You can now use the type of features found in Additive Science in a public Python module called PyAdditive, a standard Python environment outside of the Ansys Additive desktop application. PyAdditive is a Python client library for the Ansys Additive server. The Ansys Additive server is distributed with the Additive option of the Structures package in the Ansys unified installation.

Run single bead, porosity, 2D microstructure, 3D microstructure (Beta), and thermal history simulations, as well as custom material tuning. An Ansys Additive Suite license is required to run the simulations and tune materials. End-to-end examples show how you can use PyAdditve. You can download these examples as Python files or Jupyter notebooks and run them locally. For more information, see the PyAdditive documentation.