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Transcript
00:02
In this video, we'll create a Lathe part setup.
00:06
After completing this step, you'll be able to create a CAM setup and import a tool library.
00:13
In Fusion 360, we want to carry on with our CAD/CAM Lathe dataset 1.
00:18
If you had any difficulties, you can also upload the supplied CAD/CAM Lathe dataset.
00:23
We're going to get started by navigating to the manufacturer workspace, making sure that our units are set to millimeters.
00:30
We want to import a tool library so we'll go into our cloud, right click and select import.
00:36
You want to navigate to the location of the introduction to CAD/CAM Lathe tools and go ahead and select "Open".
00:43
This brings up a list of Lathe tools that will be using for this part.
00:47
We're going to select close and then we want to create are turning setup.
00:51
We're first going to navigate to the turning tab, then select setup in a new setup.
00:57
When we start creating a setup for turning, we want to make sure the operation type is set to turning or mill turn.
01:03
Then we need to set our coordinate system.
01:06
I'm going to flip the Z axis so that it's on the front of our part.
01:11
I also want to note the direction of the X axis.
01:14
It's important to understand the X and Z orientations,
01:18
as the axis of rotation will be along Z and the X axis will be where our tools are coming from.
01:24
Whenever you're setting up a new program for a CNC Lathes,
01:28
the coordinate system is going to be critical to make sure that your tools are coming from the right orientation
01:33
and that the spindle is spinning the correct direction.
01:36
With the part setup, let's go to a front view to make sure that our coordinate system is where we expect.
01:42
We have a small amount of stock on the front and you'll notice that we have a blue plane and a green plain.
01:50
The green plain is the location of our chuck and the blue plane is the location of our safe Z.
01:56
This is going to be the area in which all the tools retract to that is far enough away from our part.
02:02
The chuck is going to be where we're holding the part.
02:04
So I'm going to select the chuck plane and begin pulling it a bit further away from our model.
02:09
Noticing that we're at -20 mm.
02:13
I'm going to move on to stock and I want to increase the amount of stock that we have.
02:17
The outside diameter right now exactly matches our part.
02:21
So if we were starting with an exact outside diameter, we might have issues getting our final part.
02:27
So instead of using that same fixed 80 mm, I'm going to increase this to 85 mm.
02:34
And also for the length instead of 70 mm, I'm going to increase this to 150.
02:40
However, I don't want this to be equally centered on the part,
02:42
I'm going to set offset from front and I'm going to have a small amount of material on the front of one millimeter, so we can face the part.
02:51
This helps us better understand how much material is inside of the chuck when we're holding the part,
02:56
and how much we have in order to part or remove it from the rest of the stock.
03:01
Lastly, we want to make sure that we setup our program.
03:05
In this case, our program will be 6001 and we're going to create a program comment and in this case we're going to use CAD CAM turning one.
03:16
Once our setup is created, I'm going to go ahead and rename setup 1 to be Op 1.
03:22
I'm going to return to a home view.
03:24
I'm going to zoom out noting that the home view doesn't take into account our stock.
03:29
From here, let's make sure that we understand that we can see a stock preview
03:33
when we can also see the location and the orientation of our WCS or work coordinate system.
03:39
Let's make sure that we save the design before moving on to the next step.
Video transcript
00:02
In this video, we'll create a Lathe part setup.
00:06
After completing this step, you'll be able to create a CAM setup and import a tool library.
00:13
In Fusion 360, we want to carry on with our CAD/CAM Lathe dataset 1.
00:18
If you had any difficulties, you can also upload the supplied CAD/CAM Lathe dataset.
00:23
We're going to get started by navigating to the manufacturer workspace, making sure that our units are set to millimeters.
00:30
We want to import a tool library so we'll go into our cloud, right click and select import.
00:36
You want to navigate to the location of the introduction to CAD/CAM Lathe tools and go ahead and select "Open".
00:43
This brings up a list of Lathe tools that will be using for this part.
00:47
We're going to select close and then we want to create are turning setup.
00:51
We're first going to navigate to the turning tab, then select setup in a new setup.
00:57
When we start creating a setup for turning, we want to make sure the operation type is set to turning or mill turn.
01:03
Then we need to set our coordinate system.
01:06
I'm going to flip the Z axis so that it's on the front of our part.
01:11
I also want to note the direction of the X axis.
01:14
It's important to understand the X and Z orientations,
01:18
as the axis of rotation will be along Z and the X axis will be where our tools are coming from.
01:24
Whenever you're setting up a new program for a CNC Lathes,
01:28
the coordinate system is going to be critical to make sure that your tools are coming from the right orientation
01:33
and that the spindle is spinning the correct direction.
01:36
With the part setup, let's go to a front view to make sure that our coordinate system is where we expect.
01:42
We have a small amount of stock on the front and you'll notice that we have a blue plane and a green plain.
01:50
The green plain is the location of our chuck and the blue plane is the location of our safe Z.
01:56
This is going to be the area in which all the tools retract to that is far enough away from our part.
02:02
The chuck is going to be where we're holding the part.
02:04
So I'm going to select the chuck plane and begin pulling it a bit further away from our model.
02:09
Noticing that we're at -20 mm.
02:13
I'm going to move on to stock and I want to increase the amount of stock that we have.
02:17
The outside diameter right now exactly matches our part.
02:21
So if we were starting with an exact outside diameter, we might have issues getting our final part.
02:27
So instead of using that same fixed 80 mm, I'm going to increase this to 85 mm.
02:34
And also for the length instead of 70 mm, I'm going to increase this to 150.
02:40
However, I don't want this to be equally centered on the part,
02:42
I'm going to set offset from front and I'm going to have a small amount of material on the front of one millimeter, so we can face the part.
02:51
This helps us better understand how much material is inside of the chuck when we're holding the part,
02:56
and how much we have in order to part or remove it from the rest of the stock.
03:01
Lastly, we want to make sure that we setup our program.
03:05
In this case, our program will be 6001 and we're going to create a program comment and in this case we're going to use CAD CAM turning one.
03:16
Once our setup is created, I'm going to go ahead and rename setup 1 to be Op 1.
03:22
I'm going to return to a home view.
03:24
I'm going to zoom out noting that the home view doesn't take into account our stock.
03:29
From here, let's make sure that we understand that we can see a stock preview
03:33
when we can also see the location and the orientation of our WCS or work coordinate system.
03:39
Let's make sure that we save the design before moving on to the next step.
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