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00:02
Create cutting tool paths.
00:05
After completing this video, you'll be able to
00:07
create a two axis cutting tool path
00:11
in fusion 3 60.
00:12
Let's get started with the supplied data set cam cutting tool PA dot F 3D.
00:17
At this point,
00:17
this design contains a setup with a coordinate system located at the top center.
00:21
And we're going to begin by creating a tool path
00:24
under the cutting section. We have two D profile.
00:27
When we select two D profile, the first step is to select a tool.
00:31
We're gonna go into our module laser tool library
00:34
and select our laser cutter and select that tool
00:38
from here.
00:38
We're gonna be using the default presets which have
00:40
cutting feed ray and lead in and lead out.
00:43
Also note the cutting mode is through auto and then we also have high medium,
00:48
low quality edge and there's a vaporized setting.
00:51
This is gonna be based on the specific tool and the machine type that you're using
00:56
for us we're gonna use through auto
00:58
and move on to the geometry section
01:01
with geometry,
01:02
we can select an individual face and this will
01:04
automatically collect the inside and the outside contours.
01:08
There is a tab setting.
01:09
If we need to make sure that this design
01:11
stays connected to the larger stock of material.
01:14
This is often the case when you're dealing with
01:16
a smaller part or a part that may become unstable
01:19
for ours,
01:19
we're gonna go ahead and allow it to cut all the way through without the tabs.
01:23
The heights are gonna all remain default
01:25
noting that it's using the stock top settings
01:29
and then we're going to move on to our passes.
01:31
The default tolerance value, sideways compensation,
01:34
compensation type being in computer
01:37
and any overlap values are all coming in at stock values.
01:40
If we want to overlap our cuts,
01:42
meaning the start and the stop are going to be at different positions.
01:45
We can use a finishing overlap value. In
01:48
this case, I'm gonna set this at 0.1 inches.
01:51
Also note the outer corner is set to roll around corner,
01:55
but we could also keep them sharp or keep sharp corners with a loop.
01:59
We're gonna use the roll around corner option as
02:01
most of our geometry has an outside rounded corner.
02:05
We're not going to use any stock to leave and
02:07
we'll leave the rest of the settings as default.
02:09
Moving on to linking.
02:11
We have an option to keep the nozzle down which
02:13
can prevent the nozzle from jumping and moving around.
02:16
But in this case, we're going to go ahead and leave that setting off by default
02:20
using the default values for lead in and
02:22
lead out as well as the piercing and positions
02:26
will say, OK, and allow it to generate this tool path.
02:29
We can see a few yellow movements on the screen and
02:32
those are rapid movements where it's moving from external to internal contours
02:36
and moving around the part.
02:38
If we take a look at this from the top,
02:40
it appears that it may be missing one of our contours,
02:43
we can see here that it's omitted this contour from our selections.
02:47
So we need to go back and make an adjustment.
02:50
It says that one or more passes were discarded due to linking constraints.
02:54
So if we right click and edit,
02:56
we want to go back to our linking parameters.
02:59
When we take a look at our linking constraints,
03:01
the potential option may come from our lead in and lead out values.
03:05
However, it was able to cut this side just fine.
03:09
What we're gonna do is we're gonna change our lead in sweep angle to a lower value of 45
03:13
and I'm gonna set the lead in distance value to 0.05.
03:17
And I'm gonna say, OK, and see if that allows us to get the cut.
03:21
We can see now that it is able to move into that position and create that cut.
03:25
Likely.
03:26
What happens is the starting point for that cut was in
03:29
the corner and this prevented it from using the default linking.
03:33
Everything here looks to be OK. However, we are omitting some of the other cuts.
03:37
Let's go ahead and right click and edit this one more time.
03:40
Taking a look at our selected geometry.
03:44
Everything looks like it's selected properly.
03:46
We can see darker edges on all the corners that we need to cut.
03:50
So our past this section,
03:51
we're gonna reduce that finishing overlap back down to zero.
03:55
And we're gonna say, OK, and see if this allows us to get all the geometry.
03:59
Everything here now looks fine
04:02
and it looks like we are cutting everything inside of this
04:05
part and no more warnings are appearing next to our tool path
04:09
at this point. Let's go ahead and save this before we move on.
