Autodesk Fusion and Formlabs have teamed up to integrate the Fuse 1 SLS printer into the suite of 3D printing tools in Fusion.

We’re excited to announce that Fusion has deepened its partnership with Formlabs! New hardware integrations with the brand new Formlabs Fuse 1 SLS printer are now available in Fusion.

You now have the ability to set up print jobs for your Fuse 1 machine directly in Fusion. This includes several nesting options to arrange parts within the build volume your 3D printer and exporting a .form file ready to print on your Formlabs Fuse 1 machine.

This is our first step into SLS functionality with Fusion, and we couldn’t be more excited or thrilled to be doing this with Formlabs first. We’ll be adding more SLS integrations in the future, along with supporting other hardware, but more on that later. Let’s dive into what’s available today and how to benefit from it.

Benefits of Fusion and Fuse 1 SLS Integration

If you’ve used the Manufacturing workspace in Fusion, you’re already familiar with how to set up 3D prints within the product. With the new SLS functionality added to Fusion, setup and printing are the easiest they’ve ever been.

Now, when creating your additive setup, you can pick your Formlabs Fuse 1 machine. You’ll notice a new option appear in the Setup dialog for arrangement. This option will automatically arrange your parts into the Fuse 1 build volume in 3D. Fusion can keep the current orientation of your parts during the nesting process, or it can perform an initial rotation of your parts to more effectively arrange your parts in within your 3D printer.

It’s worth noting that the current version of the arrangement tool does not re-orient parts during the nesting process, but rather arranges them based on their original position or their rotated position. Re-orienting parts during nesting will be coming in a future release.

Once all parts are packed, you can export a .form file from Fusion, and open it in PreForm in order to send it to your printer. You’ll notice that the all the part names and their positions within the build volume of your printer are transferred to Preform and the build is ready for manufacturing.

And that’s it! Once you’re in PreForm, you’re ready to print.

We’re so excited about deepening our partnership with Formlabs, and we’ll continue to bring new and amazing features to Fusion.

Ready to give the 3D printing and additive manufacturing capabilities in Fusion a try? Get started today.