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About Simulation Utility for Netfabb

For a great overview of Simulation Utility features, go to this web page.

Two products are offered for simulation customers with differing needs:

  • Netfabb Ultimate - Simulation Utility LT supports running local simulations of part-level powder bed processes, with the following limitations:
    • Simulation type: Part-level powder bed simulations only, no moving-source simulations
    • PRM files: Generic process parameter (PRM) files are included with software. Users cannot generate custom PRM files.
    • Mesh size: Maximum of 5 million nodes and 200 million layer-nodes (grouped layers X number of nodes)
    • Mesh controls: Maximum of 20 layers grouped and a maximum of 2 mesh coarsening generations.
  • Netfabb Local Simulation - Simulation Utility supports part-level simulations without limitations. Additionally, the user can generate custom PRM files, perform Directed Energy Deposition (DED) simulations, and run Local Simulation on the command line or on a Linux platform.

The following table highlights the differences between the products:

Netfabb Ultimate Netfabb Local Simulation
Graphical User Interface Simulation Utility LT Simulation Utility
Installed Simulation Product Netfabb Local Simulation LT Local Simulation
Simulation Capabilities

Part-level powder bed simulations with limited model complexity

Part-level powder bed simulations with unlimited model complexity

PRM file generation

Directed Energy Deposition simulation

Local simulations on Linux OS or Windows command line

System Requirements 8 Processing cores

64 GB RAM

14 Processing cores

128 GB RAM

Product Benchmarking

Benchmark models are provided at this Download Page. These models serve as geometries to showcase Netfabb Simulation's computational speed on industrial sized components.

Offline Help

You can download a stand-alone copy of the Help for Simulation Utility (along with Netfabb and the other utilities) at Netfabb Offline Help Download Page.

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