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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

That was the end of the chapter! We covered a lot of information, so let’s recap what we learned.

First of all, we discovered how to create a custom printing preset by duplicating a default preset. Then, we went through all the most important options to pay attention to when customizing a printing profile.

We discovered how to set the printing temperature for our material, controlling both the extruder and the heated bed, then we found out how to set the layer height, the filament diameter, and an extrusion multiplier to adjust the extrusion width.

After these general settings, we analyzed in detail how to control the shell geometries and the infill geometries, reviewing most of the available settings.

We also looked at advanced adhesion techniques to avoid issues related to thermal shrinkage and temperature differential.

Following this, we went through support material creation and speed and acceleration parameters.

Lastly, we covered the tessellation...