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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

Summary

Congratulations – you’ve reached the end of this chapter!

Let’s recap what we went through. First, we presented a real case part to use as a printing example. Then, we learned how to create a printing setup inside Fusion 360 and how to set the printing volume by picking our 3D printer from the machine library.

After this, we covered several commands that let us position the parts onto the build platform in the best way possible. Then, we learned how to generate support structures and how to simulate the generated toolpath.

Lastly, we learned how to generate the G-code to send to the 3D printer.

All these steps represent the typical approach to any FDM printing process and are the starting point for more advanced operations.

In the next chapter, we are going to dive deeper into advanced printing settings to acquire even more tools for complex parts.