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Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804612576
Pages 464 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Fabrizio Cimò Fabrizio Cimò
Profile icon Fabrizio Cimò

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 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 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Finding example projects in Fusion 360

One reason why Fusion 360 is a really good entry point for beginners is that there are many examples already built into the program that we can use to start learning from.

Let’s find out where those examples are located:

  1. Open the side panel by clicking on the icon that looks like a grid of squares.
  2. With the side panel now open, you can scroll through the projects.
  3. Then, select the folder called CAM Samples:
Figure 2.2: Location of the CAM Samples folder

Figure 2.2: Location of the CAM Samples folder

Inside this folder, there are tons of built-in projects related to CAM and machining in general. In fact, the number is so high that it may be a bit overwhelming at first, but over time, you will explore the folders and find examples of interest.

Please also note that the CAM Samples folder is not only useful to study machining operations—inside the folder, there is another folder called Workholding; here, you can find many useful...

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