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Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

By : Fabrizio Cimo
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Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

4.6 (8)
By: Fabrizio Cimo

Overview of this book

Downloading a piece of 3D software and shaping concepts and ideas is quite easy. However, designing feasible and cost-effective real parts from 3D models can be challenging with traditional production technologies, or even additive manufacturing. This book will give you the know-how and skills to develop your projects from ideas to physical products, and overcome these obstacles. In ‘Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360’, you'll discover how to set up a CAM program, pick the right tool, and optimize production. You'll learn the pros and cons of different production technologies, including turning, milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing, and understand how to choose the best option based on your needs. You’ll also explore the important computer-aided manufacturing tools that Fusion 360 offers through the use of examples and best practices. By the end of this book, you’ll understand the potential issues and drawbacks of different design components and apply workarounds to avoid design flaws.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Part 1 – Implementing Turning Operations in Fusion 360
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Part 2 – Milling with Fusion 360
13
Part 3 – Laser Cutting Using Fusion 360
17
Part 4 – Using Fusion 360 for Additive Manufacturing
22
Part 5 – Testing Our Knowledge

Choosing the first layer placement and part orientation

After reading the previous suggestions, you may find yourself a bit disoriented with all of the different limitations. So, considering those, let’s try to find the best part placement for the following component:

Figure 15.9: Choosing the best printing orientation

Figure 15.9: Choosing the best printing orientation

Here, we can find all the possible printing orientations for the given part. Let’s analyze them and test whether the given rules are respected.

First, let’s look at placement 1:

  • This placement requires quite a large volume of support material; therefore, the first rule is not really respected
  • The first layer is quite large, and it will grant a good adhesion to the part; therefore, the second rule is respected.
  • This type of layer placement will make the thin vertical wall very fragile; therefore, the third rule is not respected

Let’s look at placement 2:

  • This placement requires...

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