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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

Hollowing and Latticing Parts to Reduce Material and Energy Usage

Welcome to Chapter 4. As we mentioned in the previous chapter, one key benefit of Additive Manufacturing is the ability to create lightweight parts. In this chapter, we will cover several tools we have within Fusion 360 for hollowing bulky parts and applying lattice structures to the hollowed-out sections to create lightweight versions that we can 3D print, using reduced material and energy.

We will start by talking about the various 3D printing technologies and how we can hollow parts depending on the technology. After that, we will focus on creating drainage holes so that the parts we 3D print using resin or powder can be removed once the printing process is complete. Finally, we will discuss the various tools we have at our disposal for creating lattices.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Hollowing parts
  • Creating drainage holes
  • Creating solid and volumetric lattices
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