Creating an Additive Tool

You can create a material deposition additive tool using Resource Creation from the action bar. Once created, you can edit it in the manufacturing cell.

  1. In the Resource Creation dialog box that appears, under Additive Items, click Create Additive Tool to create a nozzle.
  2. Enter a name for the tool.
  3. Click Edit Parameters to view the technology parameters. You can also add new parameters and then retrieve them when generating the output file for the programing.

    Note: The four default technology parameters represent physical variables of the tool and cannot be modified:
    • Bead Width: define the Bead Width when simulating additive tool path with the Material Printing option set.
    • Bead Height: define the Bead Height when simulating additive tool path with the Material Printing option set.
    • Printing Speed: define the speed of the tool moves when printing.
    • Power: define the power used to print, it is used when doing SIMULIA physical simulation.

  4. Click Manage Representations to add or edit user representations.
  5. To finish, click OK.

An additive tool is created and added to the activities process tree.

 

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