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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

Creating Manufacturing Models for 3D Printing

In the previous section, we talked about how to utilize the DERIVE functionality to aggregate components from different sources into a new Fusion 360 design document and manage those components for 3D printing. In this section, we will touch on how to prepare models for 3D printing within the same Fusion 360 design document.

In Chapter 3, we demonstrated how to change from the DESIGN workspace to the SIMULATION workspace using the workspace switcher menu. In this chapter, we will switch back and forth between the DESIGN and MANUFACTURE workspaces. To show you how to create a new manufacturing model within the same Fusion 360 design document, we will be using a new design document named Example B. As shown in Figure 6.13, we can access the workspace switcher by clicking on the DESIGN drop-down menu in the top-left corner of Fusion 360. In this section, we will be utilizing the MANUFACTURE workspace:

Figure 6.13 – Switching from the DESIGN workspace to the MANUFACTURE workspace

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