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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
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

Technical requirements

In this chapter, we will continue to cover metal additive manufacturing. We will create additive setups using an MPBF 3D printer and its respective print settings. We will generate support structures specific to MPBF machines. We will also conduct process simulation for our parts and supports. MPBF machines, MPBF-specific support structures, and the ability to conduct a process simulation are not available with Fusion 360 until you gain access to the Additive Build extension.

As with all other Fusion 360 extensions, the Additive Build extension is not available for personal use.

If you have a commercial license of Fusion 360, to create an additive setup with an MPBF machine, you will also need access to the Additive Build extension (https://www.autodesk.com/products/Fusion-360/additive-build-extension).

Autodesk offers a 14-day trial for the Additive Build extension for all commercial users of Fusion 360. You can activate your trial within the extensions...