Video transcript
00:02
Create cutting tool paths.
00:05
After completing this video, you'll be able to
00:07
create a two axis cutting tool path
00:11
in fusion 3 60.
00:12
Let's get started with the supplied data set cam cutting tool PA dot F 3D.
00:17
At this point,
00:17
this design contains a setup with a coordinate system located at the top center.
00:21
And we're going to begin by creating a tool path
00:24
under the cutting section. We have two D profile.
00:27
When we select two D profile, the first step is to select a tool.
00:31
We're gonna go into our module laser tool library
00:34
and select our laser cutter and select that tool
00:38
from here.
00:38
We're gonna be using the default presets which have
00:40
cutting feed ray and lead in and lead out.
00:43
Also note the cutting mode is through auto and then we also have high medium,
00:48
low quality edge and there's a vaporized setting.
00:51
This is gonna be based on the specific tool and the machine type that you're using
00:56
for us we're gonna use through auto
00:58
and move on to the geometry section
01:01
with geometry,
01:02
we can select an individual face and this will
01:04
automatically collect the inside and the outside contours.
01:08
There is a tab setting.
01:09
If we need to make sure that this design
01:11
stays connected to the larger stock of material.
01:14
This is often the case when you're dealing with
01:16
a smaller part or a part that may become unstable
01:19
for ours,
01:19
we're gonna go ahead and allow it to cut all the way through without the tabs.
01:23
The heights are gonna all remain default
01:25
noting that it's using the stock top settings
01:29
and then we're going to move on to our passes.
01:31
The default tolerance value, sideways compensation,
01:34
compensation type being in computer
01:37
and any overlap values are all coming in at stock values.
01:40
If we want to overlap our cuts,
01:42
meaning the start and the stop are going to be at different positions.
01:45
We can use a finishing overlap value. In
01:48
this case, I'm gonna set this at 0.1 inches.
01:51
Also note the outer corner is set to roll around corner,
01:55
but we could also keep them sharp or keep sharp corners with a loop.
01:59
We're gonna use the roll around corner option as
02:01
most of our geometry has an outside rounded corner.
02:05
We're not going to use any stock to leave and
02:07
we'll leave the rest of the settings as default.
02:09
Moving on to linking.
02:11
We have an option to keep the nozzle down which
02:13
can prevent the nozzle from jumping and moving around.
02:16
But in this case, we're going to go ahead and leave that setting off by default
02:20
using the default values for lead in and
02:22
lead out as well as the piercing and positions
02:26
will say, OK, and allow it to generate this tool path.
02:29
We can see a few yellow movements on the screen and
02:32
those are rapid movements where it's moving from external to internal contours
02:36
and moving around the part.
02:38
If we take a look at this from the top,
02:40
it appears that it may be missing one of our contours,
02:43
we can see here that it's omitted this contour from our selections.
02:47
So we need to go back and make an adjustment.
02:50
It says that one or more passes were discarded due to linking constraints.
02:54
So if we right click and edit,
02:56
we want to go back to our linking parameters.
02:59
When we take a look at our linking constraints,
03:01
the potential option may come from our lead in and lead out values.
03:05
However, it was able to cut this side just fine.
03:09
What we're gonna do is we're gonna change our lead in sweep angle to a lower value of 45
03:13
and I'm gonna set the lead in distance value to 0.05.
03:17
And I'm gonna say, OK, and see if that allows us to get the cut.
03:21
We can see now that it is able to move into that position and create that cut.
03:25
Likely.
03:26
What happens is the starting point for that cut was in
03:29
the corner and this prevented it from using the default linking.
03:33
Everything here looks to be OK. However, we are omitting some of the other cuts.
03:37
Let's go ahead and right click and edit this one more time.
03:40
Taking a look at our selected geometry.
03:44
Everything looks like it's selected properly.
03:46
We can see darker edges on all the corners that we need to cut.
03:50
So our past this section,
03:51
we're gonna reduce that finishing overlap back down to zero.
03:55
And we're gonna say, OK, and see if this allows us to get all the geometry.
03:59
Everything here now looks fine
04:02
and it looks like we are cutting everything inside of this
04:05
part and no more warnings are appearing next to our tool path
04:09
at this point. Let's go ahead and save this before we move on.
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