Workflow: Inspecting a surface using probing

Fusion Manufacturing Extension

This feature is part of an extension. Extensions are a flexible way to access additional capabilities in Fusion. Learn more.

The Inspect Surface inspect surface icon strategy lets you create an operation that you can run on a CNC machine, fitted with a probe, for inspecting the surfaces of complex, free-form parts. The inspection results can be imported into Fusion:

Import from a machine-generated results file

  1. Create a milling setup.

  2. Generate an Inspect Surface operation.

  3. Post process the Probe WCS operation to create NC code, and then run the NC code on the CNC machine fitted with a probe.

    nc program

  4. Import the machine-generated results file.

  5. (Optional) Save the inspection results as a report.

Import in real-time using a live connection

  1. Ensure that you have the correct Machine Connector application installed for the machine you are using.

  2. Create a milling setup.

  3. Generate an Inspect Surface operation.

  4. Post process the Probe WCS operation to create NC code, and then transfer the NC code to the CNC machine fitted with a probe.

    nc program

  5. Import the inspection results in real-time as the NC code runs on the CNC machine.

  6. (Optional) Save the inspection results as a report.