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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

Creating internal lattice structures

In previous sections, we covered various ways we can hollow solid or mesh bodies. We demonstrated how to add drain holes so that any trapped powder or resin can be removed after the part has been 3D printed. Our main goal in hollowing parts was to lightweight them so that we don’t waste material and energy while printing our parts.

Whenever we create hollow objects, we should also pay attention to whether those parts are self-supporting to be 3D printed, based on the 3D printing technology we have chosen. You will remember from previous chapters that if we are 3D printing using SLS, we don’t need support structures. However, if you are 3D printing using a resin-based printer, such as SLA or DLP, portions of your model with overhang angles above a critical angle will require support structures. We often think about support structure as material printed on the outside of a part so that it will support our part during printing. A similar...