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3D Printing with Fusion 360

By : Sualp Ozel
Book Image

3D Printing with Fusion 360

By: Sualp Ozel

Overview of this book

As 3D printing gains traction, the demand for CAD experts in manufacturing grows. If you're a fan of Autodesk Fusion and crave hands-on experience with automated modeling, generative design, and the full potential of additive manufacturing, this book is your guide to elevating your design and 3D printing skills. In this book, you’ll learn how to open CAD or Mesh files in Fusion and expertly repair, edit, and prepare them for 3D printing. You’ll unlock the secrets of effective print preparation, learning about print settings, support structures, and part orientation. This book also highlights Fusion’s diverse preferences designed specifically for additive manufacturing. Subsequent chapters will guide you in choosing the right part orientation and position, as well as creating suitable support structures based on your chosen printing technology. You’ll simulate the printing process to detect and remedy common print failures associated with the metal powder bed fusion process. Finally, you’ll leverage templates and scripts to automate routine tasks around print preparation. By the end of this 3D printing book, you'll be armed with the knowledge and skills necessary to harness the power of Fusion for additive manufacturing, meeting the growing demand with confidence.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) and Fusion 360
6
Part 2: Print Preparation – Creating an Additive Setup
10
Part 3: Print Preparation – Positioning Parts, Generating Supports, and Toolpaths
15
Part 4: Metal Printing, Process Simulation, and Automation

3D Printing with Metal Printers

Welcome to Chapter 12, where we will learn all about metal additive manufacturing. Metal 3D printing has been increasing in popularity over the past several years as it offers a long list of benefits for numerous industries, such as aerospace, healthcare, and high-end consumer goods. Using metal 3D printing, you can create parts with complex internal structures and organic external faces, which are impossible to manufacture any other way. 3D printing with metal is also more cost-effective compared to other manufacturing methods for low quantities.

Fusion 360, along with the Additive Build extension, can be utilized to create additive setups with 3D printers that are capable of manufacturing parts using metals. In this chapter, we will introduce the various ways you can use metal additive manufacturing within Fusion 360. We will go over how to utilize Fusion 360 to prepare a model to be 3D printed using fused filament fabrication, metal binder jetting...