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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

Face milling

The first milling operation we should set up is, once again, face milling; in this case, we have to remove a layer of 1.5 mm on the top of the stock. We won’t cover this operation here since it is identical to the first one we introduced in Chapter 9; therefore, we may keep using the same tool and the same cutting parameters.

After the first facing, we should find something similar to this:

Figure 10.2: Face milling

Figure 10.2: Face milling

As we can see, the diagram displays both the cutting tool and the generated toolpath for the first face milling I implemented. We already know every setting from Chapter 9; therefore, I won’t bother you with a recap of what we did last time. However, this time I changed something in the settings. Let’s try to discover what I changed just by looking at the toolpath:

  • First of all, we can find an entry point close to the origin of the coordinate system, highlighted by the red cone pointed downward ...