Category: Advanced Manufacturing

  • What is FDM?

    Discover Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), its processes, benefits, and applications across industries. Learn how Autodesk Fusion optimizes FDM workflows for design and manufacturing excellence.

    Advanced Manufacturing

  • Elevate Your Manufacturing Game with Kennametal Import Tools

    We’re excited to introduce Kennametal Import Tools—a game-changing application designed to enhance your capabilities and fuel innovation.

    Advanced Manufacturing
  • Setter Supports for Sintering 3D Printing

    Using Setter Supports for Sintering in Additive Manufacturing

    Learn how to create and optimize support structures in Autodesk Fusion to enhance the sintering process. This guide covers everything from setup to generating and managing supports, ensuring your parts maintain precision and quality during additive manufacturing. Supporting part during sintering is an important process in additive manufacturing as it ensures the quality and precision…

    Advanced Manufacturing

  • Reduce Cycle Time with Circle Segment Cutters in Autodesk Fusion

    Circle segment cutters in Fusion reduce cycle times and maintain high-quality finishes, enhancing efficiency and profitability in machining complex geometries. The way a component’s geometry is machined significantly impacts both cycle duration and surface finish quality. These factors can either increase or decrease the total cycle time. This directly affects the cost of the component…

    Manufacturing

  • 5 Ways Autodesk Fusion Can Leverage Autodesk AI Today 

    Autodesk AI helps you move beyond non-value-added tasks so you can focus on what truly matters to your business: driving innovation.

    Thought Leadership

  • CNC Machining 101: A Comprehensive Guide

    Explore CNC machining basics, machine types, and how Autodesk Fusion enhances precision and productivity in modern manufacturing.

    Manufacturing

  • Factors Shoe Design and Manufacturing Companies Must Consider When Choosing a Software Solution

    Discover the critical factors shoe design and manufacturing companies must consider when selecting a software solution, and learn why Autodesk Fusion is the ideal choice for seamless integration, advanced 3D modeling, customization, and scalability.

    Product Design & Engineering

  • How 3D Printing is Transforming Education

    In education, 3D printing, supported by tools like Autodesk Fusion, enhances learning by making complex concepts tangible, fostering creativity, and preparing students for future careers.

    Manufacturing

  • Additive Manufacturing: The Next Generation in Laser Powder Bed Fusion

    Autodesk and SCANLAB have created a real-time closed-loop control system for laser powder bed fusion processes, enhancing precision and efficiency in additive manufacturing.

    Manufacturing

  • All About the Autodesk Fusion Manufacturing Extension

    The Autodesk Fusion Manufacturing Extension gives manufacturers the opportunity to improve production quality and consistency.

    Advanced Manufacturing

  • MSI Tool for Autodesk Fusion: A 1-2-3 Approach to Cutting Carbon in Manufacturing 

    Discover how Autodesk Fusion's MSI tool helps minimize carbon footprints by evaluating materials, processes, and geography in manufacturing, driving sustainable product design decisions.

    Advanced Manufacturing
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    The Basics of Water Jet Cutting

    Unsure about water jet cutting and whether it’s suitable for you and your company? Read about how highly pressurized water can cut through almost any material imaginable.

    Advanced Manufacturing

  • Benefits of Automatic Finite Element Mesh Adaptivity in AM Simulations

    In finite element (FE) analysis the detail in which a geometry is discretized into nodes and elements determines the system resources and computational time required to calculate the solution. A balance must always be struck between capturing all the complexity of a component and producing simulation results in a useful timeframe. The number of elements…

    Fusion

  • Material Based Heat Flux Approximations in the Finite Element Modeling of Laser Based Powder Bed Fusion

    In Finite Element (FE) modeling, the accuracy of any simulation is largely driven by the accuracy of the boundary conditions. In the modeling of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) processes, the key thermal boundary conditions are: For now, lets focus on heat losses which occur during the LPBF process. Heat Loss Mechanisms In LPBF, the…

    Fusion

  • 5-Axis CNC Machines for Aerospace – The Definitive Guide

    Dealing with five axes when machining isn’t a simple process in any industry, but it gets especially interesting in the realm of aerospace. When we’re talking about subtractive manufacturing in general, you have to consider everything from your material and holding that work to your tooling and the toolpaths to get to your finished part.…

    Advanced Manufacturing