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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

Choosing part placements

When studying part placements, most of the time, we can follow different paths, but some of them may be more complex than others. I’m going to explain what I think is the best solution regarding our specific example, but it may not be the only solution according to the type of machine at our disposal and the holding fixture we intend to use.

So, now that we have seen the part we plan to create in Figure 8.1, we have to imagine how to move from a stock of 110 x 110 x 45 mm to the final shape. As we discovered from the drawing, we have to machine both sides of the stock as the features will appear on both sides.

Since most milling operations have to be performed on the rounded side, I would machine this side last:

Figure 8.2: Part placements

Figure 8.2: Part placements

As you can see in Figure 8.2, during the first placement (labeled as #1), I plan to perform the following operations:

  • Back side facing
  • Circular slot milling
  • Drilling...