Useful Fusion 360 lessons

[atgordon]

Autodesk will often run "live" tutorials where you can follow along, and ask questions.  Sometimes the topics are right in our world .... 

Recently, they offered two very good lessons for folks using F360, and those using it to also drive their CNC mills.

1. CREATING A CONTROL ARM FOR MANUFACTURE:  a really well done lesson on the creation of a complex 3D object showing how it is drawn from first principles.

2. PROGRAMMING THE CONTROL ARM: another very useful overview of how a part is programmed for CNC machining, covering toolpath selection as well verifying and editing.  (I learned a lot about residual stock from this video ... really useful!)


(Here is the PDF drawing used in 1)

[jackrae]

Excellent comprehensive example on how to draw a 'real' item
But a real brain-taxer of a tutorial on how to set up for cnc machining

[Deleted]

These videos are far easier to follow than reading any book that I have. Thanks for posting these links.

[atgordon]

Oct 12, 2019 8:17:38 GMT jackrae said:

Excellent comprehensive example on how to draw a 'real' item
But a real brain-taxer of a tutorial on how to set up for cnc machining

Good observations ... the drawing item is really helpful since it shows the drawing tools in a context that is familiar to us all.

I also agree on the CAM stuff ... I would have wanted to see the part being machined all the way through.  The accepting of defaults at every stage doesn't work in my world.  The feeds and speeds rarely match what my FS calculator offers me (I use HSM Advisor) so I end up fine tuning things a lot.  I did learn about the setup for residual stock ... that was a great tip!  I have had to cut a lot of air in the past to get to the next step when I've had a tool break.