

That in itself wouldn’t be that big of an issue, but in Preform you cannot do anything with the data but sending it straight to the printer. form file and load it manually into Preform. And you cannot call Preform directly from the manufacturing model like you can in the DESIGN space. And once you move something the depicted build platform just vanishes and leaves you guessing, where you placed the parts. The placement of parts is clumsy and if you have multiple parts in one component you can only move them all at once. However this part of Fusion seems to be quite buggy and not very well thought out. I really like the idea to be able to make adjustments in Fusion 360 to the original model before printing and manage various manufacturing models in the MANUFACTURING space without changing the original design. Expanding on our collaboration that launched in May 2021, the entire library of Formlabs printers are now available within Fusion 360, creating a comprehensive and accessible toolset that enables design, innovation, and manufacturing of end-use parts to happen. While exploring the MANUFACTURING module I learned, that you can create a SETUP for additive manufacturing and my Form 3 is included in the preset machines. Formlabs and Autodesk have teamed up again to integrate the Fuse 1 SLS printer into Fusion 360’s suite of 3D printing CAD tools. Now I prepare the model for manufacturing, which is milling in my case. This worked fine so far with invoking Preform from the tool bar. I designed a prototype in Fusion 360 and printed my parts directly out of the DESIGN module.
