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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Positioning Components Manually

When preparing our part for 3D printing, one of the primary functions we use in our slicer software is positioning components. Fusion 360 has multiple tools we can use for translating and orienting our parts within the build volume of our 3D printer. The first method we highlight in this section is the use of the Move Components command, located within the POSITION panel of the ADDITIVE tab within the MANUFACTURE workspace. In order to demonstrate how to use this functionality, we will create a new additive setup using a Prusa i3 MK3S+ 3D printer with a PLA print setting.

Our first additive setup in this chapter will utilize two components named Component 6 and Component 15 within an assembly called Spark Max Motor Controller. We will create this additive manufacturing setup using the NEW SETUP command located in the MANUFACTURE workspace in the ADDITIVE tab’s SETUP panel, as demonstrated in the previous chapter. During the setup creation,...