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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

Milling a hole

It is now time to implement a machining strategy for the big hole at the center of our part. It’s quite a big feature since it is a pilot hole for an M36x4 thread with a diameter of 32 mm. With such a diameter, it is impossible to use a drill bit; therefore, we have to create a milling operation instead.

In order to reduce tool changes, we are going to use the same tool already used for the previous operation. This type of tool is suitable for many different milling operations. There are multiple commands inside Fusion 360 to mill a hole; for example, we may go for another Adaptive Clearing operation.

However, I want to introduce you to as many commands as possible; therefore, we are going to use a command that we can find in the 2D Operations set called Bore. This command is specifically used for machining cylindrical or conical features and is perfect for our case:

Figure 10.13: Bore

Figure 10.13: Bore

Once launched, you’ll see a familiar...