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00:02
Use tool path simulation.
00:05
After completing this video, you'll be able to
00:07
simulate a single tool path and simulate a camp setup
00:13
in fusion. Let's begin with the supply data set C
00:15
A simulation MM dot F 3D.
00:18
This design contains a setup with multiple tool paths for facing roughing,
00:23
finishing as well as drilling.
00:25
So we're going to take a look at simulating single tool paths,
00:28
the entire setup and making some adjustments based on our results.
00:32
When we're taking a look at tool pa
00:34
infusion, we have what's called in process stock.
00:37
This allows us to see the tool path as well as the stock removed, previewed in green.
00:42
As we select each of the tool paths, we can see material as it's being removed
00:47
and we can make sure that all the material is currently
00:50
being removed and that there are no problems or changes needed.
00:53
Impro stock is a great way to identify
00:56
potential problems like an incorrect drill size.
00:59
In this case, we're going to expand drill two,
01:02
we're going to right click and edit the tool
01:05
and we're gonna change the tool diameter to eight millimeters
01:10
once we've done this and accepted the tool change.
01:12
We need then need to regenerate the tool path by going to actions and selecting,
01:16
generate
01:18
once this has been updated, when we reselect the tool path,
01:21
we can now see that the whole size is correct.
01:24
This is a perfect way to evaluate each of your tool paths.
01:28
However, using simulation can be a little bit more beneficial.
01:32
First, let's take a look at the facing tool path.
01:35
We'll go to actions and select simulate.
01:37
When we take a look at simulate, there are a couple of different options.
01:41
We can toggle on or off the tool,
01:43
we can toggle on or off the tool path.
01:46
And we can also modify the way in which we display our stock
01:50
right now. There's an accuracy slider,
01:52
we have a transparent option
01:54
and the colorization is set to comparison.
01:57
This means that areas in red will show material that's been removed,
02:02
that should still be in the model areas in green will show material that is
02:05
exactly matching the model and areas in blue are where stock has been left behind.
02:10
There are a couple of options. But for this example, we're gonna use comparison,
02:14
we can hold down the left mouse button anywhere
02:16
in the canvas and begin dragging to the right.
02:19
And this will allow us to manually step through the tool path movements.
02:23
We can also click anywhere at the bottom
02:25
and jump to different positions in the tool path
02:28
or we can manipulate the speed and we can play through the simulation.
02:33
Once again,
02:33
areas in green show that we've removed material to the exact top of our part.
02:38
Once again, we can take a look at transparency,
02:41
we can see the part inside and see the material has been removed.
02:45
There are some other options at the top where we can toggle on
02:48
and off the display of tools as well as a tool path.
02:51
And there's an information section which can show any potential issues,
02:55
warnings or any settings that we may need to change.
02:58
Let's go ahead and exit the simulation and select the entire setup.
03:02
Then we'll go back to actions and select simulate
03:05
with the entire setup. Selected, I'm also going to use go to next operation.
03:09
This is going to jump past the facing tool path,
03:12
then we can jump past the two D adaptive past the two D contour
03:17
and all the way to the end. If we wish to select, go to end of tool path,
03:21
I'm gonna turn off transparency to make this a bit easier to see
03:25
what we'll note is that there's stock remaining on the
03:28
side and the bottom of that step in our part.
03:31
This means that another tool path is needed to go back and finish those areas.
03:35
What we're gonna do is exit the simulation, go to two D and select two D contour.
03:41
Make sure that we are using the appropriate tool.
03:43
In this case,
03:44
our 12 millimeter flat end mill with aluminum finishing for our cutting data.
03:49
From here in our geometry selection. We'll select the bottom edge of that contour.
03:53
We'll move over to our passes, make sure that we're not leaving any stock.
03:57
And we'll say, ok,
03:59
now that this has been machined, we take a look inside of our setup.
04:02
We have the first four operations using tool number one.
04:06
Then we're switching to tool two for our spot drill and tool three for our drilling.
04:10
We want to make sure that we don't have any extra tool changes.
04:14
So we're going to hold down the left mouse button
04:16
and drag our new two D contour up above our drilling operations.
04:20
This means that it'll be positioned appropriately
04:23
inside of the order of our tool paths
04:25
and it prevents us from having any additional tool changes.
04:28
Next, we can select the entire setup, go back to actions and select simulate.
