now I only have to buy some wood and CNC my project.
This was extremely helpful, thank you. First Snapmaker CNC attempt currently underway :)
Just finished, only issue I ran into was that I added 0.2mm to the extrude height and 2.2mm wasn't quite enough to cut through the 2mm black acrylic sample. I created a second setup of just the contour with a -0.4mm bottom height and that finished the job.
Actually if you develop tool changing module, you can use carving bit for hybrid smoothing and correcting tolerances of fresh 3D printed parts.
It would be cool if all three capabilities could be combined in the same job by implementing tool changes. Pause job to changes bits in CNC would be nice too.
Stupid question, but how can SM2 handle a tool change request by gcode? I tried this for many times in sequence M05 (turn off spindle), M00 (Pause machine), (manual tool change and Z-Zero), M03 P100 and go next, but the machine should request any human interaction --> it don't :(
I already checked the marlin gcode sheet and it looks like my way of "tool-changing" should work. But again, there is no user interaction request on display. The machine just stopps and thats it.
Can somebody explain me how this should work here or has this feature not implemented yet?
This has helped a lot! Thanks for the video.
Glad it helped!
I would love to see the tutorial made for Solidworks as well.
We'll see if we could make one. Thanks!
@@Snapmaker yes please, a lot of people have solidworks but not fusion 360 just like me
very helpful video, but can't figure out how to add Snapmaker post processor as machine to Fusion. Doesn't seem to be able to open the Snapmaker.cps file. suggestions?
That jump cut at the start jumped so hard it made my body hurt. Like that time I thought I was doing a cannonball out of my canoe into deep water. The ground was 5 inches deeper than my keel...
I'll keep watching (over and over and over) but geeze o peeze! SLOW DOWN!!!!!!!!! Us older guys can't follow a brand new program as fast as you're doing it!
Never mind.... 5 more minutes after starting my comment and I realized this is not a tutorial video. It's a Demo video. Nobody can learn this program as fast as you're doing it.
Moving on....
Got you feedback! We'll slow down the pace and make it easy to follow next time : )
Also check out FreeCAD and OnShape for FULLY free options
Kiri:Moto app inside OnShape for CAM applications
Great instructions! I can't wait to get my pre-ordered printer. :) One thing though: the background music is highly annoying and steals focus from the instructor. It reduces accessibility for ppl using a hearing aid, so please reconsider this for future videos.
Noted:) Thank you for your feedback!
Awesome! next, can you show how to make pcb with the cnc (and possibly laser)?
Thank you! It's on the plan :)
More like this video
This is great!! Thankyou so much. When can we expect the tutorial for laser engraving and cutting? :)
Thank you! We are now working on a laser cutting tutorial. It's coming soon!
Snapmaker Yeaaah😃😃
Really good video! However, I'm a little stuck on the export stage. You select the Snapmaker as the machine in your list, but I don't have one listed, and I can't find a .machine file for the snapmaker anywhere online. If I select just 'Generic FFF Machine' it comes up with an error saying, "Milling toolpath is not supported by the post configuration. Failed while processing onOpen()'.
same here hope they give reply because I have same error and I not able to find the same setting show at minutes 10:40
maybe I found out in the setting menu, then create program NC, then set to library and choose the folder where you have Snapmaker configuration file .cps then once select folder go back and choose VENDOR SNAPMAKER and should be fine ...I success to create the G code
Maybe you could try this: First download Snapmaker post processor for Fusion 360 ( s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/snapmaker.com/download/snapmaker-fusion360-configuration-20200519.zip) and extract it. Then, go back to Fusion 360 - Manufacture Mode - Actions - Post Process. At the TOP of the pop-up menu, select the extracted file folder as the "Configuration Folder", and the "Generic Snapmaker (Marlin) " will be imported automatically. If this doesn't help, just keep in contact, or maybe post your issue on our forum with some screenshots or screen recording of the software. Hope you enjoy your making!
Glad you made it. We will make such type of informations more clear in our next video. Thank you for your feedback!
@@Snapmaker this link takes me to an error page. I'm stuck at the same place at the 10:40 mark having the same issues
Excellent video. Well done.
