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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

Drilling

We fully covered the drilling operation in Chapter 5, for our turning example. The command is the same for milling as well; therefore, we will skip a long introduction regarding the panels and just cover the required settings for the example.

So, as before, let’s look at the Tool tab first.

The Tool tab

Inside this panel, we can specify the tool to use and the main cutting parameters:

Figure 9.23: Drilling’s Tool tab

Figure 9.23: Drilling’s Tool tab

The first thing we have to set is the cutting tool, which for a drilling operation is a drill bit. Since the holes will need to be threaded, we have to create a pilot with a certain diameter. The thread we will have to tap is an M8; therefore, the pilot hole shall have a diameter of 6.8 mm.

So, as you can see from the preceding screenshot, we have to pick a drill bit with a diameter of 6.8 mm.

Now that we have chosen the right tool, we can focus on the cutting parameters. Clicking on the drop-down menu...