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00:02
In this lesson, we will create a multi-axis swarf operation.
00:07
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to create a multi-axis swarf operation,
00:12
control multi-axis tool orientation and create a revolved surface.
00:18
In Fusion 360, we want to get started with our spline coupler RTP dataset.
00:24
This is the same coupler that we saw early on when we were setting up our UMC-750 table.
00:29
So you can carry on with your older model or you can carry on with this one as they're from the same exact point.
00:36
To get started, we first want to begin by going back to the design workspace to surfaces and starting a new sketch on the Y Z plane.
00:45
We're going to use slice.
00:47
We're going to zoom in and rotate the part around.
00:51
We want to use create, project include an intersect to intersect with this face in which we're going to use to create a surface for our swarf.
01:02
We're going to say 'okay', and then we're going to finish the sketch.
01:07
Next, we want to create a revolved surface.
01:10
The axis is going to be the Z-axis, and we're going to allow to create a new surface body.
01:16
Now we can navigate back to the manufacturer workspace.
01:19
We want to begin creating our setup.
01:23
The first thing that we want to do is go to new setup.
01:27
I like to start with the stock and in this case, I'm going to set it from solid.
01:32
We're going to expand our models and all the way down to our bodies folder, making sure that we use the body set to stock.
01:40
Then from the setup in the model section, we want to select our part.
01:45
This is going to make sure that we're not including the surface body.
01:48
If we simply selected the spline coupler, it would include the part of the stock and the surface body,
01:54
which would cause problems when we're taking a look at the stock removal.
01:58
Next, we want to set up our fixture and in this case, it'll be the entire UMC-750 table, our adapter plate and the rapture clamp.
02:08
Once we have all these set, I want to make sure that my coordinate system is set in the proper location,
02:13
because this is a UMC 750 with the next gen controller, we're able to put the coordinate system at the top of the part.
02:21
However, if you're dealing with the multi-axis machine that has an older controller or doesn't support dynamic work offsets,
02:29
you want to make sure that we use a selected point.
02:33
And earlier on, we set up our vertex at the center of rotation for the machine.
02:38
If we were to use a controller that didn't support dynamic work offsets,
02:43
it would be extremely important that we set our coordinate system origin at the same point where the 4th and 5th access points will rotate.
02:53
So for our model again with the UMC 750 and using the dynamic work offset, we can stick it right at the top of our model.
03:03
The next thing that we need to do is determine what a program name and comment is going to be.
03:07
Now, in most cases when you're programming a job, you have a specific program name or number that you need to use.
03:14
In our case, I'm just going to increment the default number, and my comment is going to be spline coupler.
03:22
I'm going to set my WCS offset to 1 which will make it G54, we'll say 'okay'.
03:29
And now we have our setup, we can begin programming are part.
03:34
Because the stock has material left in the middle, we want to make sure that we clear out a lot of the material first.
03:42
I'm going to start with an adaptive clearing operation, going into my multi-axis tools, and I'm going to use a half inch flat end mill.
03:50
I'm going to use aluminium roughing.
03:53
I'm going to allow it to use the stock contour and rest machining from the setup stock,
03:59
and I'm going to allow it to go down a maximum of one inch per roughing stepdown.
04:04
This is going to leave .02 in the radial and axial directions, and we can say 'okay'.
04:12
Once we've removed some stock, we can get a little bit closer if we duplicate this operation and we use a smaller tool.
04:21
So I'm going to edit this.
04:23
And in this case, I'm going to go down to a quarter inch flat end mill, which is tool number six.
04:29
Again, aluminium roughing.
04:31
For my geometry, again, I'm going to allow to use the stock contours,
04:36
but this time instead up from setup stock, we're going to use from previous operation.
04:41
We're still going to leave the same amount of stock behind.
04:44
We're going to say okay and allowed to remove a little bit more material.
04:49
If you want to see what's being removed, we can always turn on our cutting moves and see exactly where the tools are focusing.
04:55
So you can see it's removed a little bit more material on the chamfer and around these edges.
05:01
Now that we're removing most of the material, we can move on to our multi-axis swarf.
05:07
We're going to select swarf using our half inch flat end mill.
05:12
So since we've already used it, it will be located at the top, and I'm going to set it to aluminium finishing.
05:18
For the geometry, we have two options - contour and surfaces.
05:23
And while we do have a surface here, I'm going to use the contour option, and I'm going to select contour pairs.
05:30
I'm going to grab the bottom and the top edge.
05:33
The yellow is going to represent the top edge, and the blue is going to represent the bottom edge.
05:39
We need to pay close attention to where this red arrow is for the side in which it's going to cut.
05:46
By default, it tried to cut the other side, and this will be determined based on the selection.
05:51
And sometimes if you're dealing with a surface model, you have to be careful with the normal direction.
05:57
In the past section, I'm going to leave all of the options as default for now and say 'okay' and allow it to generate an operation.
06:07
Let's go ahead and hide this surface and take a look at the results.
06:11
You can see here that the tools come in, and it's cleaned out those faces.
06:16
We can change the stock to be transparent, so we can see the underlying model and notice that we are taking it all the way down to that face.
06:25
This is a great way for us to take care of these critical faces that we can do with a simple toolpath.
06:31
From here, I'm going to navigate back to our home position, zoom back into my part,
06:36
and while I'm in here, I'm going to go to my named views and create a new name view.
06:43
I'm going to call this part ISO.
06:45
So that way any time I'm zoomed out, if I double click on part ISO, I can use this to zoom back into my part.
06:54
From here, I'm going to minimize the body's folder and the model as well as my named views,
06:59
and make sure that I save this before moving onto the next step.
