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Transcript
00:02
In this lesson, we'll create a groove roughing toolpath.
00:07
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to: Create a groove toolpath and create a custom grooving tool.
00:15
In Fusion 360, we want to carry on with our turning groove data set.
00:19
We're going to get started by going to Turning and we're going to use Turning Groove.
00:24
This is going to allow us to create multiple grooves.
00:28
Right now, we don't have a tool that works.
00:30
So we're going to go into our tools and we want to create a new tool in this document.
00:36
We're going to start by hitting the plus and we're going to select Turning Grooving.
00:41
Once we do this, we'll go to our Insert section, we’ll be using a square insert,
00:46
and the thickness of the insert and the width of the insert is going to be defined as 0.125.
00:54
And then we're going to use a default 1/16 of an inch thickness.
01:01
So we're going to leave all the rest as default with the exception of the Corner Radius,
01:06
we're going to set that all the way to 0 and we're going to accept it.
01:10
We'll select that as our tool.
01:12
And then in our Geometry section, we're going to modify the planes that are going to be used to define the area which we want to look for grooves.
01:20
So we're going to grab that front plane and bring it all the way back to just before the section of grooves.
01:27
We're going to move on to the Passes section and notice that we have roughing passes based on full step down.
01:36
Right now, we're going to use the Stock to Leave with the default settings and leave everything else as default and say OK, and just see what we get.
01:44
From a top view, you can see that we've got a groove toolpath that focuses solely in this area.
01:51
We're going to go into Simulate and see what the stock left behind looks like.
01:55
So we can see that it starts from the outside and it's beginning to remove material in that first pass,
02:02
but we've actually already removed the material in our profile pass, so it's really just wasting time cutting that it doesn't need.
02:09
So let's make some adjustments to this toolpath.
02:12
The first thing that I'm going to do is turn off Stock to Leave.
02:15
I want it to be the final toolpath and remove all the material.
02:19
The next thing I'm going to do is turn off roughing passes because we've already removed most of the material.
02:23
It's a very small groove. I don't need to worry about roughing it.
02:27
But I'm going to do it in one step over allowing it to come in and remove that material in one go.
02:34
Notice that it comes in, it drags along this edge and then it moves its way in and it does the same thing over here.
02:41
This is sort of the default linking parameter, how it's coming in.
02:45
If this doesn't work for your grooving toolpaths, you can always go into the Linking parameters and change it.
02:51
For example, if we simply turn off the Lead-In and the Lead-Out and see what the toolpath looks like,
02:59
notice that it's not dragging as much, but the tool is still moving in from the side.
03:05
If we play this through, you'll see that it comes in and it moves over,
03:10
and the reason it moves over is because we have that plane that's defining where it can look.
03:15
If you want to control a bit closer how it goes into and out of the specific groove,
03:21
then we would want to go and use a single groove toolpath rather than allowing it to look in the area between those two planes.
03:29
But again, depending on the geometry,
03:32
if you've got grooves that are not square cut grooves like this but you have ones that have large tapers on the side,
03:37
using this type of toolpath makes sense because it allows you to drag in and move the tool into the groove and then back out.
03:45
So it definitely works better on certain types of geometry than others.
03:50
But for us, I'm just going to make some adjustments.
03:53
I'm going to change the Lead-In angle to 90 degrees and I'm going to allow it to create those grooves.
04:01
From here, I'm going to go back to home position and save this before moving on to the next step.
Video transcript
00:02
In this lesson, we'll create a groove roughing toolpath.
00:07
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to: Create a groove toolpath and create a custom grooving tool.
00:15
In Fusion 360, we want to carry on with our turning groove data set.
00:19
We're going to get started by going to Turning and we're going to use Turning Groove.
00:24
This is going to allow us to create multiple grooves.
00:28
Right now, we don't have a tool that works.
00:30
So we're going to go into our tools and we want to create a new tool in this document.
00:36
We're going to start by hitting the plus and we're going to select Turning Grooving.
00:41
Once we do this, we'll go to our Insert section, we’ll be using a square insert,
00:46
and the thickness of the insert and the width of the insert is going to be defined as 0.125.
00:54
And then we're going to use a default 1/16 of an inch thickness.
01:01
So we're going to leave all the rest as default with the exception of the Corner Radius,
01:06
we're going to set that all the way to 0 and we're going to accept it.
01:10
We'll select that as our tool.
01:12
And then in our Geometry section, we're going to modify the planes that are going to be used to define the area which we want to look for grooves.
01:20
So we're going to grab that front plane and bring it all the way back to just before the section of grooves.
01:27
We're going to move on to the Passes section and notice that we have roughing passes based on full step down.
01:36
Right now, we're going to use the Stock to Leave with the default settings and leave everything else as default and say OK, and just see what we get.
01:44
From a top view, you can see that we've got a groove toolpath that focuses solely in this area.
01:51
We're going to go into Simulate and see what the stock left behind looks like.
01:55
So we can see that it starts from the outside and it's beginning to remove material in that first pass,
02:02
but we've actually already removed the material in our profile pass, so it's really just wasting time cutting that it doesn't need.
02:09
So let's make some adjustments to this toolpath.
02:12
The first thing that I'm going to do is turn off Stock to Leave.
02:15
I want it to be the final toolpath and remove all the material.
02:19
The next thing I'm going to do is turn off roughing passes because we've already removed most of the material.
02:23
It's a very small groove. I don't need to worry about roughing it.
02:27
But I'm going to do it in one step over allowing it to come in and remove that material in one go.
02:34
Notice that it comes in, it drags along this edge and then it moves its way in and it does the same thing over here.
02:41
This is sort of the default linking parameter, how it's coming in.
02:45
If this doesn't work for your grooving toolpaths, you can always go into the Linking parameters and change it.
02:51
For example, if we simply turn off the Lead-In and the Lead-Out and see what the toolpath looks like,
02:59
notice that it's not dragging as much, but the tool is still moving in from the side.
03:05
If we play this through, you'll see that it comes in and it moves over,
03:10
and the reason it moves over is because we have that plane that's defining where it can look.
03:15
If you want to control a bit closer how it goes into and out of the specific groove,
03:21
then we would want to go and use a single groove toolpath rather than allowing it to look in the area between those two planes.
03:29
But again, depending on the geometry,
03:32
if you've got grooves that are not square cut grooves like this but you have ones that have large tapers on the side,
03:37
using this type of toolpath makes sense because it allows you to drag in and move the tool into the groove and then back out.
03:45
So it definitely works better on certain types of geometry than others.
03:50
But for us, I'm just going to make some adjustments.
03:53
I'm going to change the Lead-In angle to 90 degrees and I'm going to allow it to create those grooves.
04:01
From here, I'm going to go back to home position and save this before moving on to the next step.
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