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3D Printing with Fusion 360

By : Sualp Ozel
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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
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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 powder bed fusion machines

MPBF is a fully supported additive manufacturing technology in Fusion 360 for 3D printing parts with metal powders. Fusion 360’s Machine Library currently has MPBF printers from the following nine machine makers: Aconity, Additive Industries, DMG Mori, EOS, Kurtz Ersa, One Click Metal, Renishaw, SLM Solutions, and Xact Metal. Having access to the Additive Build extension is a prerequisite to creating an additive setup with an MPBF 3D printer from any of these machine providers.

In addition to these nine machine makers, you can also use the Autodesk Generic MPBF machine to create an additive setup, as shown in Figure 12.7. After creating the setup and arranging your parts on the build platform, assuming you do not need support structures, you can generate the necessary machine files for 3D printers, which can utilize generic file formats such as SLC and CLI. You can access the Create Machine Build File command from the ACTIONS...