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Transcript
00:02
In this lesson, we’ll cut chamfers with turning toolpaths.
00:06
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to: Create a chamfer toolpath and modify chamfer toolpath parameters.
00:14
In Fusion 360, we want to get started with the data set external threads.
00:18
We should be in the Manufacture workspace and note that the units are set to inch.
00:23
We have a facing toolpath, we have a profile and we also have a single groove.
00:29
Now we need to take care of finishing off the chamfers before we get into creating external threads.
00:34
In order to do this, we're going to go to our Turning drop-down and select Turning chamfer.
00:40
From here, we want to select an appropriate tool and for us that's going to be tool number 10 which should already be inside of the document.
00:48
Then we need to select our geometry.
00:50
For these chamfers, we're going to select the back edge of both chamfers.
00:54
We're going to leave all of the default clearance values and move on to the passes.
00:59
We're not going to make any adjustments just yet.
01:01
I just want to make sure that we note that we're using a single pass.
01:04
And notice that we're not using the reverse chamfer pass and all of these settings are going to be the defaults and we’ll say OK.
01:12
If we take a look at this from the top, you'll notice that we've cut a little too deep.
01:17
We can see exactly where the tool is gone and we've removed too much material.
01:21
This has happened because the model that we're working with has modeled chamfers.
01:26
If it had a sharp corner, we'd be able to use the same toolpath and simply dictate how deep we wanted to cut.
01:32
But since we're using a design that already has these modeled, we need to make sure we set the chamfer width to 0.
01:40
We can leave the extension and the angles if we want and simply say OK.
01:45
So that width value needs to be set to 0 whenever we're using a model chamfer.
01:49
But on a square corner, we can set it to whatever value we need.
01:53
Let's go ahead and simulate this and take a look at the results.
01:57
I'm going to drag the toolpath from the bottom and just take a look at where the tool is coming in.
02:03
It’s going to move over to the other one.
02:05
You can see that it cleans off that last little bit in the corner and retracts away.
02:11
If we wanted to keep it a bit closer, maybe change some of these rapid and these feed moves,
02:17
we could adjust some of those planes to get the tool a little bit closer.
02:21
Let's make that change by going into Chamfer and making that edit.
02:24
And inside of the radii, you'll notice that inside of this operation, we have the different planes, the outer radius offset,
02:32
which is based on our stock and then we have this outer retract offset.
02:36
I'm going to drag this in so that it's a little bit closer and I'm going to say OK.
02:42
Now you'll notice it still starts all the way on the outside, but it moves in and it only comes out to this position when it's going between chamfers.
02:50
This will save us a little bit of time and if we want to make it a little bit closer, we can do that as well.
02:55
You simply have to understand where you're cutting and whether or not you have any clearance issues.
03:00
For this toolpath, I'm going to leave it as is and I'm going to make sure I go back to my home view and save this before moving on.
Video transcript
00:02
In this lesson, we’ll cut chamfers with turning toolpaths.
00:06
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to: Create a chamfer toolpath and modify chamfer toolpath parameters.
00:14
In Fusion 360, we want to get started with the data set external threads.
00:18
We should be in the Manufacture workspace and note that the units are set to inch.
00:23
We have a facing toolpath, we have a profile and we also have a single groove.
00:29
Now we need to take care of finishing off the chamfers before we get into creating external threads.
00:34
In order to do this, we're going to go to our Turning drop-down and select Turning chamfer.
00:40
From here, we want to select an appropriate tool and for us that's going to be tool number 10 which should already be inside of the document.
00:48
Then we need to select our geometry.
00:50
For these chamfers, we're going to select the back edge of both chamfers.
00:54
We're going to leave all of the default clearance values and move on to the passes.
00:59
We're not going to make any adjustments just yet.
01:01
I just want to make sure that we note that we're using a single pass.
01:04
And notice that we're not using the reverse chamfer pass and all of these settings are going to be the defaults and we’ll say OK.
01:12
If we take a look at this from the top, you'll notice that we've cut a little too deep.
01:17
We can see exactly where the tool is gone and we've removed too much material.
01:21
This has happened because the model that we're working with has modeled chamfers.
01:26
If it had a sharp corner, we'd be able to use the same toolpath and simply dictate how deep we wanted to cut.
01:32
But since we're using a design that already has these modeled, we need to make sure we set the chamfer width to 0.
01:40
We can leave the extension and the angles if we want and simply say OK.
01:45
So that width value needs to be set to 0 whenever we're using a model chamfer.
01:49
But on a square corner, we can set it to whatever value we need.
01:53
Let's go ahead and simulate this and take a look at the results.
01:57
I'm going to drag the toolpath from the bottom and just take a look at where the tool is coming in.
02:03
It’s going to move over to the other one.
02:05
You can see that it cleans off that last little bit in the corner and retracts away.
02:11
If we wanted to keep it a bit closer, maybe change some of these rapid and these feed moves,
02:17
we could adjust some of those planes to get the tool a little bit closer.
02:21
Let's make that change by going into Chamfer and making that edit.
02:24
And inside of the radii, you'll notice that inside of this operation, we have the different planes, the outer radius offset,
02:32
which is based on our stock and then we have this outer retract offset.
02:36
I'm going to drag this in so that it's a little bit closer and I'm going to say OK.
02:42
Now you'll notice it still starts all the way on the outside, but it moves in and it only comes out to this position when it's going between chamfers.
02:50
This will save us a little bit of time and if we want to make it a little bit closer, we can do that as well.
02:55
You simply have to understand where you're cutting and whether or not you have any clearance issues.
03:00
For this toolpath, I'm going to leave it as is and I'm going to make sure I go back to my home view and save this before moving on.
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