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Learn to create 2 axis toolpaths to rough and finish a turned part.
After completing this practice exercise, you’ll be able to:
Exercise
Transcript
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution
00:06
for this practice. Let's get started with the supply data set.
00:09
Simple turn to part practice dot F 3D.
00:11
We're gonna navigate to the manufacture workspace,
00:14
go to turning and set our units to inch.
00:18
We're going to be creating a very simple program.
00:21
We want to get started by creating a new setup.
00:24
First, we need to note the orientation
00:26
Z is pointing the incorrect direction and the chuck is on the wrong side.
00:30
So we're gonna click on the Z
00:31
to flip the orientation of the part,
00:34
noting the location of the chuck, the
00:36
location of the chuck is gonna represent where
00:39
the machine is holding on to our stock.
00:41
Even though our physical part is much shorter,
00:43
we do have some extra material that can extend on this side.
00:47
So in order to do this, we're gonna go to our stock tab
00:51
and make sure that we do increase the overall length to three inches
00:56
when we do this, noting that it's going from the center of the part,
00:59
but we want to offset it from the front.
01:02
We also can add a small offset to the front. So we can face the end of the part of 0.05.
01:08
When we navigate back to our setup,
01:10
we can now see that the chuck is located on the extension of our stock
01:14
from here. We're gonna leave everything as is moving on to our post process.
01:19
And we're gonna add an extra five to the end of our program number.
01:23
We're gonna have a comment of simple turned
01:25
and hit, enter to say, OK,
01:27
the W CS of zero will represent the next available coordinate system
01:32
and in most cases that's G 54.
01:34
So the next thing that we need to do is create a basic set of tool paths to machine.
01:39
Our part,
01:40
we're going to begin by going to our turning, drop down and select turning face.
01:44
We're gonna select our tool and to do this,
01:46
we're gonna navigate to our fusion 3 60 library under cutting tool inches.
01:51
And we wanna make sure that we are taking a look at all available tools.
01:55
In this case, we need to find our turning tools.
01:59
We're gonna select turning tools inch
02:02
and note all the available tools.
02:04
The first tool that we wanna select is the second tool in our list,
02:08
which is AC NMT 32.52.
02:11
Now, this is a right handed general purpose tool and we're going to select it,
02:17
noting the orientation of our tool as we rotate our part around,
02:20
it's coming in from the positive X direction.
02:24
It's gonna come in,
02:25
it's gonna remove the material and drag itself away. So we can simply say, OK,
02:31
next, we need to create a roughing profile.
02:34
So we're gonna go to our turning tools and select turning profile roughing.
02:38
We use the same tool and we're going to allow
02:41
it to use all the default settings and say,
02:43
OK,
02:44
this will allow the tool to come in and make multiple passes.
02:47
Last, we're gonna go to turning profile finishing
02:51
once again, we're gonna use the default settings,
02:53
but we wanna navigate over into our passes section
02:57
and make sure that we're taking an appropriate number
02:59
of steps and an appropriate size step over.
03:02
We're gonna say, OK, allowing it to create that finishing pass.
03:06
Noting that it's ending at this corner.
03:09
If we need the tool to go further down the part, we can always modify our tool path.
03:14
We can take a look at our geometry,
03:16
we can move our back plane
03:18
and we can make sure that the tool does extend far enough past the part.
03:23
You notice that we are getting a warning.
03:25
It's telling us that the lead out
03:26
has been modified because it's gouging remaining stock
03:30
and that happens when it goes past the end of our part.
03:32
I'm going to allow it for this operation and
03:34
move on to our turning and select turning part.
03:38
We need to select a different tool for turning part.
03:41
So I'll go down to our turning tools
03:43
and we want to take a look at our OD grooving tools.
03:47
We're gonna select this OD grooving tool,
03:49
say, OK, and allow it to part the remaining stock
03:53
at this point. We can also select the entire setup, go to actions and simulate
03:58
when we press play.
03:60
We can see it creating the turning tool path for the entire part.
04:03
And at the very end, it does remove it from the rest of our stock.
04:08
Once again note that in some cases, we might see warnings for our tool path.
04:12
You'll need to evaluate whether or not those
04:14
warnings are warranted and need action to remedy.
04:17
In
04:17
this case,
04:18
it did modify our lead out parameters to prevent some additional gouging.
