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Fusion 360 CAM - Engraving Letters Text & Art -
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2024
- Live Stream - We will talk about the CAM Engraving tools for Letters, Text and Art. This is Fusion 360 AND we will chat about your comments and questions.
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the difference between DFX and SWG is: SWG is made for illustrator type programs and support gradients and other graphic specific stuff but the vectors will still work in 3d programs. DFX is pure vector and support hatches and other CAD specific stuff :) but for importing a vector shape both will do just fine. One note might be that the DFX support higher precision than SWG but this will only matter in very specific cases and shouldn't worry you too much :)
I am a Maya user and you understand my confusion when I started to use Fusion360
But after watching your beginner tutorials in 3 parts all is much clearer now.
Thank you
I am new to using the Fusion 360 as a cad/cam... Everything is completely simple to understand if you have a foundational understanding of what info a cad/cam needs from you to complete the project.
The issue is with most software (including Fusion 360) is that the designer of the software injects their bias into it. Basically all the stuff they have worked with is what they see as a priority so those features are very well cultivated..
I have the latest Fusion 360 installed and I challenge anyone to find a V-Bit!
You could pick a bit and create your gcode no problem, but if you want to cut a precise part you need to know what bit you are using. There is no point in sending this Gcode to your machine until you have that Bit dialed in to you cad/cam.
No tutuorial is complete without a very detailed explination of how to create your own bits..
Thank you so much for your help, Lars! I was trying for a long time to use "engrave" to set up CAM, but Fusion 360 just kept saying "Toolpath is not supported for the given tool and settings", but then when I followed your advice to use trace, it worked like a charm! I cannot thank you enough 😄
I was kind of depressed before I turned on your video. Lars your awesome. you said if this doesn't interest you kick back take the day off. that's really fun Lars. you always have a bright attitude. I like watching your videos. I'm sure you help a lot of people. I know you like what you do, and It's hard to find people who can keep up with playing with our toys. people scratch their heads and say Huh? when I try to get them as excited as I am about design and building cnc machines. LOL your the man Lars. keep up the great work. your my "go to guy" when I want to know all the tricks.
Thanks Lars!
Converted a lot of art and logos to CNC cut paths for lasers in the past for commercial signage. Nationsbank is one that is still around. Hard to find art that has good smooth path lines to cut. All the transitions had to be tweaked for flame polishing the acrylic push through glass with the laser as you cut it. One jagged cut ruins it. The same CNC paths I created were also used for routers and vinyl cutters. DXF rules for machine variability.
Glad to see I'm not the only only that gets the inverted view on creating a sketch. That and zooming off the screen to somewhere else... crazy reaction from the software. Show me whats in the view not some random upside down point of view from where I'm working. lol
I lost my job, but with your help, Lars, I will survive. Thank you for your knowledge, which you selflessly share online.
Although I don't use CAM, I still watch because I still learn something. This time it was all about the SVG and DXF, wich is a great help. Thank you Lars.
That is awesome to hear Spike Kent .Thank you for watching the videos
The most important detail to me: the orientation of the tool.. which is funny since it was in that "let met setup real quick" part, being on screen about one second... :)
had the same thought. Wish this wouldve gone into more depth
Just getting into this field with BOXZY and absolutely love your channel. Make more videos on engraving please.
Hi Lars. I am a very beginner and I found all your tutorials about F 360 very interesting and easy to understand and follow. Thanks
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
CAM starts at 14:15
DXF's may also have layer information that can be useful. Like depths of cut or bits to use.
Yes me as well. I use both already buy I picked up a few navigation tips. Great vid Lars.
Thank you bluesinter
SVG= scalable vector graphics. Thanks for you video. Keep 'em coming.
Thank you lars this is great video we do alot of this workflow and will help too thanks lars
That is awesome to hear All Customz .Thank you for watching the videos
every single time I want to do something in F360 always a tutorial from you
Thank you for watching!
Thanks Lars , I was able to figure a lot out on my own But this helped fill in the gaps,love the streams keep it up .
