Results may be imported and viewed in Simulation Utility for Netfabb or ParaView. Figure 2 shows the computed distortions before and after substrate release for both mechanical analyses.
Figure 2: Displacement results
Observe that pre-release distortions are roughly equivalent for the two cases. However, post release, the quantitative stress case exhibits displacements that are 28% less than without using plasticity. This shows the necessity of accounting for this behavior when looking at post-EDM builds that do not undergo heat treating.
Figure 3 shows the computed distortions before and after substrate release for both mechanical analyses.
Figure 3: Von Mises stress results
Observe that the qualitative stresses are unrealistically high, but still indicate the same regions of peak stress as in the quantitative stress case.