Running Netfabb Simulation

Thermal Analysis

Run the analysis from the command line:

$ pan -b DEDComp_thermal

After the analysis completes, the last few lines of the output file DEDComp thermal.out should be similar to the following:

CPU wall for increment 1114 = 00:00:00.01, since start = 00:03:00.43
 inc =     1115 time =   3897.0000   iter =     1 eps =   0.94882E-03
Finished writing file results\ DEDComp_thermal 1115.case
Writing record:           99,  time: 3897.00000000000
Increment end
CPU wall for increment 1115 = 00:00:00.03, since start = 00:03:00.46
Layer end
Finished writing file .\ DEDComp_thermal.case

Analysis completed

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1 Warning
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CPU wall = 00:03:00.52
Approximate single thread simulation time = 01:18:11.43


Peak RAM used for this process = 124,240 kB

END Autodesk AM Process Simulation

Figure 1: DED compensation example geometry

Mechanical Analysis

Run the analysis from the command line:

$ pan -b DEDCOMP_mechanical

After the analysis completes, the last few lines of the output file DEDComp mechanical.out should be similar to the following:

CPU wall for increment 1166 = 00:00:00.06, since start = 00:03:26.29
 inc =   1167 time =   3897.0000   iter =   1 eps =   0.96928E-11
Finished writing file results\ DEDComp_mechanical 1167.case
Increment end
CPU wall for increment 1167 = 00:00:00.06, since start = 00:03:26.35
Layer end

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*COOL time increment
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HTOR is being set to zero***
 inc =     1168 time =    3947.0000   iter =  1 eps =  0.12895E+03
 inc =     1168 time =    3947.0000   iter =  2 eps =  0.10316E+03
 inc =     1168 time =    3947.0000   iter =  3 eps =  0.10415E-10
Finished writing file results\ DEDComp_mechanical 1168.case
Increment end
CPU wall for increment 1168 = 00:00:00.21, since start = 00:03:26.57
Layer end

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Total number of equilibrium iterations: 3910
Finished writing file .\ DEDComp_mechanical.case

Analysis completed

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1 Warning
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CPU wall for cooldown = 00:00:00.28
CPU wall = 00:03:26.63
Total thermal & mechanical simulation time = 00:06:27.16
Approximate single thread simulation time = 01:30:30.25


Peak RAM used for this process = 224,124 kB

END Autodesk AM Process Simulation

Figure 2: DED compensation example path

Figure 3: DED compensation example mesh