You're reading from Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360 Learn the basics of turning, milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804612576

Length 464 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Autodesk Fusion 360

Concepts

3D Printing

Author (1):

Fabrizio Cimo

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Implementing Turning Operations in Fusion 360

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Turning and Its Tools FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Handling Part Setup for Turning

4. Chapter 3: Discovering the Tool Library and Custom Tools

5. Chapter 4: Implementing Our First Turning Operation

6. Chapter 5: Discovering More Turning Strategies

7. Part 2 – Milling with Fusion 360

8. Chapter 6: Getting Started with Milling and Its Tools

9. Chapter 7: Optimizing the Shape of Milled Parts to Avoid Design Flaws

10. Chapter 8: Part Handling and Part Setup for Milling

11. Chapter 9: Implementing Our First Milling Operations

12. Chapter 10: Machining the Second Placement

13. Part 3 – Laser Cutting Using Fusion 360

14. Chapter 11: Getting Started with Laser Cutting

15. Chapter 12: Nesting Parts for Laser Cutting

16. Chapter 13: Creating Our First Laser Cutting Operation

17. Part 4 – Using Fusion 360 for Additive Manufacturing

18. Chapter 14: Getting Started with Additive Manufacturing

19. Chapter 15: Managing the Limitations of FDM Printers

20. Chapter 16: Printing Our First Part

21. Chapter 17: Understanding Advanced Printing Settings

22. Part 5 – Testing Our Knowledge

23. Chapter 18: Quiz

24. Index

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Part Handling and Part Setup for Milling

The most critical step when approaching milling processes is the setup. During the setup, several important decisions can greatly influence machining complexity, time, and costs even before turning the CNC on. For this reason, before jumping into action, we should always look closely at the geometry we need to machine, searching for hints about the best possible milling workflow.

In this chapter, we will try to analyze a complex part, starting right from the 2D drawing. We will learn how to extract important pieces of information from drawing details and how to lay down a possible workflow with multiple placements using WCS offsets. After this analysis, we will learn how to create a multiple-setup CAM project with Fusion 360.

The goal of this book, and this chapter in particular, is to change your point of view and move you from a design perspective to a manufacturing perspective. We will work on a real-life scenario, where we will be...