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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

Discovering the tool library

Before starting any turning operations, we must take a look at the tools that Fusion 360 has to offer. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come with a lot of tools to pick from; the options are quite limited, to say the least.

Where do we find the tools? In the Tool Library, of course:

Figure 3.1: Tool Library location

Figure 3.1: Tool Library location

Let’s click on the icon and open the library:

Figure 3.2: Tool library

Figure 3.2: Tool library

Inside the tool library, we can find many different tools; these are not only related to turning – there are also milling tools, tool holders, laser nozzles, and so on.

Most of the time, the large number of tools available may be a bit overwhelming. To find the tools that we need, we have to know how to navigate inside the tool library. Let’s break down the previous screenshot:

  1. In the left column, there is a list of all the available libraries. To search for all the built-in tools...