First-class solution for metal-based AM processes
Simufact Additive is a scalable software solution for the simulation of metal-based additive manufacturing processes which focuses on powder bed melting (L-PBF) and metal binder jetting (MBJ) processes. It is designed to predict and compensate for distortion, residual stress and temperature distribution throughout the printing, heat treatment, cutting, hot isostatic pressing (HIP) as well as machining processes virtually before the part is manufactured by the 3D metal printer in reality.
Benefits And Features
Print 3D metal AM parts right first-time with Simufact Additive
Design and optimization of metal AM processes
Simufact Additive allows you to compensate distortion automatically to print the part as-designed, optimise the build-up orientation and the support structures, as well as indicate criteria-based part failures, i.e. shrink lines.
Costing
With the build-in function 'cost estimation' in Simufact Additive, you can calculate the costs of individual metal AM components or entire print jobs in order to obtain a cost overview in advance and thus create simple cost estimates for you and your customers.
Simplicity
Our software is designed to be user-friendly, intuitive and process-oriented, so that the use of our software in your company is possible in a very short time without expert knowledge.
Training and Resources
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Frequently Asked Questions
How to select a suitable calibration method for an individual additive process?
Please see here.
When I review the results, I see a warning message "the surface mesh is too coarse leading to incorrect results on the surface". What should be done to improve the situation?
This message appears when the surface mesh uses a large element size compared to the voxel mesh. The good news is that you can generate a new surface mesh even after simulation results are present. The result values are then mapped onto the surface mesh.
As a rule of thumb, we say that the surface mesh should have the same edge length as the voxel mesh. The surface mesh is created in the analysis widget.
I can run a Python script inside Simufact Additive to automate tasks. But how can I control Simufact Additive from the outside? For example in a bigger Python controlled workflow.
Simufact Additive does not offer an option to be controlled from outside (like e.g. Marc Mentat does with py_connect). There are two options to work around this:
1) Rework your workflow to control everything by the Python script running inside Additive.
2) Use your outside control script to create a temporary script with the commands for Simufact Additive and use ...\simufact\additive\<version>\bin\runscript.bat to start Simufact Additive with running this script.
How can results from Simufact Additive be transferred to Marc to be used as prestate for additional analyses, for example to analyze the behavior of the part under work loads?
The workflow consists of - volume meshing - export of a t16 file- optional change of the unit system used - taking care of the material properties which are described in this article.
If only the result geometry needs to be transferred, there are additional, simpler options.