Additive manufacturing

The additive manufacturing plug-in offers a comprehensive and scalable software solution that minimizes the risk of making mistakes when modeling the additive manufacturing process using Abaqus.

You activate the plug-in by selecting AM Modeler (Show/Hide) in the Plug-ins menu. The AM Modeler tab appears with the Models and Results tabs in the Model Tree area of the main window.

To create an additive manufacturing model, click mouse button 3 and select Create AM Model from the menu.

You must select the analysis type and the process type according to the additive manufacturing process you want to simulate. There are two analysis types available: eigenstrain and thermomechanical.

For the eigenstrain analysis type, you can choose between the trajectory-based or pattern-based process type.

For the thermomechanical analysis type, you can choose between four process types:

• Trajectory-based powder bed fabrication
• Pattern-based powder bed fabrication
• Laser direct energy deposition
• Fusion deposition modeling

• Trajectory-based thermomechanical process
• Pattern-based thermomechanical process
• Trajectory-based eigenstrain process
• Pattern-based eigenstrain process
• Event series