The manuals listed below form the Additive Manufacturing product documentation set.
| Additive Manufacturing Release Notes - Provides access to the release notes. |
| Powder Bed Fusion Simulation Guide - User's guide for performing powder bed fusion (PBF) simulations in Ansys Workbench/Mechanical (Additive Suite license required). PBF is an additive manufacturing process in which a thin layer of metal powder is deposited and a highly focused laser (L-PBF) or electron beam (E-PBF) of energy is moved over its surface in order to melt the metal powder composing the current cross section and fuse it to the preceding layer. A solid part emerges as successive layers are deposited and processed. |
| Laser Powder Bed Fusion Calibration Guide - Includes instructions for performing a calibration for the Mechanical application so that Laser Powder Bed Fusion simulations are more accurate. Calibration ensures accurate accounting for the differences between measured and simulated deformation. |
| Directed Energy Deposition Simulation Guide - Describes how to perform a DED Process simulation using the DED Process Add-on in Mechanical. Directed energy deposition is an additive manufacturing process in which a laser or electron beam creates a melt pool on previously solidified material where blown powder or fed wire is introduced to add material. |
| Sintering Simulation Guide - Describes how to perform a sintering simulation using the Sintering Process Add-on in the Mechanical application. |
| Sintering Calibration Guide - Provides guidelines for collecting experimental data and calibrating a sintering material. |
| Distortion Compensation Guide - Guide for using the Distortion Compensation Add-on, which automatically iterates through solutions and generates an optimized compensation geometry so that after loading or processing, a geometry deforms to within the desired tolerance range. Use the Distortion Compensation Add-on for L-PBF and sintering simulations. |