04:34
Once again, I'm gonna jump past our facing tool path.
04:37
We're gonna jump past our two D adaptive tool paths
04:40
and past our two D contours.
04:42
We can see now that everything has been machined
04:44
and we can play through our drilling operations.
04:47
There is of course stock that has been left on the bottom of our part.
04:51
And that's simply because it's being held in a vice.
04:53
This is an important step in the process to
04:55
make sure that we have removed all material.
04:58
There are plenty of other options for you to explore inside of simulate.
05:02
But quickly, let's just take a look at the info tab
05:04
inside of the info tab. It'll tell us exactly where the tool is,
05:08
the spindle speed, whether it's a feed rate or a rapid movement.
05:12
It will also tell you the operation,
05:13
the tool and information about whether or not there are collisions,
05:18
the amount of volume or material removed and whether or
05:20
not we've had any collisions on the statistics tab,
05:23
we'll get information about the total machining time, the distance,
05:26
the number of operations and tool changes.
05:29
Let's exit the simulation. And let's take a look at one more thing.
05:32
Let's right, click and edit our setup. But this time we're going to select a machine
05:37
when we select a machine.
05:38
It's important to note that the machines in the
05:40
fusion library have an option for simulation ready.
05:44
While you can build your own machines using the machine builder,
05:47
we're going to focus on machines that are readily available.
05:50
When we do this.
05:51
We would want to make sure that we scroll through and find an appropriate machine.
05:54
Whether or not it's one from a specific
05:56
manufacturer like Hoss or a generic machine from auto
05:60
desk.
06:01
Let's select Hoss and let's scroll down.
06:04
In this case, I want to find a vertical machine. In this case, a hos VF two.
06:08
Notice that this one says that it has a T RT 160 tilting rotary table.
06:14
We don't need four axes.
06:16
In our specific case, but in some cases,
06:18
you might have a machine that does have that extra axis,
06:22
make sure that when you're searching for a machine that it does
06:24
have a 3D model available and it does have simulation data.
06:28
We're gonna select this and download the model.
06:31
We need to select a location to store it.
06:33
And in my case, I want to make sure that I am putting it in the right location.
06:37
I'm gonna be inside of my module for CNC machining.
06:43
And I have a subfolder called machines.
06:46
Once we select that,
06:47
it's gonna download the model and it's gonna insert it into our setup
06:51
with some machines such as hoss machines.
06:53
You may get an additional dialogue that's telling you about a machine connector.
06:58
If you want to explore live connections to your machines,
07:00
you can go ahead and toggle that on.
07:02
We're gonna keep it off for now and we want
07:04
to focus on positioning the machine relative to our part
07:08
because our part itself does not have a vice or a fixture.
07:11
It is important that we locate it at an appropriate distance above our table.
07:16
We're gonna select, OK.
07:18
And now we want to simulate our tool pass with the machine
07:22
to do this.
07:23
We have the entire setup selected and we'll select simulate with machine.
07:27
When we simulate with a machine, I'm going to slow down the speed
07:30
and select play
07:32
simulating with a machine is gonna show the tool moving with the machine
07:37
and you'll notice it's moving back and forth
07:40
depending on how the machine is set up.
07:42
You should see the spindle staying stationary and the table moving.
07:46
In our case,
07:47
you can see that the table is staying stationary
07:50
and the entire machine is moving around it.
07:52
There is an option down here for the viewpoint
07:55
and there's a machine base model and tool.
07:59
We're gonna set this to machine base and we're gonna continue to play through
08:02
notice when we use the machine base option
08:05
that the spindle moves up and down in Z. But the table moves in X and Y.
08:09
This is how you would expect the actual machine motion to be.
08:12
If we zoom in, we can see that everything has still been machined
08:16
and the part is complete at this point
08:19
while using simulate with machine on a 2.5 or three
08:23
axis set of tool pass is likely not needed.
08:25
It is extremely helpful. Once you move into four and five axis programming,
08:29
make sure that you do explore selecting a machine
08:32
because there are a couple of other benefits.
08:35
When you have a machine selected,
08:36
it generally has a post processor associated with it
08:39
as well as specifics about things like the amount of travel in Xy and Z
08:44
to ensure that you're not over traveling and also things like spindle speed limits,
08:49
that's gonna be it for this video. So make sure that you do save after you're done.
08:53
And we can move on to the next step.
