Create a setup

Create a setup for milling, turning, cutting, and additive operations.

Milling, turning, and cutting

1. On the Manufacture workspace toolbar, click Setup > New Setup .

   The Setup dialog opens.

2. (Optional) To find and choose a machine using the Machine Library, next to Machine, click Select.

   Note: If the machine has an associated post processor and that post processor contains operation properties, a dialog opens summarizing which properties are added to which operations. Confirm the change to proceed. The operation properties are then displayed in the Post Process tab of the affected operations' dialogs.

3. (Optional) If you have chosen a machine and want to configure it using the Machine Definition dialog, next to Machine, click Edit.

4. If you did not choose a machine in step 2, choose an Operation Type:

   • Milling

   • Turning or Mill/Turn

   • Cutting

   Note: The remaining settings in the Setup tab of the dialog change depending on your selection.

5. Complete the Model area to specify which bodies are included in the setup.

   By default, all the bodies on the canvas are automatically selected.

6. Complete the Work Coordinate System (WCS) area to specify the orientation and origin of the coordinate system of the workpiece.

   Tip: If you are creating a milling setup, you can assess which areas are accessible to the tool after defining the WCS. Next to Accessibility Analysis, click Preview.

7. Complete the other areas in the Setup tab for the selected operation type.

8. Complete the Stock tab to define the size and shape of the workpiece.

9. In the Post Process tab specify options for post processing:

   1. (Optional) Enter a Program Name/Number and Program Comment to be output to the NC code.

   2. Enter a WCS Offset value to position the machine-tool orientation in relation to the work coordinate system.

   3. If you want to repeat the operations in the setup at different work coordinate systems, select the Multiple WCS Offsets checkbox, and then complete the Post Process tab to finish specifying the settings.

10. Click OK.

Additive

Follow the steps below when using machines with additive FFF, SLA/DLP, MJF, SLS, MPBF, or binder jetting capability. For machines with additive DED capability, see Create an additive setup for additive multi-axis deposition.

1. Open a model on the canvas.

2. On the Manufacture workspace toolbar, click Additive > Setup > New Setup .

   The Setup dialog opens.

3. Next to Machine, click Select to find and choose an additive machine.

   Tip: In the Machine Library, in the right pane, filter by Technologies to reduce the number of machines that you can choose.

4. (Optional) If the chosen machine does not have associated print settings, or it does but you want to change them, next to Print Settings, click Select and choose print settings.

5. Leave the Operation Type set to Additive.

6. (Optional) By default, when you create the setup, Fusion automatically arranges all the selected components on the canvas so that they fit inside the additive machine's build volume. To prevent automatic arrangement, deselect the Arrangement checkbox.

7. (Optional) By default, the selected bodies are added to the active manufacturing model. If a manufacturing model does not exist, Fusion creates one. To change which manufacturing model the setup uses, select an option in the Manufacturing Model list.

8. Click OK.

   The Setup dialog closes. The toolbar updates to show tools that are available for the capability of the chosen additive machine.