{"id":473,"date":"2015-10-29T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/quick-tip-avoid-costly-nc-errors-by-improving-your-toolpath-simulations\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:16:14","slug":"quick-tip-avoid-costly-nc-errors-by-improving-your-toolpath-simulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-avoid-costly-nc-errors-by-improving-your-toolpath-simulations\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Avoid Costly NC Errors by Improving Your Toolpath Simulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>You need to be able to trust that what you program in Fusion 360 accurately reflects what arrives at your CNC machine. That is why simulating your toolpath is so important, but without an accurate representation of your stock, how accurate is your simulation?<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>One of the great things about CAM inside Fusion 360 is that not only can you simulate the toolpath but you can also see how it is going to affect the material. In this tip, we are going to take it a step further because in Fusion 360 you can also use one of your solid models as stock.&nbsp;<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>This is a great feature if you have a part that has more than one operation or, as in this case, it is a casting that just needs a couple of features machined.<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed-center video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embedly-embed\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FESuYhV9d7vc%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DESuYhV9d7vc%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FESuYhV9d7vc%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=fad07bfa4bd747d3bdea27e17b533c0e&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>Are you new to CAM?\u2013 check out <A href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qmx5DUvvmxI?list=PLmA_xUT-8UlK9rndthGGHsjjnZtPO8XRV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this video series<\/A> on the basics of CAM with Fusion 360, then come back to this quick tip.<\/P><P>&nbsp;<\/P><P>Cheers,<\/P><P>Lars<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"FUS QTip CAM Stoc Simulation_3.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/197320i1F5C215BD4F30E2C\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"FUS QTip CAM Stoc Simulation_3.gif\" \/><\/P><P>Shouldn&#8217;t your stock, look like your stock? In this tip, we are going to explore how you can simulate your toolpaths using solid models as stock.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"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-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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: Avoid Costly NC Errors by Improving Your Toolpath Simulations - Fusion Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-avoid-costly-nc-errors-by-improving-your-toolpath-simulations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"QUICK TIP: Avoid Costly NC Errors by Improving Your Toolpath Simulations - Fusion Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shouldn&#039;t your stock, look like your stock? 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