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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

Setting up a process simulation

In this section, we will demonstrate how to create a metal additive manufacturing setup using a powder bed fusion printer and initiate a process simulation, in order to analyze the deformation a part will experience during the 3D-printing process.

In order to demonstrate this functionality, we will use the Fusion document named L Brackets, as shown in Figure 13.1. This model consists of three components with varying overhang angles. Component1 has an overhang angle of 0 degrees, Component2 has an overhang angle of 15 degrees, and Component3 has an overhang angle of 30 degrees.

Figure 13.1 – Three components with various overhang angles

Figure 13.1 – Three components with various overhang angles

After changing the Fusion workspace from DESIGN to MANUFACTURE, we can create an additive setup using a Renishaw AM 250 machine from Fusion’s machine library. In this setup, we will select the RenAM250 Titanium Ti6Al4V-1123-Q 60 micron print setting, as shown in Figure 13...