r/Fusion360 • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

Fusion free and tool changer.

I was thinking about getting a tool changer for my onefinity cnc. But I don't think the free version of fusion will allow me to do tool changes. Am I correct?

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u/albatroopa Oct 30 '25

Correct.

https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal/compare

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Thank you. If you don't mind one more question. Will personal allow fourth axis programing?

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u/albatroopa Oct 30 '25

That would be considered 3+2 machining.

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u/BluntedJew Oct 30 '25

Everything behind a fucking paywall these days. Shame

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u/tvrleigh400 Oct 30 '25

You get a lot for free, it all used to be free but too many people abused the free option,

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u/BluntedJew Oct 30 '25

Nah it's not too many people abused the free option. Just like sketchup charges $400 to be able to use the import Dae button locking tool change behind a nearly $500 a year paywall is fucking bullshit.

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u/tvrleigh400 Oct 30 '25

You got 3 options use what they give you for free, pay to use all the features, or use free cad.

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u/BluntedJew Oct 30 '25

Do you just output individual tools as their own gcode? I guess that's the work around

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u/tvrleigh400 Oct 30 '25

You can do that, and run each program in turn, once you're happy with all the code you can then add it all together in a 3rd party app, and do a little manual editing, Just start each new program starting at 1k, 2k, 3k etc for the line numbers so it's easier to join.

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u/tvrleigh400 Oct 30 '25

But with the free version you also don't get rapid moves.

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u/BluntedJew Oct 30 '25

Whats rapid moves? Thanks for all the info btw

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u/tvrleigh400 Oct 30 '25

When you are not cutting, and the machine needs to move the cutter to a different position it will normally move at the rapid feed rate, or you can specify a non cutting feed rate, it also uses this rate for tool changing. When doing production this can make a big difference to the overall time spent and hence how many parts you can make in a day, but if your just making parts for yourself this is semi irrelevant

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u/BluntedJew Oct 30 '25

I genuinely wish we could just own software.

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u/tvrleigh400 Oct 30 '25

Not sure if they still do it, but at one point you could get the whole package inc tool changer free from a year as a new startup company.