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Transcript
00:02
In this lesson, we will import a tool library to the cloud.
00:07
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to change user preferences.
00:11
Use import tool library to add tools to the cloud and identify components in an assembly.
00:18
In this lesson, we're going to get started with the supply data set, Multi-axis positioning.F3D.
00:24
We're going to take a look at this assembly, but first I want to take a look at our user preferences to make sure we're starting on the same page.
00:31
So first, we're going to go up to our name and our user preferences.
00:35
Inside of here, I want to navigate to the manufacturer section.
00:39
I'm going to make sure that I have enable cloud libraries turned on.
00:43
This is going to allow me to use cloud libraries whenever we're setting up our tool libraries.
00:49
Also note that there are several different display properties that are turned on and off.
00:54
Now these are generally defaults, but if you've made any adjustments to these, then your toolpaths and operations in the browser might look different.
01:02
Another thing I want to mention is going to be in the default unit section.
01:06
Right now my default units for design are set to metric, and my default units for manufacturer are also set to metric.
01:14
If you are constantly using the inch unit system, then it's helpful to set your defaults to inch.
01:20
I'm going to leave mine as default from here and simply note that we are going to be modifying those as needed.
01:28
Another section, I want to make sure we mentioned is going to be the general section for the modelling orientation.
01:34
Right now the default modelling orientation is Z up.
01:38
However, the design that we have open multi-axis positioning is set up in a Y UP orientation.
01:45
Depending on how something was modelled or designed in fusion, it may be in a different orientation.
01:51
It is possible to use commands such as move, copy and reset your coordinate system, so that Z is pointing up.
01:58
However, when we get into the manufacturer workspace, we're going to be setting up our WCS based on the components that we have access to.
02:06
So I'm not going to make any adjustments to these modelling positions.
02:10
The last thing that I do want to mention is in something called preview features.
02:14
We're going to navigate to manufacturer,
02:17
we're going to hide the extensions as well as the insider preview features just showing our public preview features.
02:25
Inside of here, you'll notice that there are several things that are turned on by default and some things that might be off by default.
02:32
For example, automatically get latest posts and machines.
02:35
I'm going to leave this on, and it's currently in preview but this allows us direct access to new machines that get added.
02:42
You'll notice that most of these are off but notice that we do have setup sheet configurations.
02:48
This enables the creation of custom setup sheet configurations.
02:51
We'll talk about this later on in the lessons when we get to creating our own set of sheets.
02:56
Also note that on by default is tool library.
03:00
Now, this is actually a feature that was added quite a while ago where the new tool library is automatically set to on by default.
03:09
Eventually the old tool library will likely be phased out, and this will no longer be an option.
03:14
So we're going to make sure that we have this turned on.
03:17
We can also note the updated styling.
03:19
This is a sneak peek of the style update in progress for the fusion manufactured dialogues.
03:24
We're not going to be turning this on or any other preview feature right now.
03:29
Just notice that there are several things in here that might be interesting for you to play with.
03:33
Now that we've taken a look at setting up those defaults.
03:36
Let's move on to taking a look at the design that we have.
03:40
Right now, we're dealing with a multi-axis positioning which has a fixture assembly, there is a stock prep fixture.
03:49
Our link, which is the actual part we're going to machine and our stock.
03:53
When we take a look at this, we want to notice that the stock has a feature carved in the bottom of it.
03:59
When we look at this, this is a typical way that we would hold a part in a multi-axis fixture.
04:04
Sometimes depending on the manufacturer.
04:06
For example, if you're using raptor clamps, this might actually be a dovetail rather than just two parallel sides that are cut.
04:14
For our purposes, we're going to be using this manufacturing model as we move forward,
04:19
and we're not going to be spending a lot of time on setting up these features as they're fairly simple to create.
04:25
And at this point, you should be fairly comfortable with creating simple geometry infusion.
04:30
We will be creating some soft draws later on in the course,
04:33
but for right now we just want to make sure we understand exactly what we have on the screen.
04:38
Going to go back to a Home view and note that we do have a joints folder, which shows that we have several components that are fixed or rigid groups,
04:46
allowing us to understand that we do have multiple components we're dealing with inside of the fixture,
04:52
which has its own joints that allow certain components to slide.
