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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.

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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.

Video 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.

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