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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

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

Symbols

2D Adaptive Clearing command 233

Geometry tab 234-236

Passes tab 236, 237

Tool tab 233

3D-printed component, limitations 355

anisotropies 361

bed adhesion 360

overhang geometries, printing 356

3D printing

cons 346

facing overhangs 357, 358

pros 343

3D printing, cons

limited part dimensions 348

limited range of materials 348

scalability 346-348

3D printing, pros

complex shapes 343

composites 345

just in time supplying 345

rapid prototyping 344

A

acceleration 293, 407

Accessibility Analysis command 178, 179

actors, turning

chip 4

chuck 4

cutting tool 4

machined stock 4

Adaptive Clearing

Geometry tab 256

Heights tab 256-258

Linking tab 260-262

Passes tab 258-260

Tool tab 255

additive...