Here’s a nice new plugin for Fusion 360, by Autodesk themselves. It’s called Slicer, but it’s not the 3D printer type of slicer; it’s actually better suited for laser cutters (and CNC routers)!
It gives you a bunch of options in how to slice multiple layers of cardboard, plywood, etc, and produces the 2D maps for cutting out everything.
Ah-- according to the site “Slicer for Fusion 360 can be used as standalone or as an add-in for Fusion…” (emphasis mine)
Cool beans!
Here’s an example of it running in standalone mode. I imported the hanging lamp sample shape, made 3 adjustments to slice type and direction, and voila, instant dalek/darth vader lamp! May have mentioned this once or twice, but I can’t wait to get my
I’m both super excited and super frustrated right now. The win 64 zip file is corrupt and I won’t be able to install until they fix that!
Looks like it is quite a bit better than even 123 Make. This could become a MAJOR tool for myself as well as several others here. A laser and a slicer is a marriage made in heaven… Okay, a marriage made at Autodesk but you know…
This is great news to see!!! I’m was afraid as well of losing the 123D Make capability! Glad it found it’s way into F360 before I really need to use it!
Phew!
Now, I’m hoping 123D Capture can makes it way in to F360 so there is a nice fluid work stream from a 3D object captured with pictures from my cell phone, to slicing it, to printing it on the GlowForge!
For those not aware, 123D Capture uses your pictures to create a 3D surface object which can then be modified…it’s accuracy leaves much to be desired; however, it has to start somewhere…right?!
On my phone, but it’s on the page linked to in the OP. Click the gray
Windows box, then Download in the right column. You need a free Autodesk
account, but you’ll want that for F360,-too…
Not sure what’s wrong with me, but I went to the link in the OP and all I get is the 64bit. When I click DOWNLOAD on the right, it just starts downloading the 64bit version selected.