00:02
Use tool path simulation.
00:05
After completing this video, you'll be able to
00:07
simulate a single tool path and simulate a camp setup
00:13
in fusion. Let's begin with the supply data set C
00:15
A simulation MM dot F 3D.
00:18
This design contains a setup with multiple tool paths for facing roughing,
00:23
finishing as well as drilling.
00:25
So we're going to take a look at simulating single tool paths,
00:28
the entire setup and making some adjustments based on our results.
00:32
When we're taking a look at tool pa
00:34
infusion, we have what's called in process stock.
00:37
This allows us to see the tool path as well as the stock removed, previewed in green.
00:42
As we select each of the tool paths, we can see material as it's being removed
00:47
and we can make sure that all the material is currently
00:50
being removed and that there are no problems or changes needed.
00:53
Impro stock is a great way to identify
00:56
potential problems like an incorrect drill size.
00:59
In this case, we're going to expand drill two,
01:02
we're going to right click and edit the tool
01:05
and we're gonna change the tool diameter to eight millimeters
01:10
once we've done this and accepted the tool change.
01:12
We need then need to regenerate the tool path by going to actions and selecting,
01:16
generate
01:18
once this has been updated, when we reselect the tool path,
01:21
we can now see that the whole size is correct.
01:24
This is a perfect way to evaluate each of your tool paths.
01:28
However, using simulation can be a little bit more beneficial.
01:32
First, let's take a look at the facing tool path.
01:35
We'll go to actions and select simulate.
01:37
When we take a look at simulate, there are a couple of different options.
01:41
We can toggle on or off the tool,
01:43
we can toggle on or off the tool path.
01:46
And we can also modify the way in which we display our stock
01:50
right now. There's an accuracy slider,
01:52
we have a transparent option
01:54
and the colorization is set to comparison.
01:57
This means that areas in red will show material that's been removed,
02:02
that should still be in the model areas in green will show material that is
02:05
exactly matching the model and areas in blue are where stock has been left behind.
02:10
There are a couple of options. But for this example, we're gonna use comparison,
02:14
we can hold down the left mouse button anywhere
02:16
in the canvas and begin dragging to the right.
02:19
And this will allow us to manually step through the tool path movements.
02:23
We can also click anywhere at the bottom
02:25
and jump to different positions in the tool path
02:28
or we can manipulate the speed and we can play through the simulation.
02:33
Once again,
02:33
areas in green show that we've removed material to the exact top of our part.
02:38
Once again, we can take a look at transparency,
02:41
we can see the part inside and see the material has been removed.
02:45
There are some other options at the top where we can toggle on
02:48
and off the display of tools as well as a tool path.
02:51
And there's an information section which can show any potential issues,
02:55
warnings or any settings that we may need to change.
02:58
Let's go ahead and exit the simulation and select the entire setup.
03:02
Then we'll go back to actions and select simulate
03:05
with the entire setup. Selected, I'm also going to use go to next operation.
03:09
This is going to jump past the facing tool path,
03:12
then we can jump past the two D adaptive past the two D contour
03:17
and all the way to the end. If we wish to select, go to end of tool path,
03:21
I'm gonna turn off transparency to make this a bit easier to see
03:25
what we'll note is that there's stock remaining on the
03:28
side and the bottom of that step in our part.
03:31
This means that another tool path is needed to go back and finish those areas.
03:35
What we're gonna do is exit the simulation, go to two D and select two D contour.
03:41
Make sure that we are using the appropriate tool.
03:43
In this case,
03:44
our 12 millimeter flat end mill with aluminum finishing for our cutting data.
03:49
From here in our geometry selection. We'll select the bottom edge of that contour.
03:53
We'll move over to our passes, make sure that we're not leaving any stock.
03:57
And we'll say, ok,
03:59
now that this has been machined, we take a look inside of our setup.
04:02
We have the first four operations using tool number one.
04:06
Then we're switching to tool two for our spot drill and tool three for our drilling.
04:10
We want to make sure that we don't have any extra tool changes.
04:14
So we're going to hold down the left mouse button
04:16
and drag our new two D contour up above our drilling operations.
04:20
This means that it'll be positioned appropriately
04:23
inside of the order of our tool paths
04:25
and it prevents us from having any additional tool changes.
04:28
Next, we can select the entire setup, go back to actions and select simulate.
