Hey Janger,
Lathe is a 2014 . I've never tried Fusion 360 . Cam Simulation certainly would have save my butt in many cases over the years without a doubt.
Using Solid works, Mastercam and Worknc.
I Do backplot most of my cutter paths thou, just doesn't show any islands or cusp heights left behind after roughing with too big of a stepover.
For setups, I like to keep things close so to speak, not too much stick out on cutters or part sticking out too far from the vice jaws.
The above picture was a bad quick measurement on the part stick out. Just trying to do a quick bushing can haunt ya sometimes when not paying close enough attention. The gut told me to double check as usual, when I didn't, the goose bumps made me turn the feed down quick to save the damages that could have happened.
I should start using the block simulation feature with clamps in place for 3D cam simulation on the mill thou. Have machined some step clamps, smoked a few cutters along the way. Especially trying to go through islands left behind from having my stepovers set to high after roughing blocks out, then sending the semi finisher in without noticing the island or road bump cusp height left behind.