Wooden Shape CAM Exercise - MID

This is part of a collection of Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Machining, CAD and CAM, exercises to support AutoDesk Fusion 360 instruction. License-free examples are a resource for instructors who can customize the presentation or Fusion 360 files to suit. Presentations are delivered asMicroSoft Powerpoint’s“ppt” files.CAD/CAM files are delivered in Fusion 360’s “f3d” format. The value of the Fusion 360 files is that they contain the design steps or historyand machining information when opened with Fusion 360. The exercises are useful in multiple industries, manufacturing, art and engineering. In CNC machining,CAM projects requireprogramming to turn a Workpiece into a Part defined by the CAD model. The intent of this exercise is to introduce Fusion’s CAM menus, for a Setup and its Operations. An operation manages the cutting tool and toolpath. The menus have a large array of options to govern a cut, but a few of those are most critical. Others are for tailored performance. The strategy with this presentation is to follow a simple model, being cut with one setup and using just one tool. This fits a basic router table. The presentation is appended with two other exercises. One using adding a different tool, a second utilizing CAD to manage CAM. These exercises have a designation at the end of their name, BEG, MID, and END, indicating when they may be appropriate during the class term. A MID requires skills learned earlier in the class. An END designation would be for learning a Fusion tool that is not akey to machining needs, but would be part of AutoDesk CAD certification exam. “Direct Modeling” or “free-form” design modes would be more appropriate for art or industrial design. This Wooden Shape CAM exercise is a MID exercise as it requires some prior experience with Fusion 360’s CAD features.