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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

Defining the second setup

In this section, we have to repeat more or less what we explored during the first setup. However, don’t worry – we will only review the important differences from what we’ve already reviewed.

Setup tab

First, let’s look at the Setup tab again:

Figure 8.11: The Setup tab

Figure 8.11: The Setup tab

As you can see, this time, I selected the final part to be machined, and I put the Origin parameter of the stock on the corner of the aluminum block.

This time, with the Fixture option, we can pick the template fixture that holds the stock in place. This way, our simulation will be able to check collisions between the tool and the holding fixture; this is not mandatory – if we did things properly, we shouldn’t expect this type of issue – but we can never tell!

Stock tab

On the Stock tab, we only need to check if the overall dimension of the block is correct:

Figure 8.12: The Stock tab

Figure 8.12:...