Form mill tools
Form mills tools are custom-shaped tools that are used to machine nonstandard geometry such as geometry containing curves or undercuts. You can create form tools from sketches or imported cad drawing. Most tooling manufacturers have CAD drawings of their form tools available on their websites.
Form tool used to machine nonstandard geometry
Before you can use the created tool, you need to edit the form tool to specify cutting parameters or descriptions. If needed, you can move the form tool to any Local or Cloud library for future use.Compensation point
The compensation point is used to drive the tool along the contours which are selected during toolpath creation. It is used as a basis to calculate the toolpath.
You can offset the Z position of the tool by editing the tool in the tool library and changing the Tip Offset parameter.
The following images show the resulting toolpath for the selected compensation point and contour.
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| Compensation point | Contour selection | Resulting toolpath |
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The red dot represents the compensation point. The black dot represents the point from which the toolpath is driven. It is calculated based on the compensation point and represents the Z offset of the tool. |
If no compensation point is selected, Fusion automatically selects one of the following:
- Vertically, the compensation point is level with the tip of the tool (Z0 location).
- Horizontally, the compensation point aligns with the maximum diameter of the tool.