When I simulate the tool path, the cutting starts above the surface of the workpiece. Consequently, all of the holes get carved short of the proper depth. What am I doing wrong? Thanks
Same thing happens to me. Can someone answer this?
Hi! Would you go to the "2D Pocket" settings, open the "Heights" tab and see if the "Top Height" is from "Stock Top" and the Offset is 0 mm?
Instead of resizing the mortise and tenon by -0.2mm in the design step, could you put in -0.2mm for "leave stock" in the cam step? Or does that not take negative numbers?
Yes, you can put in -0.2 mm for Axial stock to leave and that works too : )
Good Video 👍
not bot, you get stamp of agreable taste, and a like lol
Thank you 👍
I wonder, whether CNC processing in luban one day will overcome that made in F360.
i just spent ages working my way through this, stopping and playing it back. when i get the the post processing screen i get a completely different drop down menu.. split into two halves . the top has a 'Settings heading ' and the following menu options.
Source Generic Posts,
Post Processing 'Aramatic'
Programme number '1001'
programme comment blank
units. mm selected
then checkboxes for minimise tools and open NC file in editor.
i could really do with some help on this as I am really frustrated.
Hi, we looked it up for you and think maybe you are using an iMac? If so, open "Source" list and select "Personal Posts" , see if you could set the post processor as we did in the video. Just fell free to tell us if you have any more questions😁
Yes I am using a Mac, I’ll give it a try and see how I get on. Thanks.
How to do this with the Artisan??
After following this tutorial as best as I could, the file that I ended up with was titled "test.cnc.failed". It had 6 errors and I can't figure out what went wrong or how to fix it. I guess I'm reduced to wasting a lot of time to tinker and figure it out myself. This is not why I bought a Snapmaker.
Maybe you can post your "test.cnc.failed" file in our forum (forum.snapmaker.com) so that we and other Snapmaker users could help you with it. Sorry to learn that you got little help from this tutorial, but your feedback is very appreciated. Will see if we can lower the overall speed and add some effects on the cursor to make it clearer. Thank you again, and hope you have more fun with your Snapmaker :)
It took a lot of fiddling but I finally POSTED the project and the moved the file to a memory stick then plugged it into the SM but the file was not visible. The file was "1002.tap" Way would that happen?
This is a really good tutorial. It's very comprehensive and shows all of the steps.
hahah any one else notice the the phone holder outline in the cnc wasteboard. i bet it happens to everyone . @snapmaker you guys need to correct the depth on that first cnc project. having alot of fun with my a350
dear Snapmaker , can help me and others with same issue to find out at minute 10:40 where can find the setting in your screen (mine is total different) I am not able to find any reference for export and machine setting for Snapmaker marlin or anything similar to your window
Sometimes you just click on things in this video and expect us to know what you're clicking on. I had to stop many, many times to see what you're doing since you did it so fast. I realize that you want it to look easy, but for beginners that don't know where commands are located, it's VERY frustrating!
I felt the same. I saw "for beginners" but felt this was "for snapmaker beginners but experts in Fusion 360". I had to step through slowly and try several times before I got it to semi-work as I made mistake after mistake. I feel going slower and being more descriptive, rather than assuming we know all this, would be a massive improvement. BUT I did eventually learn more than I knew!
@@NoNDEFanfilms totally agree. There's a lot of content missing
I had the same issues. Please remember this is for people who are learning and this is a very complicated subject,,@@NoNDEFanfilms
Would I be limited on what I could do on the Snapmaker, if I were to use the free version of Fusion 360?
The features that appear in the tutorials on our current website are all available in the free version of fusion360. Here is a blog: support.snapmaker.com/hc/en-us/articles/360060624834-CNC-Cutting-with-Files-Exported-from-Fusion-360
Great stuff guys, It's really helpful, especially the CAM part. I'd love to see how to configure a new bit selfsourced in the cam to use with the CNC fonction. It would be great to see as well how to CAM 3d printing. I started to use an opensource postprocessor for it but I struggle with javascript to make it work properly. I'll post it on the Snapmaker Forum and hope it will be useful for the community: forum.snapmaker.com/t/fusion-360-additive-manufacture-profiles/5644. I can't wait to see how this SnapMaker Academy will be .
