6. ParaLOL Finishing - Surface Design: Cam Simulation

The process of setting up parallel finishing on Fusion 360 for the tile design CNC cutting. 

The set up! Two computers are better than one. I referenced the CNC guide Bryan uploaded on the object.digital site. 

Step 1: uploading and moving my model around took me wayyyyy longer to figure out than I anticipated. The first issue was that my Fusion360 account expired so I had to start a new account to upload this file. 

 Moving tools in this program for some reason took me ages to figure out. 
Step 2: I built a bounding box to the new specifications of 305x305x48mm. Scaling my object took a while to figure out as well, I left it overhanging the material slightly so the edge would be live and not a contained border. 
Step 3: Setting up the cutting tool path 



Step 4: Fusion is confusing. This issue kept happening until I realize my axis/orientation was wrong. 
Step 5: Knowing this is in wood, I tried to set up a roughing pass but this caused an error I couldn't seem to resolve, so I just did a bunch of parallel passes instead. 

  
Step 6: Parallel finishing set up and previewed

Step 7: I added 3 more parallel passes to get a cleaner, more refined result. One at 90 degrees to the original, the other two are at 40 and -45 degrees. 

Step 8: saving the series of cutting and finishing process as code gurblgargle.


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