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Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

By : Fabrizio Cimò
Book Image

Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

By: Fabrizio Cimò

Overview of this book

Downloading a piece of 3D software and shaping concepts and ideas is quite easy. However, designing feasible and cost-effective real parts from 3D models can be challenging with traditional production technologies, or even additive manufacturing. This book will give you the know-how and skills to develop your projects from ideas to physical products, and overcome these obstacles. In ‘Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360’, you'll discover how to set up a CAM program, pick the right tool, and optimize production. You'll learn the pros and cons of different production technologies, including turning, milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing, and understand how to choose the best option based on your needs. You’ll also explore the important computer-aided manufacturing tools that Fusion 360 offers through the use of examples and best practices. By the end of this book, you’ll understand the potential issues and drawbacks of different design components and apply workarounds to avoid design flaws.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Implementing Turning Operations in Fusion 360
7
Part 2 – Milling with Fusion 360
13
Part 3 – Laser Cutting Using Fusion 360
17
Part 4 – Using Fusion 360 for Additive Manufacturing
22
Part 5 – Testing Our Knowledge

Part Handling and Part Setup for Milling

The most critical step when approaching milling processes is the setup. During the setup, several important decisions can greatly influence machining complexity, time, and costs even before turning the CNC on. For this reason, before jumping into action, we should always look closely at the geometry we need to machine, searching for hints about the best possible milling workflow.

In this chapter, we will try to analyze a complex part, starting right from the 2D drawing. We will learn how to extract important pieces of information from drawing details and how to lay down a possible workflow with multiple placements using WCS offsets. After this analysis, we will learn how to create a multiple-setup CAM project with Fusion 360.

The goal of this book, and this chapter in particular, is to change your point of view and move you from a design perspective to a manufacturing perspective. We will work on a real-life scenario, where we will be...