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To export a toolpath to Simulation Utility for Netfabb

You can export a toolpath, to a suitable file-type, to simulate with Simulation Utility for Netfabb. Before you export the toolpath you need to initialize the process parameter tags that are pre-defined for your deposition process.

Process

Pre-defined Tag

Arc and wire

Voltage

Current

Electron beam and powder

AccelerationVoltage

BeamCurrentEngage

Laser and powder

LaserPower

Initialize the process parameters

Create a process parameter recipe that sets the values for the pre-defined tags at the first point of the first segment.

  1. Activate the toolpath you want to export.
  2. Click Additive tab > Editing panel > Process Parameters.
  3. Click Toolpath Process Parameters tab > Recipes panel > Edit.
  4. On the Process Parameter Recipes dialog click .
  5. Enter a Recipe Name.
  6. Enter a pre-defined Output Tag for your deposition process.
  7. In the Define parameter location area:
    1. Choose a Relative to of Toolpath.
    2. Choose a Move type of Segment.
  8. In the Set parameter value area:
    1. Select Point
    2. Choose a From of Start.
    3. Enter an Offset of 0.
    4. Enter the Value.

Export the toolpath

  1. Click Additive tab > Export panel > Netfabb Simulation.
  2. On the Netfabb Simulation Export dialog choose your Deposition Process.
  3. Click Browse and choose your export location.
  4. Enter the File Name of the export and click Save.
  5. Click Export.

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