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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

Understanding extruder parameters

In this section, we will review all the parameters related to the extruder, its temperature, and its behavior when printing:

Figure 17.7: Extrusion panel

Figure 17.7: Extrusion panel

The options are divided into two main categories:

  • Extrusion: A list of settings that control the extrusion width of every extruder
  • Extruder #: A list of options to control each extruder, independently controlling parameters such as temperature and extrusion flow

Let’s take a look at these in more detail.

Extrusion options

The following parameters are mostly related to the dimension of the nozzle and are rarely changed:

  • Part Extruder: When using a multi-extruder printer, this selection panel can specify which extruder shall be used to print the part geometries.
  • All the options from Extrusion Width (mm) up to Bridge Extrusion Width (mm): These values are used to determine the width of the toolpath. As a best practice for most...