Video transcript
00:02
In this lesson, we will create a multi-axis swarf operation.
00:07
After completing this lesson, you'll be able to create a multi-axis swarf operation,
00:12
control multi-axis tool orientation and create a revolved surface.
00:18
In Fusion 360, we want to get started with our spline coupler RTP dataset.
00:24
This is the same coupler that we saw early on when we were setting up our UMC-750 table.
00:29
So you can carry on with your older model or you can carry on with this one as they're from the same exact point.
00:36
To get started, we first want to begin by going back to the design workspace to surfaces and starting a new sketch on the Y Z plane.
00:45
We're going to use slice.
00:47
We're going to zoom in and rotate the part around.
00:51
We want to use create, project include an intersect to intersect with this face in which we're going to use to create a surface for our swarf.
01:02
We're going to say 'okay', and then we're going to finish the sketch.
01:07
Next, we want to create a revolved surface.
01:10
The axis is going to be the Z-axis, and we're going to allow to create a new surface body.
01:16
Now we can navigate back to the manufacturer workspace.
01:19
We want to begin creating our setup.
01:23
The first thing that we want to do is go to new setup.
01:27
I like to start with the stock and in this case, I'm going to set it from solid.
01:32
We're going to expand our models and all the way down to our bodies folder, making sure that we use the body set to stock.
01:40
Then from the setup in the model section, we want to select our part.
01:45
This is going to make sure that we're not including the surface body.
01:48
If we simply selected the spline coupler, it would include the part of the stock and the surface body,
01:54
which would cause problems when we're taking a look at the stock removal.
01:58
Next, we want to set up our fixture and in this case, it'll be the entire UMC-750 table, our adapter plate and the rapture clamp.
02:08
Once we have all these set, I want to make sure that my coordinate system is set in the proper location,
02:13
because this is a UMC 750 with the next gen controller, we're able to put the coordinate system at the top of the part.
02:21
However, if you're dealing with the multi-axis machine that has an older controller or doesn't support dynamic work offsets,
02:29
you want to make sure that we use a selected point.
02:33
And earlier on, we set up our vertex at the center of rotation for the machine.
02:38
If we were to use a controller that didn't support dynamic work offsets,
02:43
it would be extremely important that we set our coordinate system origin at the same point where the 4th and 5th access points will rotate.
02:53
So for our model again with the UMC 750 and using the dynamic work offset, we can stick it right at the top of our model.
03:03
The next thing that we need to do is determine what a program name and comment is going to be.
03:07
Now, in most cases when you're programming a job, you have a specific program name or number that you need to use.
03:14
In our case, I'm just going to increment the default number, and my comment is going to be spline coupler.
03:22
I'm going to set my WCS offset to 1 which will make it G54, we'll say 'okay'.
03:29
And now we have our setup, we can begin programming are part.
03:34
Because the stock has material left in the middle, we want to make sure that we clear out a lot of the material first.
03:42
I'm going to start with an adaptive clearing operation, going into my multi-axis tools, and I'm going to use a half inch flat end mill.
03:50
I'm going to use aluminium roughing.
03:53
I'm going to allow it to use the stock contour and rest machining from the setup stock,
03:59
and I'm going to allow it to go down a maximum of one inch per roughing stepdown.
04:04
This is going to leave .02 in the radial and axial directions, and we can say 'okay'.
04:12
Once we've removed some stock, we can get a little bit closer if we duplicate this operation and we use a smaller tool.
04:21
So I'm going to edit this.
04:23
And in this case, I'm going to go down to a quarter inch flat end mill, which is tool number six.
04:29
Again, aluminium roughing.
04:31
For my geometry, again, I'm going to allow to use the stock contours,
04:36
but this time instead up from setup stock, we're going to use from previous operation.
04:41
We're still going to leave the same amount of stock behind.
04:44
We're going to say okay and allowed to remove a little bit more material.
04:49
If you want to see what's being removed, we can always turn on our cutting moves and see exactly where the tools are focusing.
04:55
So you can see it's removed a little bit more material on the chamfer and around these edges.
05:01
Now that we're removing most of the material, we can move on to our multi-axis swarf.
05:07
We're going to select swarf using our half inch flat end mill.
05:12
So since we've already used it, it will be located at the top, and I'm going to set it to aluminium finishing.
05:18
For the geometry, we have two options - contour and surfaces.
05:23
And while we do have a surface here, I'm going to use the contour option, and I'm going to select contour pairs.
05:30
I'm going to grab the bottom and the top edge.
05:33
The yellow is going to represent the top edge, and the blue is going to represent the bottom edge.
05:39
We need to pay close attention to where this red arrow is for the side in which it's going to cut.
05:46
By default, it tried to cut the other side, and this will be determined based on the selection.
05:51
And sometimes if you're dealing with a surface model, you have to be careful with the normal direction.
05:57
In the past section, I'm going to leave all of the options as default for now and say 'okay' and allow it to generate an operation.
06:07
Let's go ahead and hide this surface and take a look at the results.
06:11
You can see here that the tools come in, and it's cleaned out those faces.
06:16
We can change the stock to be transparent, so we can see the underlying model and notice that we are taking it all the way down to that face.
06:25
This is a great way for us to take care of these critical faces that we can do with a simple toolpath.
06:31
From here, I'm going to navigate back to our home position, zoom back into my part,
06:36
and while I'm in here, I'm going to go to my named views and create a new name view.
06:43
I'm going to call this part ISO.
06:45
So that way any time I'm zoomed out, if I double click on part ISO, I can use this to zoom back into my part.
06:54
From here, I'm going to minimize the body's folder and the model as well as my named views,
06:59
and make sure that I save this before moving onto the next step.
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