Create setup sheets and NC programs for lathe

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Create setup sheets and NC programs for lathe.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to

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create an NC program, create a set of sheet and post process tool paths

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in fusion 360. Let's get started with the supply data set cam

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lat

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simulation dot F 3D.

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Now that we have a setup and tool pas we can begin creating

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an NC program and get ready to post process our tool paths.

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We want to begin by making sure our setup is selected,

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go to setup and create NC program.

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First thing that we need to do is select an appropriate machine

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from fusion 3 60 library.

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We want to begin by selecting the category, turning and select the vendor.

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I'm gonna be using hoss automation and taking a look at an ST 10 machine

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and then selecting select

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and copy to my posts.

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Once we have the machine selected,

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I'm gonna change and overwrite my program number to 2001

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and add a comment as module lathe.

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This information can come directly from the setup but we can also overwrite it here.

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If we want to change the information that is published on our NC program,

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any changes that we might want to do for our post properties,

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you can come through and modify things like

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the controller, whether it's classic or NGC,

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whether or not it has a chip conveyor or live tooling.

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And once again lathe specifically have a lot of variable configurations.

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So make sure that you are using a post for a machine that you have

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and that the settings do match

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your machine's available motions and specifications.

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If you toggle on settings that aren't

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supported by your specific machine or controller,

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likely it will throw warnings or errors.

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Once we have the post properties set up under the operations,

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we can make sure that we select all operations,

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make sure that our work coordinate system or work offset is set correctly.

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And we can say, OK,

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now that we have an NC program saved, we can right click and we can post process this.

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When we post process a lathe set of tool paths.

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We need to verify the coordinate system. In this case, G 54

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we also need to verify the tools being used 202 for the first profile roughing

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and we can verify things like the spindle speed.

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So G 50 S 6000 is gonna let us know that that spindle speed is going to be our max.

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And then we're gonna move on to creating our setup sheet

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once again, right clicking, saving our setup sheet in the same location.

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And this is gonna give us a configurable setup sheet.

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It lets us know the information about the design,

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the maximum spindle speed that we have set

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the tools that we'll be using

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the setup location for the W CS.

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And also each of the operations

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you can once again print this out as a PDF or

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a physical copy to take to the machine with you.

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Once we have all of our tool pas we've post processed,

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we've created our G code that can be run

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at the machine and we've created our setup sheet.

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We now have all the information to begin making this part a reality.

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Make sure that any changes are saved before you move on.