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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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Using Fusion 360 for laser cutting

This chapter is intended to present all the features and commands that Fusion 360 offers. The goal is to create a cutting toolpath ready to be exported to our cutting machine. I aim for my explanations to be as clear and complete as possible; however, there are a few important limitations related to the subject.

As silly as it may sound, laser cutting is not similar to milling. In milling, there are multiple parameters ruled by simple formulas shared as standard by every milling machine brand. The chances are high that if we take a set of cutting parameters used to mill a part on a first CNC and use them on a different brand machine, they will work just as well. However, laser cutting is totally different. Every machine brand is different from its competitors and the number of variables to take into account is huge.

For a proper laser cutting operation, to list just a few parameters, we need to consider the material type, its thickness, its...

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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