04:56
If we take a look at this, you'll notice that we can't manually slide anything,
04:60
and that's because we've got some fixed components in relation to some of the other parts in the design.
05:06
But note that this fixture is coming in with all the appropriate joints to allow it to move and clamp onto components.
05:13
We just have it accurately positioned already, so we're not going to worry about moving anything around.
05:20
We haven't made any changes to the design but we want to make sure always that we save often capturing those versions before we move on.
05:28
We do also want to make sure that we import our tool library.
05:32
This will be done in the manufacturer workspace.
05:35
Notice that the units are set to inch but currently there's nothing else in here.
05:39
There's no operations or toolpaths.
05:41
There's no setup.
05:42
Before we get into that, we can go into manage and tool library and make sure that we have our multi-axis tools.
05:49
Notice that this document already contains several tools, and I already have two cloud libraries, a three axis and appear nine library.
05:59
What I want to do is I want to start by clicking on cloud, I can right click, and I can import a library.
06:06
Once we're prompted with our File Explorer, we want to navigate to the location of our multi-axis tool library.
06:13
This will be a dot tools file and we will select Open.
06:16
This will place our new library in the cloud and show us all of the different tools that are inside of this library we just imported.
06:23
It shows us all the parameters when we click on each, and we'll be able to use these in future programs.
06:30
For right now let's go ahead and close this, and before we save this design, I want to move onto one other utilities option.
06:38
Inside of the utilities, we have something called automatic in process stock generation.
06:43
This allows us to display the stock removed with each operation by simply selecting it in the browser.
06:49
This also has different consequences when we start to simulate our operations.
06:55
For the purpose of this course, we're going to make sure that this is turned on,
06:58
and note that we have the options for stock visibility in the bottom center of our canvas and also the ability to synchronize those views.
07:07
We want to make sure that this is onto start with and as we go through if we want to turn it off we certainly can.
07:12
But for right now, let's make sure that we do save the design and then move on to our next step.
Video transcript
00:02
In this lesson, we will import a tool library to the cloud.
00:07
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to change user preferences.
00:11
Use import tool library to add tools to the cloud and identify components in an assembly.
00:18
In this lesson, we're going to get started with the supply data set, Multi-axis positioning.F3D.
00:24
We're going to take a look at this assembly, but first I want to take a look at our user preferences to make sure we're starting on the same page.
00:31
So first, we're going to go up to our name and our user preferences.
00:35
Inside of here, I want to navigate to the manufacturer section.
00:39
I'm going to make sure that I have enable cloud libraries turned on.
00:43
This is going to allow me to use cloud libraries whenever we're setting up our tool libraries.
00:49
Also note that there are several different display properties that are turned on and off.
00:54
Now these are generally defaults, but if you've made any adjustments to these, then your toolpaths and operations in the browser might look different.
01:02
Another thing I want to mention is going to be in the default unit section.
01:06
Right now my default units for design are set to metric, and my default units for manufacturer are also set to metric.
01:14
If you are constantly using the inch unit system, then it's helpful to set your defaults to inch.
01:20
I'm going to leave mine as default from here and simply note that we are going to be modifying those as needed.
01:28
Another section, I want to make sure we mentioned is going to be the general section for the modelling orientation.
01:34
Right now the default modelling orientation is Z up.
01:38
However, the design that we have open multi-axis positioning is set up in a Y UP orientation.
01:45
Depending on how something was modelled or designed in fusion, it may be in a different orientation.
01:51
It is possible to use commands such as move, copy and reset your coordinate system, so that Z is pointing up.
01:58
However, when we get into the manufacturer workspace, we're going to be setting up our WCS based on the components that we have access to.
02:06
So I'm not going to make any adjustments to these modelling positions.
02:10
The last thing that I do want to mention is in something called preview features.
02:14
We're going to navigate to manufacturer,
02:17
we're going to hide the extensions as well as the insider preview features just showing our public preview features.
02:25
Inside of here, you'll notice that there are several things that are turned on by default and some things that might be off by default.
