Simulation Utility and Local Simulation refer to two variants of the same software for thermo-mechanical simulation of powderbed and moving-source additive processes:
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For an additional overview of features visit the Netfabb product page.
Product benchmarking
Benchmark models are available. These models serve as geometries to showcase Netfabb Simulation's computational speed on industrial-sized components.
The solver
The actual computation behind Simulation Utility and Local Simulation is performed by the command-line program pan.exe. It has its dedicated section in the online help.