Working environments preconfigured and set up for a variety of technologies and models of AM machines available on the market
Machine workspace focus print preparation work on particular additive manufacturing manufacturers and machine models. They include data such as build room size and material data, and may include further functions such as for creating support structures required or suitable for the particular manufacturing technology, or for packing and collision detection. The use of a machine workspace allows you to customize Netfabb specifically to the needs of your additive process and prepare your project for manufacturing with the constraints and possibilities that it brings.
Workspaces also provide access to simulation: Netfabb's simulation facilities are capable of simulating powderbed and DED processes. The relevant workspaces you contain an option to send parts and their supports, including the selected configuration, directly to simulation, saving you time you would otherwise have spent setting up the simulation parameters manually.
Key points
- Machine workspaces are defined and loaded using the My Machines command.
- Besides a large range of models available on the market, there are generic workspaces for metal powderbed fusion and direct energy deposition.
- They occupy the context view with their commands. Some machines even include shortcuts to regular Netfabb functions such as support generation or packing.
- Machine workspaces may come with
no-build zones already defined: To help with aligning and packing parts on platforms, these volumes are displayed and checked against while working within the workspace: For example, if a part intersects with such a zone, a warning is given upon attempting to generate build or simulation data.
A part intersecting with a no-build zone (in transparent red) will produce a warning message upon attempting to create toolpath information.
Some machines have a different
machine origin: Their coordinate system start in the center of the build platform, not the front left corner. For these, such as the
Generic MPBF, the machine origin shows
where this coordinate center is located, and for those machines that allow it, you can change its position between front left corner and center.
The machine origin as it is visualized in the buildroom.