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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

Tapping

There is not a dedicated command for tapping, so we have to use the drilling command instead. Since we just reviewed the command for drilling, we will just cover the important settings for tapping.

We have to thread the first 20 millimeters of the holes with an ISO M8 x 1.25 thread. To do this, we have to choose a tap with the same pitch and diameter. Luckily, there are many tapping tools at our disposal in the default tool library; therefore, we don’t have to create or import a new tool.

Figure 9.28: Drilling’s Tool tab (used for Tapping)

Figure 9.28: Drilling’s Tool tab (used for Tapping)

CoroPlus suggests a Spindle Speed setting of 1360 RPM, resulting in a Surface Speed setting of 34.1805 m/min, so all we have to do is input those values inside the panel.

Then, we have to specify all of the holes to machine using the Geometry panel; we won’t repeat this procedure, since it’s identical to how we drilled the pilot holes in the last section.

However, we should...