04:34
Once again, I'm gonna jump past our facing tool path.
04:37
We're gonna jump past our two D adaptive tool paths
04:40
and past our two D contours.
04:42
We can see now that everything has been machined
04:44
and we can play through our drilling operations.
04:47
There is of course stock that has been left on the bottom of our part.
04:51
And that's simply because it's being held in a vice.
04:53
This is an important step in the process to
04:55
make sure that we have removed all material.
04:58
There are plenty of other options for you to explore inside of simulate.
05:02
But quickly, let's just take a look at the info tab
05:04
inside of the info tab. It'll tell us exactly where the tool is,
05:08
the spindle speed, whether it's a feed rate or a rapid movement.
05:12
It will also tell you the operation,
05:13
the tool and information about whether or not there are collisions,
05:18
the amount of volume or material removed and whether or
05:20
not we've had any collisions on the statistics tab,
05:23
we'll get information about the total machining time, the distance,
05:26
the number of operations and tool changes.
05:29
Let's exit the simulation. And let's take a look at one more thing.
05:32
Let's right, click and edit our setup. But this time we're going to select a machine
05:37
when we select a machine.
05:38
It's important to note that the machines in the
05:40
fusion library have an option for simulation ready.
05:44
While you can build your own machines using the machine builder,
05:47
we're going to focus on machines that are readily available.
05:50
When we do this.
05:51
We would want to make sure that we scroll through and find an appropriate machine.
05:54
Whether or not it's one from a specific
05:56
manufacturer like Hoss or a generic machine from auto
05:60
desk.
06:01
Let's select Hoss and let's scroll down.
06:04
In this case, I want to find a vertical machine. In this case, a hos VF two.
06:08
Notice that this one says that it has a T RT 160 tilting rotary table.
06:14
We don't need four axes.
06:16
In our specific case, but in some cases,
06:18
you might have a machine that does have that extra axis,
06:22
make sure that when you're searching for a machine that it does
06:24
have a 3D model available and it does have simulation data.
06:28
We're gonna select this and download the model.
06:31
We need to select a location to store it.
06:33
And in my case, I want to make sure that I am putting it in the right location.
06:37
I'm gonna be inside of my module for CNC machining.
06:43
And I have a subfolder called machines.
06:46
Once we select that,
06:47
it's gonna download the model and it's gonna insert it into our setup
06:51
with some machines such as hoss machines.
06:53
You may get an additional dialogue that's telling you about a machine connector.
06:58
If you want to explore live connections to your machines,
07:00
you can go ahead and toggle that on.
07:02
We're gonna keep it off for now and we want
07:04
to focus on positioning the machine relative to our part
07:08
because our part itself does not have a vice or a fixture.
07:11
It is important that we locate it at an appropriate distance above our table.
07:16
We're gonna select, OK.
07:18
And now we want to simulate our tool pass with the machine
07:22
to do this.
07:23
We have the entire setup selected and we'll select simulate with machine.
07:27
When we simulate with a machine, I'm going to slow down the speed
07:30
and select play
07:32
simulating with a machine is gonna show the tool moving with the machine
07:37
and you'll notice it's moving back and forth
07:40
depending on how the machine is set up.
07:42
You should see the spindle staying stationary and the table moving.
07:46
In our case,
07:47
you can see that the table is staying stationary
07:50
and the entire machine is moving around it.
07:52
There is an option down here for the viewpoint
07:55
and there's a machine base model and tool.
07:59
We're gonna set this to machine base and we're gonna continue to play through
08:02
notice when we use the machine base option
08:05
that the spindle moves up and down in Z. But the table moves in X and Y.
08:09
This is how you would expect the actual machine motion to be.
08:12
If we zoom in, we can see that everything has still been machined
08:16
and the part is complete at this point
08:19
while using simulate with machine on a 2.5 or three
08:23
axis set of tool pass is likely not needed.
08:25
It is extremely helpful. Once you move into four and five axis programming,
08:29
make sure that you do explore selecting a machine
08:32
because there are a couple of other benefits.
08:35
When you have a machine selected,
08:36
it generally has a post processor associated with it
08:39
as well as specifics about things like the amount of travel in Xy and Z
08:44
to ensure that you're not over traveling and also things like spindle speed limits,
08:49
that's gonna be it for this video. So make sure that you do save after you're done.
08:53
And we can move on to the next step.
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