Distortion Checker

Distortion Checker enables you to simulate the residual stresses and distortions that typically occur in a part during a 3D printing process. You can use Distortion Checker to simulate the distortions for any 3D print setup available in the Powder Bed Fabrication app.

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Distortion Checker is a native app that automates the following steps required to run a simulation:

  • Creating a mesh and sizing it based on the bounding box of the printed parts
  • Restraining the part onto the build tray
  • Applying a gravity load

After Distortion Checker completes these steps, you select an additive manufacturing machine and select a machine document. The machine document, which an expert on additive manufacturing simulation creates and adds to the process using Powder Bed Fabrication, contains the strain data required to simulate the distortion. The additive manufacturing machine determines how Distortion Checker applies this strain data to the printed parts.

In addition to automating some of the required preprocessing steps, Distortion Checker helps you:

  • Decide how a 3D printing process adds material to a part.
  • View and analyze the results of a simulation.

You can use Distortion Checker to simulate the stresses and distortions for any print setup from the Powder Bed Fabrication app.

For information about accessing Distortion Checker, see Opening an App from the Compass.