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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

Drilling

We haven’t mentioned this yet, but a lathe is also capable of drilling. When drilling with a lathe, the drill bit doesn’t spin; it simply moves against the stock, and it is the part that is spinning.

There is one limitation, though: since we use the chuck rotation to remove material, the hole axis must be coincident with the rotation axis. There is no workaround to this limitation; it is the way drilling works with a typical lathe. If our part features multiple holes, we may need to use a milling operation after processing the stock on our lathe.

Another option would be a multi-spindle machine that can perform both milling and turning operations.

In the following pages, we are about to find out how to set up a simple drilling operation. Please note that there is not a dedicated drilling command for turning; the same command can be used when setting up both turning and milling operations. This is the reason why we will encounter few options inside the...