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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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3D Printing

Author (1):

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

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Tapping

There is not a dedicated command for tapping, so we have to use the drilling command instead. Since we just reviewed the command for drilling, we will just cover the important settings for tapping.

We have to thread the first 20 millimeters of the holes with an ISO M8 x 1.25 thread. To do this, we have to choose a tap with the same pitch and diameter. Luckily, there are many tapping tools at our disposal in the default tool library; therefore, we don’t have to create or import a new tool.

Figure 9.28: Drilling’s Tool tab (used for Tapping)

CoroPlus suggests a Spindle Speed setting of 1360 RPM, resulting in a Surface Speed setting of 34.1805 m/min, so all we have to do is input those values inside the panel.

Then, we have to specify all of the holes to machine using the Geometry panel; we won’t repeat this procedure, since it’s identical to how we drilled the pilot holes in the last section.

However, we should...