Import a CAM project

Prerequisites: CAM Connect is configured and your Tooling Metrics API token is set. See Connect Autodesk Fusion for setup.

Required permission: Engineering → Projects — User or above. Export Setups creates the project and its jobs under your name; updating a project someone else created needs Admin.

Export from Autodesk Fusion

1. In Autodesk Fusion, open the CAM workspace with your programmed setups.
2. In the CAM menu, click Export Setups.
3. Fusion uploads the setups — including all tool assignments, operation types, and cutting parameters — directly to your Tooling Metrics organization.

Review the imported project in Tooling Metrics

1. In the sidebar, click Engineering → Projects.
2. The newly imported project appears at the top of the list. Open it to review.
3. Check each job and its operations. Confirm tool assembly assignments match what was programmed in Fusion.
4. If any tool assemblies are unmatched (e.g., a Fusion tool not found in the Tooling Metrics library), they appear highlighted. Manually link them to the correct assembly or create a new assembly for them.

Release for purchasing

1. Once the project is reviewed and correct, click Release on the project toolbar.

Release locks the project for approval by the engineering manager; it’s the subsequent Approve step that syncs tool assembly products to inventory and makes the project available for purchase scheduling. See the full status flow in the Projects Reference.

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