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Transcript
00:02
create a digital tool library
00:06
in this video.
00:07
We're going to import a tool library,
00:09
we're going to create a million tool and
00:10
we're going to review and assigned feeds and speeds
00:14
infusion 3 60 let's carry on with our engine case, Rh ready to program.
00:20
So when we're talking about creating a tool library,
00:23
this doesn't have to be done in a specific data set tool.
00:27
Libraries can be saved locally or on the cloud or even in an asset folder.
00:31
But we do want to make sure that we have the context of what we're machining
00:35
because tool libraries depending on the machines you
00:39
have available and where you're working can be
00:41
something that is either a standard or you
00:43
have to work within the confines of specific
00:46
tools or each time you set up a job you're building out a custom tool library.
00:51
So if you have to build out a custom tool library,
00:54
you can save and export those and decide how you're going to use them moving forward.
00:58
But for this example,
00:60
what we're going to be doing is importing a library into the cloud and then
01:04
we're going to take a look at how we can also create our own tools.
01:07
The first thing that we want to do is make sure that we have cloud library is enabled.
01:11
So from your user preferences, we want to make sure that we go into the camp section.
01:16
So under the general we want to go down to manufacturer and
01:19
we want to make sure that we enable cloud libraries from here.
01:23
Once that's enabled,
01:24
we're going to go into manage and tool library and
01:28
we're going to be creating a new cloud library.
01:31
So note that there are documents,
01:33
cloud local and if we minimize these will also see that there are samples.
01:40
Now the fusion 360 library has read only tools that you can copy
01:44
and paste into your own local cloud or into the current document.
01:49
So what we're going to be doing is in the cloud
01:51
section we're going to right click and select import libraries.
01:55
If you wanted to build your own from scratch,
01:57
you could select new and then you can build out your own tools.
02:00
But for now let's go ahead and select import libraries.
02:04
Once it brings you to your file dialogue,
02:06
you want to navigate to the place where you downloaded the data sets,
02:09
specifically intro to c and C dot tools.
02:12
We're going to open this and inside of our cloud
02:15
library we should now have an intro to CNC library
02:19
inside of here, note that we have eight tools,
02:22
tool number one we have a flat half inch end
02:26
mill and notice that there's some cutting data presets.
02:29
We can see that we've got aluminum slotting,
02:31
roughing and finishing and these are going to be applicable for what we're doing.
02:35
And we can see things like the feed per tooth change as
02:39
we go from roughing to finishing the lead in and lead out.
02:42
Feed rates change
02:44
and you'll notice some of the other variables or parameters might change too,
02:48
tool number two we have a quarter inch spot drill tool number three we have
02:53
a quarter inch champ for mill tool number four is a 10 32 tap.
02:59
We need to pay close attention to the type of tap
03:02
as well because there are several different types of tap.
03:05
It's important to note that this is a bottoming tap
03:08
because we are going to be tapping into blind holes.
03:11
We need to pay close attention to how far down.
03:13
We actually need to go to get full threat engagement
03:16
tool number five is a quarter inch flat flute carbide end mill.
03:20
You can see that it's three flutes and we
03:22
have all the cutting data here for aluminum slotting,
03:25
roughing and finishing
03:27
we have a number 21 jobber drill for tapping a quarter 20.
03:31
We have an F jobber drill bit and this is going to be used for a quarter passing hole.
03:36
And then we have this eight inch jobber and you can see here
03:41
that this is going to be used for the dow pin holes.
03:44
So now that we have all of these,
03:46
what's the process like to create our own tool or
03:49
bring one in from the Fusion 3 60 library.
03:51
Now the tools that we create and bring in,
03:53
we are not going to be using but it's important that we do understand the process.
03:57
So first from the fusion 3 60 library we can select individual libraries,
04:02
for example, samples tool inch and then we can begin filtering by tool category.
04:08
For example,
04:09
if we want to take a look at milling and then we want to specifically
04:12
look for a certain type of mill in this case maybe a face mill,
04:16
you'll notice that there are no face mills in here.
04:19
But if instead we filter at the very top level of the library,
04:22
you'll notice that there is a face mill in tutorial inch.
04:25
We could select this and if we wanted to bring this into our current library,
04:29
what we do is right click copy the tool,
04:32
go back into our intro to C and C cloud
04:34
library and we'll right click and paste the tool.
04:37
You will notice that our tool library looks to be
04:40
empty but that's only because our filters are active.
04:43
If we cut our filters off, you can see that all the rest of our tools are here.
04:47
Now you do need to be careful with tool numbers.
04:50
This two inch face mill has also taken tool number one,
04:53
which is the same as the original half inch end mill.
04:57
So I'm going to select the face mill.
04:60
I'm going to edit the tool and under the post processor section,
05:03
I'm going to give it a tool number 10.
05:06
Going to accept the change and now you can see it's moved to the end of my list
05:10
next let's look at how we can create our own custom tool.
05:14
The way that we can do this is if we right click,
05:17
you'll notice that we don't have any option to create a tool here.
05:20
The way that we do it, we need to go up to this plus icon at the very top.
05:24
When we select the plus icon,
05:26
it brings us to a new tool dialog that allows us
05:29
to first select the type of tool we're creating from here.
05:33
Let's say that we wanted to create a ball end mill, the ball end mill,
05:37
dialogue begins and we start with the description.
05:40
If I'm going to make a quarter inch ball end mill, I might put that as my description.
05:47
We can select a vendor and even put in a product ID and link.
05:51
If we have that information next for the cutter,
05:54
we need to determine the number of flutes.
05:56
We can change the type here and then we can manipulate things like the material.
06:02
Maybe I have a carbide for flute ball end mill,
06:05
I'm going to set the diameter value 2.5.
06:08
Notice that the tool diameter automatically adjusts the shaft diameter.
06:13
That's a parameter or a cam expression,
06:16
you can see the FX telling us that it is linked to another parameter.
06:19
If we want to change this.
06:21
Notice that when we right click it's automatically pulling in. That value.
06:26
The shaft diameter can be changed in the shaft section,
06:28
but for right now it's going to be the same as what we have
06:32
the overall length of the tool,
06:33
I'm going to set to 2.5 inches the length below holder.
06:37
This is often called the projection or the stick out.
06:40
This is how far the tool is extending out of the holder and call it
06:44
In our case, let's say that it's going to extend 2" while the overall length,
06:49
the shaft diameter and the diameter of the tools are fairly fixed.
06:53
The information for the length below holder is something that you'll
06:56
likely need to change based on the parts that you're machining.
06:60
The shoulder length as well as the flute length are going to be fixed as well.
07:04
The shoulder length would really be helpful if you have a tapered shank.
07:09
But in this case,
07:09
I'm going to say that the shoulder length is going to be
07:12
one inch and the flute length on this will be .75.
07:16
The flute length of .75 is going to be the
07:18
amount of area we can use to actually cut with.
07:21
We also have information on the holder. Notice that this does not have a holder here.
07:27
If we want to import a holder,
07:28
it's important that we do find a tool that already has a
07:31
holder associated with it or that we build one from the samples.
07:35
For example, if we go in here,
07:37
we can find a cat 40 and we can find one that fits a half inch.
07:42
You'll notice that these are all eighth and it goes up to a quarter inch.
07:46
But we can pick a ct 40 blank.
07:49
If we double click on this, you can see how it's coming in in our preview.
07:53
We can also double click other ones and just
07:55
take a look at the different options available.
07:57
So sometimes you'll find that you might not get
08:00
the correct holder that you're looking for but you might
08:03
be able to build out your own by modifying parameters
08:07
in some of these different holders for our purposes.
08:10
Again, we're not using this tool so I'm not concerned.
08:13
So I'm going to move on to the cutting data.
08:15
The cutting data has several different areas where we have this fX displayed
08:21
and this means that the value is going to be linked to another parameter.
08:25
In this case, if we take a look at the fX,
08:27
you can see that the expression is going to be the tool spindle speed,
08:31
times the tool diameter.
08:33
So the spindle speed here is 5000 and the diameter was half inch.
08:38
As we look through some of these other values,
08:40
you can see that we've got cutting feed rate and
08:42
this is going to automatically affect the feed per tooth.
08:45
But if you're trying to define one of these as feed per tooth for example, .004,
08:51
we can modify this value and notice that the FX changes.
08:56
So in this case the FX now pushed up to the cutting
08:59
feed rate because we're defining our tool by its feed per tooth.
09:03
So depending on what your machining,
09:05
what the specs of your tool are and your specific machine you might find that you need
09:10
to play around with these values and figure out what your tool wants to be cutting at.
09:15
Now if you're wondering exactly where this data comes from,
09:19
there is a document provided with this module
09:22
that has information about calculating the cutting feed rates
09:26
most of the time the cutting feed rates,
09:28
you'll get a starting point from the tool manufacturer and you'll have to do some
09:32
test cuts to figure out what you want to run for your specific machine,
09:37
the amount that the tool is sticking out from the holder,
09:39
how rigid your part is held in the machine and also
09:43
other parameters like the max spindle speed of your machine.
09:46
Some tools can run as fast as your machine can go but others will like a much
09:51
slower speed depending on what you're cutting in terms
09:53
of material and the type of cut you're taking
09:56
for this example. Also note that we can use passing and linking options.
10:01
Now if we enable these,
10:03
what's going to happen is it's going to
10:04
override and operations step down value by default.
10:08
These values can populate the step down and step over values in an operation.
10:13
Also note that building this tool,
10:16
what we're doing is creating the default presets.
10:18
If we want to add additional presets, for example, finish aluminum,
10:24
Then we can build out a second set of values. Let's say that for aluminum.
10:29
We want to run this a little bit slower. We can modify these parameters in this case.
10:34
Maybe we want to override the step up and instead of .196,
10:38
maybe we want to go a little smaller.
10:40
Now we've got our default preset and we've got a preset for finish aluminum
10:44
last in the post processor section.
10:46
We want to make sure that we assign it the proper tool
10:49
number and note that we can also invoke manual tool change.
10:53
There's a live tool option and brake control.
10:55
The live tool option is going to be important
10:58
if you're using tools in a turning center.
10:60
But in our case we're going to just leave that expression checked.
11:03
It won't make a difference for us when we're talking about R C N C three axis mills,
11:08
so we're going to accept and now we've created a brand new tool from scratch.
11:12
We've copied a tool from the library and then we've imported a whole
11:16
bunch of tools that we're going to be using throughout this lesson.
11:19
So for now let's go ahead and close the tool library and note that none of that
11:23
was directly tied to the open design and could be done at any point in time.
11:27
But now all of our tools are ready when we get started programming,
11:31
make sure that if you have made any changes to your design,
11:34
that you do save it and then we can move on to the next step.
Video transcript
00:02
create a digital tool library
00:06
in this video.
00:07
We're going to import a tool library,
00:09
we're going to create a million tool and
00:10
we're going to review and assigned feeds and speeds
00:14
infusion 3 60 let's carry on with our engine case, Rh ready to program.
00:20
So when we're talking about creating a tool library,
00:23
this doesn't have to be done in a specific data set tool.
00:27
Libraries can be saved locally or on the cloud or even in an asset folder.
00:31
But we do want to make sure that we have the context of what we're machining
00:35
because tool libraries depending on the machines you
00:39
have available and where you're working can be
00:41
something that is either a standard or you
00:43
have to work within the confines of specific
00:46
tools or each time you set up a job you're building out a custom tool library.
00:51
So if you have to build out a custom tool library,
00:54
you can save and export those and decide how you're going to use them moving forward.
00:58
But for this example,
00:60
what we're going to be doing is importing a library into the cloud and then
01:04
we're going to take a look at how we can also create our own tools.
01:07
The first thing that we want to do is make sure that we have cloud library is enabled.
01:11
So from your user preferences, we want to make sure that we go into the camp section.
01:16
So under the general we want to go down to manufacturer and
01:19
we want to make sure that we enable cloud libraries from here.
01:23
Once that's enabled,
01:24
we're going to go into manage and tool library and
01:28
we're going to be creating a new cloud library.
01:31
So note that there are documents,
01:33
cloud local and if we minimize these will also see that there are samples.
01:40
Now the fusion 360 library has read only tools that you can copy
01:44
and paste into your own local cloud or into the current document.
01:49
So what we're going to be doing is in the cloud
01:51
section we're going to right click and select import libraries.
01:55
If you wanted to build your own from scratch,
01:57
you could select new and then you can build out your own tools.
02:00
But for now let's go ahead and select import libraries.
02:04
Once it brings you to your file dialogue,
02:06
you want to navigate to the place where you downloaded the data sets,
02:09
specifically intro to c and C dot tools.
02:12
We're going to open this and inside of our cloud
02:15
library we should now have an intro to CNC library
02:19
inside of here, note that we have eight tools,
02:22
tool number one we have a flat half inch end
02:26
mill and notice that there's some cutting data presets.
02:29
We can see that we've got aluminum slotting,
02:31
roughing and finishing and these are going to be applicable for what we're doing.
02:35
And we can see things like the feed per tooth change as
02:39
we go from roughing to finishing the lead in and lead out.
02:42
Feed rates change
02:44
and you'll notice some of the other variables or parameters might change too,
02:48
tool number two we have a quarter inch spot drill tool number three we have
02:53
a quarter inch champ for mill tool number four is a 10 32 tap.
02:59
We need to pay close attention to the type of tap
03:02
as well because there are several different types of tap.
03:05
It's important to note that this is a bottoming tap
03:08
because we are going to be tapping into blind holes.
03:11
We need to pay close attention to how far down.
03:13
We actually need to go to get full threat engagement
03:16
tool number five is a quarter inch flat flute carbide end mill.
03:20
You can see that it's three flutes and we
03:22
have all the cutting data here for aluminum slotting,
03:25
roughing and finishing
03:27
we have a number 21 jobber drill for tapping a quarter 20.
03:31
We have an F jobber drill bit and this is going to be used for a quarter passing hole.
03:36
And then we have this eight inch jobber and you can see here
03:41
that this is going to be used for the dow pin holes.
03:44
So now that we have all of these,
03:46
what's the process like to create our own tool or
03:49
bring one in from the Fusion 3 60 library.
03:51
Now the tools that we create and bring in,
03:53
we are not going to be using but it's important that we do understand the process.
03:57
So first from the fusion 3 60 library we can select individual libraries,
04:02
for example, samples tool inch and then we can begin filtering by tool category.
04:08
For example,
04:09
if we want to take a look at milling and then we want to specifically
04:12
look for a certain type of mill in this case maybe a face mill,
04:16
you'll notice that there are no face mills in here.
04:19
But if instead we filter at the very top level of the library,
04:22
you'll notice that there is a face mill in tutorial inch.
04:25
We could select this and if we wanted to bring this into our current library,
04:29
what we do is right click copy the tool,
04:32
go back into our intro to C and C cloud
04:34
library and we'll right click and paste the tool.
04:37
You will notice that our tool library looks to be
04:40
empty but that's only because our filters are active.
04:43
If we cut our filters off, you can see that all the rest of our tools are here.
04:47
Now you do need to be careful with tool numbers.
04:50
This two inch face mill has also taken tool number one,
04:53
which is the same as the original half inch end mill.
04:57
So I'm going to select the face mill.
04:60
I'm going to edit the tool and under the post processor section,
05:03
I'm going to give it a tool number 10.
05:06
Going to accept the change and now you can see it's moved to the end of my list
05:10
next let's look at how we can create our own custom tool.
05:14
The way that we can do this is if we right click,
05:17
you'll notice that we don't have any option to create a tool here.
05:20
The way that we do it, we need to go up to this plus icon at the very top.
05:24
When we select the plus icon,
05:26
it brings us to a new tool dialog that allows us
05:29
to first select the type of tool we're creating from here.
05:33
Let's say that we wanted to create a ball end mill, the ball end mill,
05:37
dialogue begins and we start with the description.
05:40
If I'm going to make a quarter inch ball end mill, I might put that as my description.
05:47
We can select a vendor and even put in a product ID and link.
05:51
If we have that information next for the cutter,
05:54
we need to determine the number of flutes.
05:56
We can change the type here and then we can manipulate things like the material.
06:02
Maybe I have a carbide for flute ball end mill,
06:05
I'm going to set the diameter value 2.5.
06:08
Notice that the tool diameter automatically adjusts the shaft diameter.
06:13
That's a parameter or a cam expression,
06:16
you can see the FX telling us that it is linked to another parameter.
06:19
If we want to change this.
06:21
Notice that when we right click it's automatically pulling in. That value.
06:26
The shaft diameter can be changed in the shaft section,
06:28
but for right now it's going to be the same as what we have
06:32
the overall length of the tool,
06:33
I'm going to set to 2.5 inches the length below holder.
06:37
This is often called the projection or the stick out.
06:40
This is how far the tool is extending out of the holder and call it
06:44
In our case, let's say that it's going to extend 2" while the overall length,
06:49
the shaft diameter and the diameter of the tools are fairly fixed.
06:53
The information for the length below holder is something that you'll
06:56
likely need to change based on the parts that you're machining.
06:60
The shoulder length as well as the flute length are going to be fixed as well.
07:04
The shoulder length would really be helpful if you have a tapered shank.
07:09
But in this case,
07:09
I'm going to say that the shoulder length is going to be
07:12
one inch and the flute length on this will be .75.
07:16
The flute length of .75 is going to be the
07:18
amount of area we can use to actually cut with.
07:21
We also have information on the holder. Notice that this does not have a holder here.
07:27
If we want to import a holder,
07:28
it's important that we do find a tool that already has a
07:31
holder associated with it or that we build one from the samples.
07:35
For example, if we go in here,
07:37
we can find a cat 40 and we can find one that fits a half inch.
07:42
You'll notice that these are all eighth and it goes up to a quarter inch.
07:46
But we can pick a ct 40 blank.
07:49
If we double click on this, you can see how it's coming in in our preview.
07:53
We can also double click other ones and just
07:55
take a look at the different options available.
07:57
So sometimes you'll find that you might not get
08:00
the correct holder that you're looking for but you might
08:03
be able to build out your own by modifying parameters
08:07
in some of these different holders for our purposes.
08:10
Again, we're not using this tool so I'm not concerned.
08:13
So I'm going to move on to the cutting data.
08:15
The cutting data has several different areas where we have this fX displayed
08:21
and this means that the value is going to be linked to another parameter.
08:25
In this case, if we take a look at the fX,
08:27
you can see that the expression is going to be the tool spindle speed,
08:31
times the tool diameter.
08:33
So the spindle speed here is 5000 and the diameter was half inch.
08:38
As we look through some of these other values,
08:40
you can see that we've got cutting feed rate and
08:42
this is going to automatically affect the feed per tooth.
08:45
But if you're trying to define one of these as feed per tooth for example, .004,
08:51
we can modify this value and notice that the FX changes.
08:56
So in this case the FX now pushed up to the cutting
08:59
feed rate because we're defining our tool by its feed per tooth.
09:03
So depending on what your machining,
09:05
what the specs of your tool are and your specific machine you might find that you need
09:10
to play around with these values and figure out what your tool wants to be cutting at.
09:15
Now if you're wondering exactly where this data comes from,
09:19
there is a document provided with this module
09:22
that has information about calculating the cutting feed rates
09:26
most of the time the cutting feed rates,
09:28
you'll get a starting point from the tool manufacturer and you'll have to do some
09:32
test cuts to figure out what you want to run for your specific machine,
09:37
the amount that the tool is sticking out from the holder,
09:39
how rigid your part is held in the machine and also
09:43
other parameters like the max spindle speed of your machine.
09:46
Some tools can run as fast as your machine can go but others will like a much
09:51
slower speed depending on what you're cutting in terms
09:53
of material and the type of cut you're taking
09:56
for this example. Also note that we can use passing and linking options.
10:01
Now if we enable these,
10:03
what's going to happen is it's going to
10:04
override and operations step down value by default.
10:08
These values can populate the step down and step over values in an operation.
10:13
Also note that building this tool,
10:16
what we're doing is creating the default presets.
10:18
If we want to add additional presets, for example, finish aluminum,
10:24
Then we can build out a second set of values. Let's say that for aluminum.
10:29
We want to run this a little bit slower. We can modify these parameters in this case.
10:34
Maybe we want to override the step up and instead of .196,
10:38
maybe we want to go a little smaller.
10:40
Now we've got our default preset and we've got a preset for finish aluminum
10:44
last in the post processor section.
10:46
We want to make sure that we assign it the proper tool
10:49
number and note that we can also invoke manual tool change.
10:53
There's a live tool option and brake control.
10:55
The live tool option is going to be important
10:58
if you're using tools in a turning center.
10:60
But in our case we're going to just leave that expression checked.
11:03
It won't make a difference for us when we're talking about R C N C three axis mills,
11:08
so we're going to accept and now we've created a brand new tool from scratch.
11:12
We've copied a tool from the library and then we've imported a whole
11:16
bunch of tools that we're going to be using throughout this lesson.
11:19
So for now let's go ahead and close the tool library and note that none of that
11:23
was directly tied to the open design and could be done at any point in time.
11:27
But now all of our tools are ready when we get started programming,
11:31
make sure that if you have made any changes to your design,
11:34
that you do save it and then we can move on to the next step.
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