{"id":2907,"date":"2016-07-19T10:14:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2016-07-20T08:06:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T15:06:14","slug":"quick-tip-selection-tools-for-cam-within-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-selection-tools-for-cam-within-fusion\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Selection tools for CAM within Fusion 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the big benefits of an integrated CAM package is that\u00a0you are selecting the same geometry that was used to create the model. Having the toolpath association to the model faces and edges means that when the model changes, your toolpaths will follow along.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The CAM development team has built in, what I will call &#8220;user consideration&#8221; functions to the tools you use to pick that geometry. Selecting faces vs. edges on your model kicks on a pretty awesome toolpath algorithm. No need for a\u00a0crazy selection manager or irritating pop-up menus as in many other CAM systems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That said, let&#8217;s check out this week&#8217;s Quick Tip:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QUICK TIP: Selection Tools for CAM within Fusion 360\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OLhpP_gaP-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So you can select faces and edges right from within the CAM geometry tab. And as I stated in the video, select the same edge twice and the selection box will let you select single line segments. Pretty cool if you ask me!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hope you found this week&#8217;s quick tip helpful&#8230;until next time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have an awesome day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Lars<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out how you can leverage selection methods in Fusion 360 to create more precise\u00a0toolpaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2982,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fusion","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>QUICK TIP: Selection tools for CAM within Fusion 360 - 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