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Test your knowledge and apply what you have learned. The practice exercise is accompanied by a dataset to work through the example. The solution is also provided.
Exercise
Transcript
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution.
00:07
For this practice, we’ll be using threading-pe.f3d.
00:11
This already contains a facing toolpath, two profile toolpaths and a grooving toolpath
00:17
The next thing that we want to do is we want to create a threading toolpath.
00:21
So from here we need to go to Turning and select Turning Thread.
00:26
We need to select an appropriate threading tool and we'll do this by going into the Fusion 360 Library and take a look at OD Threading.
00:34
Now each of these threading tools will have different parameters and they might not work for our specific instance.
00:39
But let's go ahead and select the first one and then we'll create the rest of our toolpath.
00:46
We're going to go to our Passes section and we need to modify the thread depth and the pitch.
00:51
For our 0.5/20 thread, we're going to have a 0.0472 thread depth.
00:57
And then the thread pitch is going to be that 20 threads per inch, this is going to come out to 0.05.
01:05
We're going to say OK.
01:06
And it tells us that no faces were selected.
01:09
We need to select the outside face of what we want to cut and then we'll say OK.
01:15
The toolpath is created and will need to simulate to see this geometry.
01:19
I'm going to hide the model and jump all the way to the end.
01:23
Notice as we do this, the threads are cut perfectly except for on the Lead-Out.
01:27
The tool needs to go a little bit farther on the Lead-Out in order to cut the threads into that groove.
01:32
So let's go ahead and modify the toolpath.
01:35
We'll go to our Geometry section and we'll add an offset to the back side.
01:40
It's going to be 0.08, which will allow the tool to come into that groove area.
01:45
We'll say OK, and then we'll re simulate this toolpath.
01:48
Once again, we'll jump all the way to the end, and now you can see that the threads are cut all the way to the end perfectly.
01:54
From here, we can go ahead and navigate back to a home view, show our model once more and make sure that we save before moving on.
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution.
00:07
For this practice, we’ll be using threading-pe.f3d.
00:11
This already contains a facing toolpath, two profile toolpaths and a grooving toolpath
00:17
The next thing that we want to do is we want to create a threading toolpath.
00:21
So from here we need to go to Turning and select Turning Thread.
00:26
We need to select an appropriate threading tool and we'll do this by going into the Fusion 360 Library and take a look at OD Threading.
00:34
Now each of these threading tools will have different parameters and they might not work for our specific instance.
00:39
But let's go ahead and select the first one and then we'll create the rest of our toolpath.
00:46
We're going to go to our Passes section and we need to modify the thread depth and the pitch.
00:51
For our 0.5/20 thread, we're going to have a 0.0472 thread depth.
00:57
And then the thread pitch is going to be that 20 threads per inch, this is going to come out to 0.05.
01:05
We're going to say OK.
01:06
And it tells us that no faces were selected.
01:09
We need to select the outside face of what we want to cut and then we'll say OK.
01:15
The toolpath is created and will need to simulate to see this geometry.
01:19
I'm going to hide the model and jump all the way to the end.
01:23
Notice as we do this, the threads are cut perfectly except for on the Lead-Out.
01:27
The tool needs to go a little bit farther on the Lead-Out in order to cut the threads into that groove.
01:32
So let's go ahead and modify the toolpath.
01:35
We'll go to our Geometry section and we'll add an offset to the back side.
01:40
It's going to be 0.08, which will allow the tool to come into that groove area.
01:45
We'll say OK, and then we'll re simulate this toolpath.
01:48
Once again, we'll jump all the way to the end, and now you can see that the threads are cut all the way to the end perfectly.
01:54
From here, we can go ahead and navigate back to a home view, show our model once more and make sure that we save before moving on.