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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

Turning Groove

In our part, there is a circlip groove that we still have to machine. As we can spot in Figure 5.2, there are two different types of grooving strategies we can use: Turning Single Groove and Turning Groove.

What is the difference between the two? With Turning Single Groove, we can specify an edge where we want to perform a groove. And that’s it; almost no other option is available. On the other hand, Turning Groove is a much more powerful command; not only can it be used for groove cutting, but it can also be used as a roughing strategy instead of typical longitudinal machining.

Before starting the command, we already know the tool we have to use and its cutting parameters. The tool we are about to use is coded as: N123T3-0150-0000-GS-1125, which is a specific tool for grooving. For additional information on this tool, you can find the datasheet at the following link: https://www.sandvik.coromant.com/en-gb/products/pages/productdetails.aspx?c=n123t3-0150...