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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Generating G-code

After creating our additive toolpath and simulating it, if we are satisfied with the outcome, we can move on to the final step in the process, which is the generation of the G-code. In order to generate G-code using Fusion 360 for an additive setup, we can simply click the Post Process button at the bottom of the SIMULATE ADDITIVE TOOLPATH dialog, as shown in Figure 11.13. This action will automatically bring up the NC Program dialog, where we can post-process our toolpaths and create the necessary G-code.

Within the NC Program dialog, there are two tabs. The first tab, called Settings, is the only relevant tab for additive manufacturing. So, we can simply ignore the Operations tab. The Settings tab of the NC Program dialog has two columns. The column on the left allows us to choose which post-processor we wish to use in order to convert the toolpath we see on our screen to a G-code file. The column on the right, named Post Properties, allows us to customize the...