AUTODESK Fusion 360 CAM Challenge – DATRON’s Adrian Montero Wins Best Surface Finish

Fusion 360 Part being programmed by DATRON Application Technician, Adrian Montero.

DATRON Employee Wins AUTODESK CAM Challenge

DATRON Application Technician, Adrian Montero won the Autodesk Fusion 360 CAM Challenge in the Category of Best Surface Finish. His part was machined on the DATRON neo, compact high-speed milling machine.

Appropriately named the AUTODESK Fusion 360 CAM Challenge, participants were asked to produce a Fusion logo made into a key chain. Autodesk supplied all participants with the same file in their software. There were only 3 requirements to the CAM Challenge:

  • Use Autodesk Fusion 360 to program
  • Take a photo of yourself programming the part
  • Supply a photo of the final end product
Fusion 360 CNC milling challenge on DATRON neo, compact high-speed mill.

All participants of the Autodesk Challenge were given 1 week to complete their sample parts and submit their photos. In that week 56 people participated and tagged 152 photos that were viewed by 129,000 people.

Original Fusion 360 key chain next to the one milled in acrylic on a DATRON neo by Adrian Montero.

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