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Running Netfabb Simulation

Thermal Analysis

To run the model, from a command line run:

$ pan -b symmetry_thermal

The -b option runs the solver in background mode, which automatically overwrites any previous results, and directs output to a an output file of the format input-file-name.out.

The analysis progress is written on file symmetry_thermal.out. To check progress in a linux environment run:

$ tail symmetry_thermal.out

To check progress in a Windows command line environment run:

$ type symmetry_thermal.out

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

CPU wall for increment 25 = 00:00:00.17, since start = 00:00:16.97
 inc = 26 time = 7883.1133 iter = 1 eps = 0.26101E+03
 inc = 26 time = 7883.1133 iter = 2 eps = 0.53591E-12
Finished writing file results\ Symm_thermal.case
Finished writing file results\ Symm_thermal_c.case
Writing record: 2, time: 7883.11329663005
Increment end
CPU wall for increment 26 = 00:00:00.07, since start = 00:00:17.05
Layer end

Mesh preview volume  =   1574.59564914952
Activated volume     =   1574.59564914952
Activated percentage =   100.000000000000

Finished writing file .\ Symm_thermal.case
Finished writing file .\ Symm_thermal_c.case

Analysis completed

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1 Warning
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CPU wall for printing = 00:00:02.46
CPU wall = 00:00:17.11
Approximate single thread simulation time = 00:01:54.32


Peak RAM used for this process = 90,268 kB

END Autodesk AM Process Simulation

Actual CPU times will differ from system to system.

Quasi-Static Mechanical Analysis

Run the analysis from the command line:

$ pan -b symmetry_mechanical

The analysis progress is written on file symmetry_mechanical.out. To check progress run:

$ tail symmetry mechanical.out

or in Windows:

$ type symmetry mechanical.out

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

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Substrate removal time increment
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 inc =    28 time =    107883.11   iter =   1 eps =   0.16852E+05
 inc =    28 time =    107883.11   iter =   2 eps =   0.93724E-10

Optimizing rigid body motion...
Initial RMS displacement          = 1.133143E-01
Optimized RMS displacement        = 5.960061E-02
Number of optimization iterations =   220
Rotation matrix =
   9.999983E-001   4.942147E-005   -1.823844E-003
  -5.272707E-005   9.999984E-001   -1.812435E-003
   1.823752E-003   1.812528E-003    9.999967E-001
Translation =    2.184435E-002    2.116116E-002    9.216600E-002

Finished writing file results \ Symm_mechanical_f.case
Finished writing file results \ Symm_mechanical.case
Increment end
CPU wall for increment 28 = 00:00:00.15, since start = 00:00:18.66
Layer end

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Total number of equilibrium iterations:      57
Mesh preview volume   =    1574.59564914952
Activated volume      =    1574.59564914952
Activated percentage  =    100.000000000000

Signal tag 7D06
*** CRITICAL WARNING: 1
Code 1041
Recoater interference detected at one layer group. Minimum clearance of 71.265 percent at height 

Finished writing file .\ Symm_mechanical_f.case
Finished writing file .\ Symm_mechanical.case

Analysis completed

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2 Warnings
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1 Critical warning
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CPU wall for substrate removal = 00:00:00.23
CPU wall = 00:00:18.74
Total thermal & mechanical simulation time = 00:00:35.85
Approximate single thread simulation time = 00:02:46.37


Peak RAM used for this process = 193,724 kB

END Autodesk AM Process Simulation

Actual CPU times will differ.

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