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Fabrizio Cimò
Fabrizio Cimò
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Fabrizio Cimò

Fabrizio Cimò is an Italian engineer who has always had a passion for the world of 3D graphics and design. During his first degree in industrial design, he started uploading video lessons covering 3D modeling tools such as Rhinoceros, Blender, and Fusion 360 on his YouTube channel. Sometime later, Autodesk noticed his work and asked him to keep promoting Fusion 360 as an official student ambassador. During this time, he also joined Dynamis PRC, a racing team from Milano PT competing in the Formula SAE championship; thanks to this experience and his avid curiosity, he improved his knowledge of the manufacturing world. Today, Fabrizio works as a machine designer for an important company in the laser-cutting sector.
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Exploring the main interface of a CAM project

Before jumping into action, let’s review the main interface for the CAM module. It is quite similar to the computer-aided design (CAD) module interface:

Figure 2.1: Main Fusion 360 interface

Figure 2.1: Main Fusion 360 interface

Please note that we are inside the MANUFACTURE module, which is a fancy way to refer to CAM. All the commands and panels we will use in this chapter are from the MANUFACTURE environment, so please be sure to set the working environment correctly.

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CAM is a term to refer to software we use to program our computer numerical control (CNC) machine. We can find all the CAM commands inside the MANUFACTURE environment of Fusion 360.

On the other hand, CAD is a term to refer to a type of software to design our parts. As you should already know, you can find all the CAD tools inside the DESIGN environment of Fusion 360.

Let’s review the most important elements on the screenshot:

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Fabrizio Cimò

Fabrizio Cimò is an Italian engineer who has always had a passion for the world of 3D graphics and design. During his first degree in industrial design, he started uploading video lessons covering 3D modeling tools such as Rhinoceros, Blender, and Fusion 360 on his YouTube channel. Sometime later, Autodesk noticed his work and asked him to keep promoting Fusion 360 as an official student ambassador. During this time, he also joined Dynamis PRC, a racing team from Milano PT competing in the Formula SAE championship; thanks to this experience and his avid curiosity, he improved his knowledge of the manufacturing world. Today, Fabrizio works as a machine designer for an important company in the laser-cutting sector.
Read more about Fabrizio Cimò