Fusion 360 CAM — Heights Tab Explained — #LarsLive 91

Live Stream — No Mystery Here— Let's take a look at the Heights Tab Within CAM. This is Fusion 360 AND we will chat about your comments and questions.
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[denischambers]

As always I make significant progress with Fusion 360 after watching your lessons. They are an excellent resource for learning. Thank you so much for them.

[jimhachey]

Thanks Lars. I was also confused about heights and was working from the top down. Your explanation is much better.

[TBevins]

Most definitely the best, most comprehensive explanation of the heights tabs, I've been praying for this for a while!

[Intervaloverdose]

I need to be able to click "Like" every thirty seconds. Thanks heaps.

[miragerd]

Thanks for lots of information and tips. Much needed for hobbyists

[rckeith]

Great video Lars, I was really confused about this but now it makes sense. Thank you

[pladddot]

Great video! I was confused about this until I saw your video. We just got an 8 tool ATC spindle and.... well, I buzzed through some wood at the wrong angle until you made it clear what heights were. Thank you!

[Soulsmithing]

I know I'm nit picking, but I'm just curious why you choose the top height as the stock top (which isn't there anymore since it's been faced off) and not the model top? Just curious... This means your tool would be machining in 1mm of emptiness...

[mrhander]

hey lars, great vid, it took my a while to figure these out...i did not hear mention of the following in the heights tab for the drilling operation..

the feed height setting controls what the height the tool will rapid to...then once it reaches that feed height setting, it continues down to the hole but at the feed rate setting (plunge rate) that is set in feeds and feeds tab .

so sometimes if i have a really small drill bit that requires a feedrate of say 3 ipm, with a chip breaking partial or full retract cycle it can take a really long time for it to get down to the hole if my part is kinda tall.. so i set the feed height lower and closer to the hole top (+1mm above hole top)and make sure my retract height is high enough for the tool tip to clear any obstacles that may be hit when the tool tip is moving from hole to hole.
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[timogross]

30:30 on my computer is not right click anymore. It can be accessed by left click the thre dots next to the entry.

[BIRIMABURMA]

it, s best video eve i have seen explained cam good so fare and direct for every one to make production seriously .

[Intervaloverdose]

Just starting w CAM so this was clarifying as!!

[denisbrisbane]

Thanks Lars, another great video nice trick with heights starting from the bottom, starting to make sense of it al.l

[peterschmelcher]

Lars, you got me over the hump.
I was confused trying to understand what the software was trying to tell me with the color of the height clearance planes.
If the table settings color matched their respective planes I probably would have figured it out.
Thanks

[georgeroper]

lars, I really do get a lot out of your videos.I would like to see a cad and cam together video if possible....Thanks

[tazanteflight]

Shouldnt everything be from "stock top" because that is where you zero the bit height?

[neilmans]

Thanks mate!! love watching your videos!

[Browningmotorsports]

Hi Lars, First Thank You for all the great Videos. I use you, Titans of CNC, Lets Machine and NYC CNC for my CAD and or CAM training, you all are awesome. One trick I picked up on with Heights was for facing, 2D contouring and Pockets was to set all the tabs to Model Top and use dimensions for the positions. After doing that a bit it was easier, for me anyway, to get a better handle on what each does in a given operation. Now I may vary it a little for different things, but it removed or simplified it for me starting out. What are your thoughts on that, can you see any disadvantages to doing it that way?
Thanks again, Mark

[colorboxstudio]

Thank you once again for explaining the heights tab! Grate work. But i got small error/warning -> "Warning: Lifting retract plane to safe plane." what safe plane is in addition to retract plane?

[d_wizard]

I have notice 2d contour and 2d pocket being for same stuff by 2 different people, what is the deal with why one uses one and why another uses the other?