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3D Printing with Fusion 360

By : Sualp Ozel
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3D Printing with Fusion 360

By: Sualp Ozel

Overview of this book

As 3D printing gains traction, the demand for CAD experts in manufacturing grows. If you're a fan of Autodesk Fusion and crave hands-on experience with automated modeling, generative design, and the full potential of additive manufacturing, this book is your guide to elevating your design and 3D printing skills. In this book, you’ll learn how to open CAD or Mesh files in Fusion and expertly repair, edit, and prepare them for 3D printing. You’ll unlock the secrets of effective print preparation, learning about print settings, support structures, and part orientation. This book also highlights Fusion’s diverse preferences designed specifically for additive manufacturing. Subsequent chapters will guide you in choosing the right part orientation and position, as well as creating suitable support structures based on your chosen printing technology. You’ll simulate the printing process to detect and remedy common print failures associated with the metal powder bed fusion process. Finally, you’ll leverage templates and scripts to automate routine tasks around print preparation. By the end of this 3D printing book, you'll be armed with the knowledge and skills necessary to harness the power of Fusion for additive manufacturing, meeting the growing demand with confidence.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) and Fusion 360
6
Part 2: Print Preparation – Creating an Additive Setup
10
Part 3: Print Preparation – Positioning Parts, Generating Supports, and Toolpaths
15
Part 4: Metal Printing, Process Simulation, and Automation

Part 1: Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) and Fusion 360

In this part, we will show you how to open solid or mesh designs created in other software in Autodesk Fusion 360. You will learn how to create and edit models using parametric modeling and direct modeling techniques. You will learn how to work with mesh files to repair them both manually and automatically, using various methods within the software.

You will also learn how to create automated models as well as topology-optimized models to generate lightweight components for 3D printing. You will learn how to simulate models created by the software to make sure that they can perform as desired under operating conditions.

We will end the first part by going over how to hollow large-volume parts and introduce internal lattices to aid with additive manufacturing.

This part has the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1, Opening, Inspecting, and Repairing CAD and Mesh files
  • Chapter 2, Editing CAD/Mesh Files with...