That is awesome to hear Corey Eller .Thank you for watching the videos
Thanks Lars, this was a needed tutorial for me
Great video as usual! Any chance that you could demonstrate how to post this as a "C axis" for lathe? Also, how do you go about requesting a Mill/turn processor for Centroid lathe. Fusion 360 only has a mill process for Centroid. Thanks as always!
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Check out this video:
ua-cam.com/video/ApM2NWCDraU/v-deo.html
Yes, your rotation is controlled by the post. I would recommend that you start on the HSM post forum. The developers are keeping an eye on that place:
forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-post-processor-forum/bd-p/218
This must have been updated. My tool paths look really clean in 2020
setting the view to wireframe when doing engraving sim it removes the flat from the view at the bottom of the letter
Hi Lars I am very new to fusion and am trying to use the single line text to engrave some numbers and letters on a .875 round stock 604 stainless but I cant get the ,shx text to select or extrude can you give me some help on what I need to do please.
Windows TrueType fonts are stored in a vector format naively; it's why you can create a 500 pt block of text and not have pixelation in programs like Word. If Fusion is converting your text to a raster format that's just silly.
My thoughts exactly.. True Type fonts work as PostScript. I'm confused by this mention of 'windows fonts'. Great video otherwise. I use TT fonts in Corel Draw always. They scale as vector, and can be converted to vector art easily as well. I've only seen rastering on a Windows screen, which isn't from the font itself.
@@ryanmacewen511 as a developer, I can tell you, in a normal windows desktop application, it's in vector format the entire life of the text (even after you blit it, because it can still be scaled and transformed cleanly in GDI, as long as you're not blitting it to a rasterized destination). The part that rasterizes it, and converts it to pixels is like one of the last steps in the pipeline, and you generally have no interaction or business lurking around there...
Very helpful information.
Or you can pick a random pic on Google and then convert it on web, many websites allow you to convert from normal image to vector image
Perfect
Cooking show? Lol. Great comparison. Lets CAM a delicious pot roast in seconds!
We need wrap toolpath for the engrave feature. Any tips? I use 2d chamfer, but it do not adjust the height as engrave does.
when I use the Engrave too, and I simulate it, It doesn't engrave, it just Traces it out.. how do I fix this
Thanks, I like your demonstration.
Thank you for watching 👍😊
Your videos are a massive help thanks!!
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Thanks Lars! Informative as always.
I'm wondering about your final discussion regarding engraving on a curved surface. You say you would need a 5-axis CNC. I wonder if it is possible to approximate the effect with a regular CNC. Is it possible to define a curved surface and then do a recess of the letters from that surface? You would get a consistent depth for the letters, although they would be a distorted because the bit would be moving in the Z axis only, not normal to the curved surface. If the curve was fairly shallow it might still come close to what the 5-axis would give you. Any thoughts?
I'm wondering the same thing :?
@@andreeca I'm still working through tutorials, and I found another series -- Learn Fusion 360 in 30 days. Day 7 - ua-cam.com/video/eVRdKjQu6po/v-deo.html - that might be relevant. It shows how to create embossed text on a curved surface.
@@sj-kp1ks Thank you! But I'm more interested of machining the text from curved surface with standart 3-axis CNC. I hope there is an option to do that
thank ,s , For the very beautiful lessen i have benefited from it much too much.
That is awesome to hear adam ishaq .Thank you for watching the videos
Thanks for the video.
Really appreciate the filter by operation tip for tools. Was stuck trying to engrave something earlier, and this sorted me out. Great info as usual.
Thank you Jack Bryan
I'm trying to emboss text. keep getting error (Sketch profiles create a self-intersecting body. Adjust depth of emboss or size of sketch profile) What is that? I tried a different font and it works but not the one I need Brush Script MT is what I need to use
Thank you Lars. I had a question for you. Is there a way to model the actual 3D engraving in the design environment? Im trying to produce a logo with complex 3D text that I want to be beveled.
Me too
I'm trying to engrave some text, however I'm having difficulty because I'm wanting to use a ball endmill and the engrave tool path only wants to use a v bit type tool. Is there a way to do this?
Is there a plan for Fusion 360 to generate vector paths from TruType fonts? I have this in Vector and use it a lot - would love to have it in Fusion 360!
