Description: The Powder-Bed Fine-Scale capability of Netfabb Simulation allows users to simulate depositions using a full moving-source analysis.
Output: The output of the analysis is temperature, distortion, stress, and strain.
Common Uses: The results can be used to guide microstructure prediction, lack of fusion prediction, and process parameter selection.
Workflow: The approach begins by submitting known process parameters into the Local Simulation thermal solver. The output thermal history is then input into the Netfabb Simulation mechanical solver.
Figure 4 illustrates the workflow.
Figure 4: Netfabb Simulation Powder-Bed Fine-Scale Model