PowerMill is now part of the Fusion 360 family of products. Learn More

Overview

Create complex 3D geometry for multi-axis, high-speed CNC machining

Fusion 360 with PowerMill® CAM software provides expert CNC programming strategies for complex 3- and 5-axis manufacturing. Now includes access to Fusion 360 and advanced manufacturing capabilities through Fusion 360 extensions.

Solve complex problems with dedicated CNC strategies

CNC machining (video: 1:32 min.)

Access a vast library of strategies in PowerMill. Reduce programming times with rapid toolpath calculation.

  • Shorten machining times with high-efficiency 3- and 5-axis NC code.
  • Improve control with advanced toolpath editing.
  • Automate programming with customizable templates and macros.

Maximize CNC machine efficiency and part quality with PowerMill

Comprehensive finishing with PowerMill (video: 3:02 min.)

  • Automatically avoid collisions and gouges.
  • Simulate, verify, and optimize motion of CNC machines and industrial robots.
  • Improve productivity with lights-out machining.
  • Minimize the need for manual polishing.

Which PowerMill product is right for you?

  • PowerMill 3-axis machining being used to manufacture an injection mold tool for mass producing plastic spoons

    FUSION 360 WITH POWERMILL STANDARD

    Rapidly create NC code for high-speed 3-axis machining, 3+2 programming, 2.5D milling, and turning, plus machine simulation and toolpath verification.

  • PowerMill high-rate additive manufacturing being used to produce a large propeller for the marine industry

    FUSION 360 WITH POWERMILL ULTIMATE

    Access full 5-axis programming with automatic collision avoidance, machine simulation, robot programming, automated electrodes, hybrid manufacturing, and more.

Workflows

  • Video: PowerMill subscribers now get Fusion 360 modeling, generative design, simulation, and more at no extra cost

    PowerMill + Fusion 360

    Fusion 360 offers 3D modeling, generative design, simulation, electronics, collaboration, and more. (video: 2:36 min.)

  • Video: PowerShape provides tools to help import, analyze, fix, and prepare 3D CAD models for CAM programming

    PowerMill + PowerShape

    Get modeling for manufacture tools to help prepare complex geometry for better CAM programming. (video: 2:05 min.)

  • Video: Moldflow helps identify and fix many common problems early in the plastic product design process

    PowerMill + Moldflow

    Use simulation tools to improve plastic part designs and optimize the mold tools used to make them. (video: 1:51 min.)

See how people are using PowerMill

  • Electrical discharge machining being used to add small details to an injection mold tool

    QUEST INDUSTRIES

    Increasing capacity by 50%

    This US manufacturer uses a combination of Autodesk Moldflow, PowerMill, and PowerShape in the design and manufacture of high-quality injection molds.

    Image courtesy of Quest Industries

  • 2 manufacturing engineers use PowerMill to CNC machine a skull implant

    GRANTA

    Rebuilding lives with PowerMill

    Mexico City start-up is disrupting medical-implant manufacturing, using digital fabrication to create custom skull implants for head-trauma patients.

    Image courtesy of Granta

  • An industrial robot fabricates large-scale marine parts with additive manufacturing

    NAVAL GROUP

    Reshaping marine manufacturing

    French-based marine parts supplier uses PowerMill and PowerShape to produce large-scale ship propellers, with high-rate additive manufacturing.

    Image copyright Naval Group 2020. All rights reserved.