Hi jimad Thank you for watching!
I am not hundred percent sure, but I am also pretty low on the food chain when it comes to influencing such a thing.
I would recommend that you post something on the idea station. Users have the power to vote what the developers should work on there.
forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-ideastation-request-a/idb-p/125
Have an awesome day!
Best,
Lars
Lars, thanks! This video really helped!
Great. Thank you for watching 👍😊
im trying to engrave a single line font whilst keeping the tool down, i want a sindle entry and exit point on the test as im doing aled neon sign that has a 8mm undercut with a 6mm flute so only 6mm is seen at the surface but there will be a 8mm hole where it pluges in, it snot a single line font but i have traced the centreline of a specific font. any help from anyone would be appreciated
You are amazing! Thanks a lot!!
Hello, i have dmg mori nlx turn/mill postprocessor, can i make text engravings less long and not only x and y axis? Now it goes like kilometer long program and only other option is to define the font ''single line'' . Others use I J K or something like that ?
The "engrave" feature lacks multi depths, i.e. telling the machine to dig only 0,1mm each run. If you want to engrave 3mm it goes the full 3mm and the drill bit brakes.
Congrats to +30k subscriber! Thanks for great videos
Hi Waldemar Guse Thank you for watching!
Thank you for the information.
Thats really competend advice!
Hi Lars,
I am trying to extrude a specific font I added additionally to Fusion, but it does not extrude. Please help.
Thank you.
At about the 26 minute mark in the video there is an object with a curved top. Kind of shaped like a large aspirin tablet. You mention that to carve on top of that a 5 axis mill would be used keeping the cutting tool perpendicular to the surface of the work as it cuts. Makes since since the action of the cutting tool and the cut would change if the tools only moved along a Z axis. I will not likely ever have the funds for a 5 axis mill. So if my surface has only a slightly curved top, and I use a small cutter, would I be able to use a 3 axis mill? I would of course have to deal with some distortion in the cut which could hopefully be minimized by using a small tool. Example, engrave the letters “COLT” on Colt SAA revolver grips or 1911 pistols grips.
Your videos on Fusion 360 have been very helpful.
Hi Smokey Walker Thank you for watching!
Yes, you could for sure use a 3 Axis mill and maybe something like a parallel or scallop toolpath
So can you tell me a font that i can use with Fusion, that doesnt produce these odd segments inside each letter? i'm REALLY trying to draft any font to have 10deg draft (for pattern making/sand casting purposes) - thanks Lars :)
OK i've watched further into the video now... Can you export the 'simulation' as a body? that would totally work for me. then I could engrave a flat part and finally export the 'engraved' resulting body for 3d printing (as a pattern).
following ur tutorial in 2020, Is there no operation tab on the tools anymore?
I am making 3d model gravestone of fallen soldier in ww1 and this is exactly what I need. Thx.
HEY SORRY IM LATE ,BUT GREAT VIDEO . ID LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU CAN DO A VIDEO ON RAISED LETTERS ON AN ARC ?
Great video Lars!
Thank you Eric Neel
I have been trying for close to a month to engrave a grid onto the inside of a hollow half sphere. Literally the last step to finish my project and I can't figure it out. Fusion is HARD!
NICE VIDEO!!
Lars for the five axis tool path that you did at the end of the show which was a contour, can you use the engraving tool with 5-axis? Specifically I'm asking about the curved surface and Engraving on that but not a contour. Thanks keep up the good work.
Hi Riley Porter Thank you for watching!
That would be cool if you could get the engravings clear corners also working with 5 axis. Pretty sure that is not going to happen today, but we have some smart developers....I'll buy a few beers for someone to figure that one out.
Holy moly he sounds danish
what about the convert text function when you right click
Cheers Lars well helpful.
awesome tips !!!! as always !!!
Thank you Sebastian Gregoroff
Hi Lars Christensen what if I will use a V Shape 10 Degree Tool bit for engraving? How is it done or do you have any video regarding this? Thank You and God Bless
And one more thing do you have any video on engraving an INLAYS? Thank You again
Hi Jay-R Deleon Thank you for watching!
You can modify the angular dimension on the cutter to whatever you want, so you should be fine using whatever bit you want.
