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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 print bed adhesion

I was unsure whether to include this section or not, as it is a bit advanced for a beginner who wants to jump straight into printing, but on the other hand, it can be a lifesaver for many real-world scenarios.

The core of this section is how to improve the bond between the print bed and our part. As you may expect, if the printed part partially or fully detaches from the build platform while being printed, it becomes garbage in no time.

You may be wondering what may cause part detachments. The reason is pretty simple: thermal expansion (or shrinkage)! That’s why we have to understand the temperature distributions inside a printed part a bit better.

Thermal expansion and shrinkage

There is a key concept behind all the options we are about to discuss: every material on the planet shrinks and expands when cooling or heating occurs.

When printing a part, we never have a constant temperature on our part:

Figure 17.18: Temperature profile

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