Rapid Yet Accurate Soluton for Predicting Additive Manufacturing Processes
Ansys Additive Print is an extremely easy-to-use and fast manufacturing process simulation solution, predicting part shape, distortion and stresses, automatically generating optimal support structures and compensating STL files for distortion.
Additive Print is a practical tool for people who need to build real parts, delivering an unparalleled combination of accuracy and speed in predicting:
- Final shape of the printed part.
- Layer-by-layer distortion and stress.
- Optimal support structures.
- Distortion-compensated STL files.
- Potential blade crash.
Key Benefits
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Reduce physical trial-and-error experiments
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Mitigate uncertainty
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Design geometries for more accurate printing
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Accelerate production
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Gain confidence in prices quoted to customers
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Reduce build failures for laser powder bed fusion
Capabilities
Predict Distortion
- Offers insight into how parts will distort during a build.
- Provides visualization that allows users to evaluate how their assumptions of distortion and residual stress effect as-built parts, to enable the successful selection of part orientations and support strategies.
- Enables the visualization of the differences between the original, un-deformed geometry and the final deformed geometry, before and after removal from supports.
Predict Stress
- Predicts stress trends, final residual stress and maximum stress locations throughout the build.
- Delivers graphical visualization of layer-by-layer stress accumulation and high-strain regions throughout the build.
- Predicts potential blade crash locations via color maps.
Auto Compensate for Distortion
Automatically generates distortion-compensated STL files to build conforming parts in a single try.
Predict Thermal Strain
- Predicts thermal strain, based on a full-part thermal analysis — scan vector by scan vector.
- Predicts anisotropic effects based on scan orientation within thermal strain.
- Calculates strain patterns using uniform assumed strain, scan pattern strain or thermal strain options.
Auto Generate Support
- Predicts maximum residual stresses that supports must withstand.
- Generates support structures automatically, based on an algorithm that varies the support density for carrying the maximum residual stresses.
- Provides users with resulting support structure in an STL file format.
Webinar Video
Webinar Video: Introducing the Most Powerful Simulation Solution for Metal AM
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Partner White Paper
White Paper: ANSYS Topology Optimisation for Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing)
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How Can Ansys Help Transform Your Additive Design and Manufacturing Processes?
Wilde Analysis has been an Ansys channel partner since 2000 and used the software within consulting projects for over 30 years.
Our combined software, training and consulting solutions enable you to exploit simulation within your business efficiently and effectively, with expert support and mentoring from our experienced technical services team.
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