Best,
Lars
I will put this to a lot of use/// thank you!!
Lars I used the font in fusion then i exploded the text and i got a line to machine did I do something wrong or is that acceptable Thanks Love the live stream
Ernie did you mean to send this to me? It will be a couple of days before I can try it out.
Actually Windows TrueType fonts are vectors, not bitmap fonts. That was the case with Win3.11 :) The lines you are seeing are the different points at witch lines meet, like when you use your splines.
Thank you Kolja Geldmacher I had no idea!!
Lars Christensen on the other hand I dearly miss the option of aligning texts like SketchUp or any Vector Program like Inkscap or Corel Draw handels it. Could you throw your weight around a little to make this happen?
which
thanks again for this tips .
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Great video
Good Video, Question so what if i wanted to engrave a cylinder? would that multi axis do that? I am needing to put a SN in a suppressor.
You could possibly use the wrap milling feature or trace should do it too, I believe. I need more coffee, I think
@@cadcamstuff how do I do that.. select the bodies
Lars,, How can you add constraints to vectored images??? For example, I have a circle plate I want to engrave but I want the font/logo to sit perfectly central. Can you do this? Thanks
overlay some sketches over it for reference?
Hi Lars, you didn't touch on text on curve or circle. its the one thing that you can't do in Fusion which is super annoying. also fusion has a lot of issues with SVG files its just doesnt work.
Hi elilco Thank you for watching!
I was focused on CAM. Maybe we need to do the modeling part of this video.
+elilco & +Lars
You can use CAM->3D-> Project to Trace on a Curved surface. SVG has improved a lot with the recent flip options. Here's a cool tip. If you create something in Adobe Illustrator and you want the size to remain perfect use: 1.333167 as your scaling option. Maybe Fusion could build that in somehow.
+Lars
What I'd love is if 3D Project had an Engrave option. This is really helpful if you need to change the engraved text from part to part. Having to offset the face of the body (and create a new body for each text variation) is a real pain. So - engraving serial numbers on a curved surface is currently really tough (unless I don't know the trick). Thank Lars for all the great help!
can you tell us when to use explode text
hello i try to trace my design but cant do it because its all deferent lines
can u help me
dude u are as usefull as boring...and you are very usefull ;-)
Still doesn't work like in the 23:00 mark. When you drop down the Engrave from the 2D menu, it clearly says Machines along contours with V shaped contour walls. Have tried everything and still cannot get a centered tool path like you did in the video.
Figured it out! Set the Bottom Height to Top Height minus the max amount you want the cutter to go down. Also make sure the tip diameter of the cutter isn't set to 0, mine is like 0.001 now and toolpath ends up perfectly!
any tricks for multi-line text?
Lars, will the fusion team ever make a post processor for the Vision Engravers software? I have to use there really clunky VisionPro cam software at work now but I would love to start using F360 cam instead! Could you put in a good word?
Hi JOEY G Thank you for watching!
Have you check the post forum? I know the developers are monitor that place
forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-post-processor-forum/bd-p/218
so nice thanks a lot
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Can you do a raised prism carving? I mean, text with "prism extrusion" in CAM sort of speaking?
I'm talking about this: www.vectric.com/sites/default/files/in-software-imagery/prism.jpg
I have followed this word for word and cannot get the toolpath to be in the center of the text like in the 22:30 part of the video. I have changed fonts, sizes, bits and Press pull depths. Trace and engrave all follow the outline of the letter only! Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?
compensation of? try a slot pattern maybe, this always defaults to the center of geo.
@@Juxtaposed1Nmotion Figured it out! Set the Bottom Height to Top Height minus the max amount you want the cutter to go down. Also make sure the tip diameter of the cutter isn't set to 0, mine is like 0.001 now and toolpath ends up perfectly!
How about text along a curve?
kjk2227l Do it on illustrator or somewhere then import to fusion 360
Hai Lars, i was trying with fancy fonts from internet i downloaded and installed it but can't extrude it. but using windows default fonts such as Arial it can extrude. So any other fonts besides windows fonts (default) can't do extrude? or any solution? thank you
I have the same problem.