Thank you Lion! Maybe you could try going to Manufacture Mode -> Manage -> Tool Library, create a new library under Local folder, so that you can add a new bit by clicking New Mill Tool icon in the top right corner. If you have any problems setting bit diameters, just feel free to share with us, too. As for the forum topic you mentioned, we've seen your latest update and will learn more about it.
Thank you again for your support!
is there a cheaper option then fusion 360?
Post process page looks completely differant for me. Not using a mac
Where can I find the libraries tool?
is it possible to achieve the integration of CAD & CAM with solidworks + snapmaker???, does anyone have any experience???
Dumb question - that cnc "wasteboard" will get drilled through and damaged over time because we will always drill a bit lover than our material thicknes is during cuting so we will need to order replacements periodicaly? i know it depends on projects but do we know some average livespan of that part? and is it somehow standardized sizewise or replacements have to be original? maybe im wrong and overthinking it but im curious how that works - never had cnc before :)
That's a very common question :) You need to replace the wasteboard when you can't fix the material to it steadily because there are too many grooves, which depands on project as you said. So there is not a lifespan as far as we know. And you don't have to use an original one. Any MDF board with a similar size is OK.
CNC newbie here, @4:53 if you set the cut through depth larger then the wood thickness, will it no carve into the wasteboard?
Paul Horstink yes it will. You need to replace the board eventually. Or you use another thin board between, but be sure to secure both boards through the clamps.
Has anyone made the stl files available for the desk organizer? I would like to reverse it and work in FreeCAD to make it. Thanks
is it possible to cnc just a premade stl file?
You can use the new version of Snapmaker Luban. Import an stl file into the CNC G-code Generator and you can get g-code directly. Have a try: luban.xyz/
Good
Thanks!
For cnc how far can we cut down ?
Depends on the length of the bit. For example it's around 25mm for the ball end mill we provide.
Tutorial in spanish also please...
pablo pinto silva si, multilingual tutorials!
Or at least subtitles in many languages
Thank you for your information. That's what we intend to do : )
What material are you using? And the thickness?
It was a 10mm thick beech wood board :)
Tendrán esa información en español?
how much is a snapmaker
1000-2500 usd
+ optional accesories
Is there a way to convert an STL file to gcode? I've already made the model I want to cut on different software.
If you mean slicing, you can convert it in Snapmaker Luban😀
@@Snapmaker I don't mean slicing, I want to use and stl file to make a cnc cut. Can you convert an stl to gcode?
@@KrakenCasting Oh, in that case you need to generate toolpath and export it to a g-code in Fusion 360 or other CAM software. And that we've introduced in the video - check from 6:50.
that's a Mi Notebook Pro!
you got it! lol
Hi can this Tutorial be Made on the Snapmaker gen1? Thank you
Sure, you can download the post processor here: www.snapmaker.com/product/snapmaker-original/downloads
@Snapmaker - This is fantastic. I'd love to see one for doing things that require multiple passes where you have to change bits to get more detail like topographical maps and detailed 3D objects like this eagle: czcams.com/video/6_vxY_eaKj8/video.html
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ie help with recommnendations via ritual sacrifice of text and clicks
Too bad fusion 360 is $500 a year
Fusion 360 is free to "hobbyiests"
So much content missing that makes this video impossible to follow for most snap maker owners. You're jumping around and skipping so much that the "next step" isn't reachable making this video pointless.
Thank you for your feedback! We'll try to make it easier to follow next time.
Yes I found the same problem please re do this video for stupid slow people like me.
I was told that order #SM2019XXXXX going to ship in the Month September it is now 5 Oct and no shipment! When is it going to ship? The original date was March. And I know about the virus and I did not say anything about it. But since August it was going to ship that month. Well it time to give a real date! So WHEN WILL IT SHIP?
Have you checked it here yet? snapmaker.com/orderStatus
How to setup tool library?
To add a customized tool, you could try going to Manufacture Mode -> Manage -> Tool Library, create a new library under Local folder, so that you can add a new bit by clicking New Mill Tool icon in the top right corner. If you want to add the default Snapmaker tool library to Fusion 360, follow the video at 7:00. If this does not help still, welcome to share your question with us in any way (such as forum, social media or email :)
@@Snapmaker Thank you~~~