04:22
Let's go ahead and exit the simulation and make
04:24
sure that we save the part before moving on.
Video transcript
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution
00:06
for this practice. Let's get started with the supply data set.
00:09
Simple turn to part practice dot F 3D.
00:11
We're gonna navigate to the manufacture workspace,
00:14
go to turning and set our units to inch.
00:18
We're going to be creating a very simple program.
00:21
We want to get started by creating a new setup.
00:24
First, we need to note the orientation
00:26
Z is pointing the incorrect direction and the chuck is on the wrong side.
00:30
So we're gonna click on the Z
00:31
to flip the orientation of the part,
00:34
noting the location of the chuck, the
00:36
location of the chuck is gonna represent where
00:39
the machine is holding on to our stock.
00:41
Even though our physical part is much shorter,
00:43
we do have some extra material that can extend on this side.
00:47
So in order to do this, we're gonna go to our stock tab
00:51
and make sure that we do increase the overall length to three inches
00:56
when we do this, noting that it's going from the center of the part,
00:59
but we want to offset it from the front.
01:02
We also can add a small offset to the front. So we can face the end of the part of 0.05.
01:08
When we navigate back to our setup,
01:10
we can now see that the chuck is located on the extension of our stock
01:14
from here. We're gonna leave everything as is moving on to our post process.
01:19
And we're gonna add an extra five to the end of our program number.
01:23
We're gonna have a comment of simple turned
01:25
and hit, enter to say, OK,
01:27
the W CS of zero will represent the next available coordinate system
01:32
and in most cases that's G 54.
01:34
So the next thing that we need to do is create a basic set of tool paths to machine.
01:39
Our part,
01:40
we're going to begin by going to our turning, drop down and select turning face.
01:44
We're gonna select our tool and to do this,
01:46
we're gonna navigate to our fusion 3 60 library under cutting tool inches.
01:51
And we wanna make sure that we are taking a look at all available tools.
01:55
In this case, we need to find our turning tools.
01:59
We're gonna select turning tools inch
02:02
and note all the available tools.
02:04
The first tool that we wanna select is the second tool in our list,
02:08
which is AC NMT 32.52.
02:11
Now, this is a right handed general purpose tool and we're going to select it,
02:17
noting the orientation of our tool as we rotate our part around,
02:20
it's coming in from the positive X direction.
02:24
It's gonna come in,
02:25
it's gonna remove the material and drag itself away. So we can simply say, OK,
02:31
next, we need to create a roughing profile.
02:34
So we're gonna go to our turning tools and select turning profile roughing.
02:38
We use the same tool and we're going to allow
02:41
it to use all the default settings and say,
02:43
OK,
02:44
this will allow the tool to come in and make multiple passes.
02:47
Last, we're gonna go to turning profile finishing
02:51
once again, we're gonna use the default settings,
02:53
but we wanna navigate over into our passes section
02:57
and make sure that we're taking an appropriate number
02:59
of steps and an appropriate size step over.
03:02
We're gonna say, OK, allowing it to create that finishing pass.
03:06
Noting that it's ending at this corner.
03:09
If we need the tool to go further down the part, we can always modify our tool path.
03:14
We can take a look at our geometry,
03:16
we can move our back plane
03:18
and we can make sure that the tool does extend far enough past the part.
03:23
You notice that we are getting a warning.
03:25
It's telling us that the lead out
03:26
has been modified because it's gouging remaining stock
03:30
and that happens when it goes past the end of our part.
03:32
I'm going to allow it for this operation and
03:34
move on to our turning and select turning part.
03:38
We need to select a different tool for turning part.
03:41
So I'll go down to our turning tools
03:43
and we want to take a look at our OD grooving tools.
03:47
We're gonna select this OD grooving tool,
03:49
say, OK, and allow it to part the remaining stock
03:53
at this point. We can also select the entire setup, go to actions and simulate
03:58
when we press play.
03:60
We can see it creating the turning tool path for the entire part.
04:03
And at the very end, it does remove it from the rest of our stock.
04:08
Once again note that in some cases, we might see warnings for our tool path.
04:12
You'll need to evaluate whether or not those
04:14
warnings are warranted and need action to remedy.
04:17
In
04:17
this case,
04:18
it did modify our lead out parameters to prevent some additional gouging.
04:22
Let's go ahead and exit the simulation and make
04:24
sure that we save the part before moving on.
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