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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 tool simulation

What is tool simulation? The short answer is very simple: it is a procedure where we check whether the result of a turning operation we just set is giving the attended results or not.

In the most ideal scenario, it is just a command that confirms that we are great machinists and that no errors are happening. However, sometimes, we may discover that we still have to tune the operations a little bit more.

While watching the toolpath, we should always check for these four errors:

  1. Tool and shank collisions with the chuck or with the stock
  2. Entry and exit points located in unsafe areas
  3. Tool trying to machine an already machined area
  4. Difference between the intended result and the simulated result

It seems that there are so many things that could go in the wrong way that we need to check from our toolpath. Luckily, there is quite a handy tool that takes a great part of the effort. We are about to discover this tool.

Let’...