You're reading from 3D Printing with Fusion 360 Design for additive manufacturing, and level up your simulation and print preparation skills

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803246642

Length 438 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

G-code

Tools

Autodesk Fusion 360

Concepts

3D Printing

Author (1):

Sualp Ozel

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

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

2. Chapter 1: Opening, Inspecting, and Repairing CAD and Mesh files FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Editing CAD/Mesh Files with DFAM Principles in Mind

4. Chapter 3: Creating Lightweight Parts, and Identifying and Fixing Potential Failures with Simulation

5. Chapter 4: Hollowing and Latticing Parts to Reduce Material and Energy Usage

6. Part 2: Print Preparation – Creating an Additive Setup

7. Chapter 5: Tessellating Models and Exporting Mesh Files to Third-Party Slicers

8. Chapter 6: Introducing the Manufacture Workspace for Print Preparation

9. Chapter 7: Creating Your First Additive Setup

10. Part 3: Print Preparation – Positioning Parts, Generating Supports, and Toolpaths

11. Chapter 8: Arranging and Orienting Components

12. Chapter 9: Print Settings

13. Chapter 10: Support Structures

14. Chapter 11: Slicing Models and Simulating the Toolpath

15. Part 4: Metal Printing, Process Simulation, and Automation

16. Chapter 12: 3D Printing with Metal Printers

17. Chapter 13: Simulating the MPBF Process

18. Chapter 14: Automating Repetitive Tasks

19. Index

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Slicing Models and Simulating the Toolpath

Welcome to Chapter 11. In this chapter, we will learn all about how to generate and simulate the additive toolpath for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printing. We will go over how to acquire key information about our additive setup, such as print statistics and energy consumption. We will also learn how to generate and customize the G-code necessary to start a print job.

Once all the components we wish to print are properly oriented, arranged, and supported, it is time to generate the additive toolpath. After we generate the toolpath, we can visualize the outcome at each layer and simulate the movement of the nozzle during travel and extrusion moves.

Generating the additive toolpath is a one-click solution in Fusion 360, but it is always a good idea to review the toolpath to understand whether the print settings and body presets we have chosen will result in the desired outcome.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics...