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Transcript
00:02
Review a program.
00:05
After completing this video, you'll be able to
00:07
review and simulate a CAM program in fusion 3 60
00:11
review tools in a CAM program
00:15
to get started in fusion 3 60.
00:17
Let's carry on with the design from our previous example.
00:20
At this point, we've created a new setup called
00:22
one video,
00:23
but we want to navigate back to O P one and make sure that we activate this setup.
00:28
We want to make sure that we understand the information that we can see
00:31
directly in the browser as well as how we can review the tool path created
00:36
for this.
00:36
I'm gonna pull it over to the right,
00:37
just a little bit to make sure visibility is a little bit better
00:40
and then minimize our soft jaw
00:43
and our
00:44
two setups,
00:46
we see a preview of the stock on the screen.
00:48
But once we begin selecting through the different tool paths,
00:51
we can see that the material removed is being shown on the screen.
00:55
And this is what's called in
00:56
process stock
00:58
in process stock can be shown at the very bottom by
01:01
toggling on tool path visibility as well as stock visibility.
01:05
I'm gonna turn off the transparent stock option
01:08
and go back through and select each of these
01:11
notice that with transparent stock turned off,
01:13
we're not seeing the part underneath only the tool paths that are being used.
01:18
You can use the shortcut keys F seven to toggle the visibility of
01:21
the tool paths and F eight to toggle the visibility of the stock.
01:25
We also have options to do things like turn
01:27
on tool visibility and even show tool on cursor.
01:31
This can be helpful especially if we have the tool visible.
01:34
So for example, if we're showing the tool holder and shaft,
01:37
we can hold this up and make sure that the tool that we're
01:40
using is long enough to get to the geometry we're trying to machine.
01:44
This is shown based on the selected tool path. So you can see here.
01:48
Tool number seven is a half inch end mill.
01:50
We get a preview of where the cutting flute portion of the tool is as well as
01:55
the holder at the very top to make sure that we are accessing everything on our part.
01:60
We can go back down and turn off the show tool on cursor,
02:03
but still show the tool as well as the holder.
02:07
Once again, we can activate
02:09
one to go back to our name view or we can expand our name
02:12
view folder and just simply click on one to show our name view.
02:17
When we take a look at the information in the browser,
02:19
we can see that T seven is displayed next to this tool path.
02:23
And the name inside rough, the name was changed after the tool path was created.
02:28
And T seven represents the tool that's being used for this tool path.
02:32
If we expand this, we can see that tool seven is a half inch flat.
02:36
We can see the W CS that's being used the size of
02:39
the tool path and that it's based on a pocket selection.
02:43
If we expand the second one, we can see again, it's using tool seven
02:46
where the W CS is located the size of the tool path.
02:50
And it's based on a pocket selection. Again,
02:53
as we keep going through,
02:54
we can see the selection process that's been used contour selection,
02:58
a contour selection
02:60
and any time there's a change in tool paths or tools,
03:03
you can see that change here as well.
03:05
These tools can also be seen inside of the tool library.
03:09
And if we go up to our managed section and select tool library,
03:13
we can see our documents,
03:15
we can see the document that's currently active and we can
03:18
see each operation to figure out which tools are being used.
03:22
For example, in order to machine the soft jaws,
03:25
we're using a quarter inch and a half inch flat end mil.
03:28
However, for
03:29
one, we're only using the half inch flat and a quarter inch
03:34
MLL
03:35
for APP two, we're using the same And because we haven't created any tool paths in
03:39
one video, no data is shown here.
03:44
Impro stock is not the only way that we have to review tool pa data.
03:48
We can select individual tool paths or entire setups and
03:52
we can go to our actions menu and select simulate
03:55
inside of simulate.
03:56
We have some additional options that we don't have for in processed stock.
04:01
For example,
04:01
the colorization can be based on a comparison showing
04:05
red areas that too much material has been removed,
04:08
green areas where we've removed exactly enough material or blue areas.
04:12
If stock is remaining,
04:14
we can also change this based on tool.
04:16
Meaning every time we have a tool change, the colorization changes.
04:19
So that way you can identify areas of
04:21
your design that have been cut with specific tools
04:24
can also change the colorization by operation
04:27
or we can leave it a single material color.
04:30
We can toggle on and off the tool path with various options.
04:34
Things like showing our linking and lead moves or cutting moves or points,
04:39
we can toggle off the tool path and we can even
04:41
toggle off the tool or various portions of the tool.
04:44
If we require,
04:45
the view is going to determine whether or not the model moves and
04:48
the tool stay stationary or the tool moves and the model stay stationary,
04:52
we can also change the opacity of our fixture and our model
04:57
if we hold the left mouse button down in the screen,
04:60
we can begin manually dragging through the tool path.
05:03
We can also manually click on areas at the bottom.
05:06
Noting that they change based on the tool operation or tool path being used.
05:12
We also would see red areas if there was a collision
05:16
and we can play through this animating the material removal.
05:20
There are other options that we can see such as display,
05:23
inspect and some tool options.
05:25
Some of these are duplicated over here on the right hand side.
05:28
While others such as the inspect options are new,
05:31
there is an info section which will give you the current position of the tool.
05:36
It'll let you know the current spindle speed, whether it's a feed or
05:40
a linking move, it'll tell you what the tool is,
05:43
the operation is and the programming time,
05:46
we can also go to our statistics section seeing that
05:49
the overall machining time of this is under two minutes,
05:52
the distance that we're being machined
05:54
the operations and the total number of tool changes.
05:58
The vast majority of these are using tool number seven with only the champ
06:01
for mail being used at the end to deeper the top of the part.
06:05
At any point in time, we can exit the simulation
06:07
and go back and make any adjustments or changes that we
06:10
need to any of the tool paths and then rerun our simulation
06:14
at this point. Let's go ahead and make sure that we do save this data set.
06:17
Before moving on.
Video transcript
00:02
Review a program.
00:05
After completing this video, you'll be able to
00:07
review and simulate a CAM program in fusion 3 60
00:11
review tools in a CAM program
00:15
to get started in fusion 3 60.
00:17
Let's carry on with the design from our previous example.
00:20
At this point, we've created a new setup called
00:22
one video,
00:23
but we want to navigate back to O P one and make sure that we activate this setup.
00:28
We want to make sure that we understand the information that we can see
00:31
directly in the browser as well as how we can review the tool path created
00:36
for this.
00:36
I'm gonna pull it over to the right,
00:37
just a little bit to make sure visibility is a little bit better
00:40
and then minimize our soft jaw
00:43
and our
00:44
two setups,
00:46
we see a preview of the stock on the screen.
00:48
But once we begin selecting through the different tool paths,
00:51
we can see that the material removed is being shown on the screen.
00:55
And this is what's called in
00:56
process stock
00:58
in process stock can be shown at the very bottom by
01:01
toggling on tool path visibility as well as stock visibility.
01:05
I'm gonna turn off the transparent stock option
01:08
and go back through and select each of these
01:11
notice that with transparent stock turned off,
01:13
we're not seeing the part underneath only the tool paths that are being used.
01:18
You can use the shortcut keys F seven to toggle the visibility of
01:21
the tool paths and F eight to toggle the visibility of the stock.
01:25
We also have options to do things like turn
01:27
on tool visibility and even show tool on cursor.
01:31
This can be helpful especially if we have the tool visible.
01:34
So for example, if we're showing the tool holder and shaft,
01:37
we can hold this up and make sure that the tool that we're
01:40
using is long enough to get to the geometry we're trying to machine.
01:44
This is shown based on the selected tool path. So you can see here.
01:48
Tool number seven is a half inch end mill.
01:50
We get a preview of where the cutting flute portion of the tool is as well as
01:55
the holder at the very top to make sure that we are accessing everything on our part.
01:60
We can go back down and turn off the show tool on cursor,
02:03
but still show the tool as well as the holder.
02:07
Once again, we can activate
02:09
one to go back to our name view or we can expand our name
02:12
view folder and just simply click on one to show our name view.
02:17
When we take a look at the information in the browser,
02:19
we can see that T seven is displayed next to this tool path.
02:23
And the name inside rough, the name was changed after the tool path was created.
02:28
And T seven represents the tool that's being used for this tool path.
02:32
If we expand this, we can see that tool seven is a half inch flat.
02:36
We can see the W CS that's being used the size of
02:39
the tool path and that it's based on a pocket selection.
02:43
If we expand the second one, we can see again, it's using tool seven
02:46
where the W CS is located the size of the tool path.
02:50
And it's based on a pocket selection. Again,
02:53
as we keep going through,
02:54
we can see the selection process that's been used contour selection,
02:58
a contour selection
02:60
and any time there's a change in tool paths or tools,
03:03
you can see that change here as well.
03:05
These tools can also be seen inside of the tool library.
03:09
And if we go up to our managed section and select tool library,
03:13
we can see our documents,
03:15
we can see the document that's currently active and we can
03:18
see each operation to figure out which tools are being used.
03:22
For example, in order to machine the soft jaws,
03:25
we're using a quarter inch and a half inch flat end mil.
03:28
However, for
03:29
one, we're only using the half inch flat and a quarter inch
03:34
MLL
03:35
for APP two, we're using the same And because we haven't created any tool paths in
03:39
one video, no data is shown here.
03:44
Impro stock is not the only way that we have to review tool pa data.
03:48
We can select individual tool paths or entire setups and
03:52
we can go to our actions menu and select simulate
03:55
inside of simulate.
03:56
We have some additional options that we don't have for in processed stock.
04:01
For example,
04:01
the colorization can be based on a comparison showing
04:05
red areas that too much material has been removed,
04:08
green areas where we've removed exactly enough material or blue areas.
04:12
If stock is remaining,
04:14
we can also change this based on tool.
04:16
Meaning every time we have a tool change, the colorization changes.
04:19
So that way you can identify areas of
04:21
your design that have been cut with specific tools
04:24
can also change the colorization by operation
04:27
or we can leave it a single material color.
04:30
We can toggle on and off the tool path with various options.
04:34
Things like showing our linking and lead moves or cutting moves or points,
04:39
we can toggle off the tool path and we can even
04:41
toggle off the tool or various portions of the tool.
04:44
If we require,
04:45
the view is going to determine whether or not the model moves and
04:48
the tool stay stationary or the tool moves and the model stay stationary,
04:52
we can also change the opacity of our fixture and our model
04:57
if we hold the left mouse button down in the screen,
04:60
we can begin manually dragging through the tool path.
05:03
We can also manually click on areas at the bottom.
05:06
Noting that they change based on the tool operation or tool path being used.
05:12
We also would see red areas if there was a collision
05:16
and we can play through this animating the material removal.
05:20
There are other options that we can see such as display,
05:23
inspect and some tool options.
05:25
Some of these are duplicated over here on the right hand side.
05:28
While others such as the inspect options are new,
05:31
there is an info section which will give you the current position of the tool.
05:36
It'll let you know the current spindle speed, whether it's a feed or
05:40
a linking move, it'll tell you what the tool is,
05:43
the operation is and the programming time,
05:46
we can also go to our statistics section seeing that
05:49
the overall machining time of this is under two minutes,
05:52
the distance that we're being machined
05:54
the operations and the total number of tool changes.
05:58
The vast majority of these are using tool number seven with only the champ
06:01
for mail being used at the end to deeper the top of the part.
06:05
At any point in time, we can exit the simulation
06:07
and go back and make any adjustments or changes that we
06:10
need to any of the tool paths and then rerun our simulation
06:14
at this point. Let's go ahead and make sure that we do save this data set.
06:17
Before moving on.
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