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In this exercise, you'll practice how to rough and finish a basic part.
Exercise
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Transcript
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution.
00:06
For this practice, will get started with the supply data set locating plate.
00:11
We want to navigate to manufacture and change the units to inch.
00:17
Next we want to create a new setup. We're going to use all the default settings and say okay.
00:24
We're going to begin by creating a 2D facing tool path.
00:28
For our tools, will navigate to our cam DFM library and select tool number eight are two inch face mill. Using the default settings will say okay.
00:38
Next we want to begin drilling our holes.
00:42
We need to select a tool.
00:43
So again, we'll go to our candy FM library and select tool number one our eight inch spot and set it for aluminum drilling.
00:52
For our holes, we're going to select based on a diameter range and in the heights tab.
00:57
We want to make sure that we're going to the whole top and allowing the drill tip to go through.
01:05
Next we want to create a drilling operation that allows us to drill those holes out a bit larger,
01:10
so we're going to right click and we're going to duplicate our spot drill operation.
01:15
Will edit a duplicate and first modify our tool.
01:19
We don't have a tool that is a quarter inch inside of our library. So we're going to go to our fusion
01:26
Go to our filters and we're going to filter specifically by drill,
01:32
if we want to we can also filter a bit farther using a number value for the diameter range.
01:38
But I'm just going to scroll down until I find the quarter inch tool.
01:42
Set it for aluminum drilling and say okay.
01:46
For our geometry, we're going to be using the same geometry However we want to reverse the order.
01:52
The bottom height is going to be from the whole bottom and we are going to allow the drill tip to go through.
01:58
We do need to make sure that we adjust or modify the tool as it's set to tool no. 2 by default.
02:05
We're going to leave this for now, but it is important to identify the tool number anytime you use a tool library tool.
02:12
Now that we have the holes drilled,
02:13
we can begin creating some machining operations to remove the rest of the material,
02:18
for the outside of this part since it's very close to the size of the stock, I'm just going to use a
02:25
We're going to select tool number six are half inch flat end mill.
02:30
And we're going to use it for aluminum finishing and select.
02:34
For our geometry, will grab the bottom edge of the park and for our passes we're going to make sure that we're machining all the way to the bottom,
02:42
but we want to make sure that we are using a finished pass in order to do this,
02:47
we can either select multiple finishing passes or we can use a roughing pass.
02:53
Going to turn on a roughing pass with the value of
02:59
Now we have a roughing pass as well as a final finishing pass.
03:04
Lastly, I want to create another 2D Contour using the same tool.
03:08
But this time we're going to machine this smaller lip, because there's only a small amount of material, I'm going to do it in a single pass.
03:16
Now everything has been machined and this is a great place for us to save our data set.
Video transcript
00:01
This is a practice exercise video solution.
00:06
For this practice, will get started with the supply data set locating plate.
00:11
We want to navigate to manufacture and change the units to inch.
00:17
Next we want to create a new setup. We're going to use all the default settings and say okay.
00:24
We're going to begin by creating a 2D facing tool path.
00:28
For our tools, will navigate to our cam DFM library and select tool number eight are two inch face mill. Using the default settings will say okay.
00:38
Next we want to begin drilling our holes.
00:42
We need to select a tool.
00:43
So again, we'll go to our candy FM library and select tool number one our eight inch spot and set it for aluminum drilling.
00:52
For our holes, we're going to select based on a diameter range and in the heights tab.
00:57
We want to make sure that we're going to the whole top and allowing the drill tip to go through.
01:05
Next we want to create a drilling operation that allows us to drill those holes out a bit larger,
01:10
so we're going to right click and we're going to duplicate our spot drill operation.
01:15
Will edit a duplicate and first modify our tool.
01:19
We don't have a tool that is a quarter inch inside of our library. So we're going to go to our fusion
01:26
Go to our filters and we're going to filter specifically by drill,
01:32
if we want to we can also filter a bit farther using a number value for the diameter range.
01:38
But I'm just going to scroll down until I find the quarter inch tool.
01:42
Set it for aluminum drilling and say okay.
01:46
For our geometry, we're going to be using the same geometry However we want to reverse the order.
01:52
The bottom height is going to be from the whole bottom and we are going to allow the drill tip to go through.
01:58
We do need to make sure that we adjust or modify the tool as it's set to tool no. 2 by default.
02:05
We're going to leave this for now, but it is important to identify the tool number anytime you use a tool library tool.
02:12
Now that we have the holes drilled,
02:13
we can begin creating some machining operations to remove the rest of the material,
02:18
for the outside of this part since it's very close to the size of the stock, I'm just going to use a
02:25
We're going to select tool number six are half inch flat end mill.
02:30
And we're going to use it for aluminum finishing and select.
02:34
For our geometry, will grab the bottom edge of the park and for our passes we're going to make sure that we're machining all the way to the bottom,
02:42
but we want to make sure that we are using a finished pass in order to do this,
02:47
we can either select multiple finishing passes or we can use a roughing pass.
02:53
Going to turn on a roughing pass with the value of
02:59
Now we have a roughing pass as well as a final finishing pass.
03:04
Lastly, I want to create another 2D Contour using the same tool.
03:08
But this time we're going to machine this smaller lip, because there's only a small amount of material, I'm going to do it in a single pass.
03:16
Now everything has been machined and this is a great place for us to save our data set.
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