02:32
For example, automatically get latest posts and machines.
02:35
I'm going to leave this on, and it's currently in preview but this allows us direct access to new machines that get added.
02:42
You'll notice that most of these are off but notice that we do have setup sheet configurations.
02:48
This enables the creation of custom setup sheet configurations.
02:51
We'll talk about this later on in the lessons when we get to creating our own set of sheets.
02:56
Also note that on by default is tool library.
03:00
Now, this is actually a feature that was added quite a while ago where the new tool library is automatically set to on by default.
03:09
Eventually the old tool library will likely be phased out, and this will no longer be an option.
03:14
So we're going to make sure that we have this turned on.
03:17
We can also note the updated styling.
03:19
This is a sneak peek of the style update in progress for the fusion manufactured dialogues.
03:24
We're not going to be turning this on or any other preview feature right now.
03:29
Just notice that there are several things in here that might be interesting for you to play with.
03:33
Now that we've taken a look at setting up those defaults.
03:36
Let's move on to taking a look at the design that we have.
03:40
Right now, we're dealing with a multi-axis positioning which has a fixture assembly, there is a stock prep fixture.
03:49
Our link, which is the actual part we're going to machine and our stock.
03:53
When we take a look at this, we want to notice that the stock has a feature carved in the bottom of it.
03:59
When we look at this, this is a typical way that we would hold a part in a multi-axis fixture.
04:04
Sometimes depending on the manufacturer.
04:06
For example, if you're using raptor clamps, this might actually be a dovetail rather than just two parallel sides that are cut.
04:14
For our purposes, we're going to be using this manufacturing model as we move forward,
04:19
and we're not going to be spending a lot of time on setting up these features as they're fairly simple to create.
04:25
And at this point, you should be fairly comfortable with creating simple geometry infusion.
04:30
We will be creating some soft draws later on in the course,
04:33
but for right now we just want to make sure we understand exactly what we have on the screen.
04:38
Going to go back to a Home view and note that we do have a joints folder, which shows that we have several components that are fixed or rigid groups,
04:46
allowing us to understand that we do have multiple components we're dealing with inside of the fixture,
04:52
which has its own joints that allow certain components to slide.
04:56
If we take a look at this, you'll notice that we can't manually slide anything,
04:60
and that's because we've got some fixed components in relation to some of the other parts in the design.
05:06
But note that this fixture is coming in with all the appropriate joints to allow it to move and clamp onto components.
05:13
We just have it accurately positioned already, so we're not going to worry about moving anything around.
05:20
We haven't made any changes to the design but we want to make sure always that we save often capturing those versions before we move on.
05:28
We do also want to make sure that we import our tool library.
05:32
This will be done in the manufacturer workspace.
05:35
Notice that the units are set to inch but currently there's nothing else in here.
05:39
There's no operations or toolpaths.
05:41
There's no setup.
05:42
Before we get into that, we can go into manage and tool library and make sure that we have our multi-axis tools.
05:49
Notice that this document already contains several tools, and I already have two cloud libraries, a three axis and appear nine library.
05:59
What I want to do is I want to start by clicking on cloud, I can right click, and I can import a library.
06:06
Once we're prompted with our File Explorer, we want to navigate to the location of our multi-axis tool library.
06:13
This will be a dot tools file and we will select Open.
06:16
This will place our new library in the cloud and show us all of the different tools that are inside of this library we just imported.
06:23
It shows us all the parameters when we click on each, and we'll be able to use these in future programs.
06:30
For right now let's go ahead and close this, and before we save this design, I want to move onto one other utilities option.
06:38
Inside of the utilities, we have something called automatic in process stock generation.
06:43
This allows us to display the stock removed with each operation by simply selecting it in the browser.
06:49
This also has different consequences when we start to simulate our operations.
06:55
For the purpose of this course, we're going to make sure that this is turned on,
06:58
and note that we have the options for stock visibility in the bottom center of our canvas and also the ability to synchronize those views.
07:07
We want to make sure that this is onto start with and as we go through if we want to turn it off we certainly can.
07:12
But for right now, let's make sure that we do save the design and then move on to our next step.
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