1 Principles of Manufacturing

Unit 1 will include history of manufacturing, modern manufacturing, CNC Machining, Autodesk Fusion CAM setup/processes and shop safety. 

Autodesk Fusion a 3D modeling software that include features from many other Autodesk software including design, drawing, animation, manufacturing, and electrical design.  In this class we will focus on the manufacturing features as we create GN code to control CNC machines to mill, route, or turn parts.  This process is call Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM).

CNC Machining - Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machines are robots that run a program to control the movement of the machine.  Examples of these machines include milling, turning, routing, laser cutting, and water jet cutting.  The programs are generally referred to as NC code.  This code can be hand typed, or created by a 'post process' from a 3D CAD model and manufacturing setup.