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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—that’s the end of the second chapter! I hope that you are getting more confident with the first steps inside the Fusion 360 CAM module.

Let’s quickly recap what we learned during this chapter. We started by discovering where we can find useful example projects that we can use in our setups, before exploring the MANUFACTURE module interface.

After that, we learned how to import a chuck (or any other generic workholding stuff inside our project) and reviewed all the options available inside the Setup panels. Finally, we got a hint about postprocessing and G-code.

Please always remember that a good setup is the best way to approach better machining without risking unwanted collisions or a bad WCS placement.

This chapter has taken us one step closer to spinning our chuck. In the next chapter, we will discover where to find the tools to machine our part.