For CAM beginners, deciding the feedrate for CNC milling can be challenging. Finding documentation and doing the calculations can be confusing. The values are sometimes in mm and the formulas are usually in inches. This Fusion 360 Add-In calculates feedrates for CNC milling and changes unit from mm to inches interactively to make these calculations easier. It also has the possibility to use surface speed to calculate the spindle speed if so desired.
The Add-In is coded with the Fusion 360 C++ API. The challenge was to learn how to use the API and make the values change interactively when a value has been changed. This project also helped me to make better use of the user interface functions in the API.
The future development for the Add-In would be to add documentation of common chiploads and SMF's for different materials. And also add the possibility to save settings, modify them to fit for the exact milling machine, and print them on in another window for later use. Functionality to change the feedrate and RPM for every toolpath that has the specified tool diameter would also be great to add.
Built With
- autodesk-fusion-360
- c++
- fusion360api
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