Hi do you ever use auto cad? I'm a welder fabricator and am looking to get in to this cad stuff . But most people I've spoke to say learn auto cad instead . But this programme seams more intuitive . Most of the people doing auto cad tutorials just go way to quick for me
Hi J C Thank you for watching!
I have not used Autocad in a long time. Many fabricators like Autocad because it is 2D. My Autocad guru is Lynn Allen, she rocks!
Hello Lars,,, working heavily to get this stuff, i am slowly understand more and more, but i still NEW, and even with yours vids its still quite heavy stuff... soon i get a Snapmaker 1 there can carve up to 5 mm,,, it is possibly you can make a video how to setup and use Fusion and SM1 ala this video you did here, perhaps a demo where one make a new tool, make a simple text engraving in a specific dept 1.5mm with a endmill, and a advance carving at multiple high, ie in a W60xL60xH20 wooden block...
Hi tommyharbofriis Thank you for watching!
Can you get them to send me one? Then I would be happy to make that video :-). I am not familiar with the Snapmaker
Hope you have a great day!
Best,
Lars
HE, iam sure thet not gonna do that :-) but i found they release TOOL file and a file for POST, i install it and it works, now i just have to find out of how much data is transfer to SM software, ie, speed, clearing high, amount of deep in each carve aso,, since the Snapmaker is a 3D-printer, carve,laser, NOT a mill,,, :-) but thx for you work, its great for os noobs.
When i extrude my rectangle I loose the text ... Help!
thanku so much
You are so very welcome. Thank you for watching!
He Lars,
I would like to engrave a brass plate.
The problem is, the writing should be done on a circle.
is this possible with fusion 360?
Can be done. I think NYCCNC made a video on it last year..
Yes .. Fusion 360 can do ALOT but knowing these things takes years
You can do it easily in Inkscape (free). Create an SVG file and import to Fusion 360.
Spent the past hour trying different ways and bits for small type and just nothing but vague errors. Fusion has a lot of options but far from user friendly.
This is making me crazy. This is exactly what I want to learn to do, but you are a Spline God and I am not worthy. Your spline control handles just show up. If I create a spline, I can only add more points in sketch mode - so I "finish sketch" and then only the spline shows. I have to right click every point to "activate curvature handle" and "activate tangent handle". Your controls seem to be visible immediately. That's problem A. Is this some sort of preference setting?
Then there's actually getting the spline to do what I want and even with plenty of experimentation I am failing miserably. Do you have a "drawing with splines" tutorial?
NYCCNC channel video FF67
nice
why i can't see my text ?
svg = scalable vector graphics
Thanks for your vids man, they help me a lot :)
When I extrude my rectangle around the text, my text disappears. What gives? (I'm totally new and just got a CNC router/mill)
You bought cheap stuff .. if you did'nt spend $10,000 ... forget it
Joel Roche I know this comment is old, but I’ll provide an answer anyways. Every time you use a sketch to extrude, fusion automatically hides the sketch. If you go to the drop down menus on the left and click the lightbulb (recently updated to an eye) next to the sketch you want to see, it will toggle between hidden/visible.
the resolution is bad! Please zoom in on things. This can be done with any decent video editing. Thanks.
Looks like I recorded this 3 years ago at 720. If it looks worse on your screen, make sure you click the little gear icon on the lower right corner on UA-cam
@@cadcamstuff Oh Sweet, that worked well. Sorry for my ignorance. :-(
I wanted to send I to
Lars sorry
Diplomatic way of saying F360 is shit at engraving.
had a bad day?
Never :-)
Invariably the first few minutes are wasted in your videos. Can you cut out the filler and focus on the message? Your videos are otherwise excellent.
But i need to tell... it looks like some kind of booting up
you talk too much
never!
well its kinda good tho, everything he says make sence
Way to much detail. Just get to the point.
I'm watching this video because I'm trying to learn, so the detail is much appreciated.
IF YO WANT TO ENGRAVE .... BUY A ROUTER AND A DREMEL WORKSTATION. He is showing you howto drive from Florida through California from Ohio. Carving is becoming a lost art. I can charge 120X more for a carving than Fusion 360 will get you.