Save Time

Print FASTER - surface finish doesn't matter, so print with a bigger nozzle and taller layer height

Save Money

Only use the material you need. Don't start with expensive stock material.

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Strength

Print hotter, with higher extrusion. Fill in all the gaps and get great layer-to-layer adhesion.

Accuracy

This is a CNC-finished part. Additive accuracy doesn't even compare.

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Generate larger CAD model than your final part

• Option: use slicer to scale up the final part

• Offset final part by ~1mm in all directions to be milled

• Raise part above bed if tool should mill entire vertical wall

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Slice print file with Simplify3D

• Use high heat and extrusion to improve layer adhesion

• Maximize layer height and speed to minimize print time

• Increase wall and ceiling layers to ensure solid infill in final part

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Generate subtractive toolpaths with Fusion360 or HSMWorks

• Use CAD file from step 1 as stock (including any Z-offset)

• Generate toolpaths with normal CAM cycles

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Run process files on H-Series CNC Machine

• Either individually, or combined with Diabase Wizard

• No additional machine setup is required! 

  • Stock location is known from the print process; the same machine coordinates are used for CNC operation.​

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