I send you two papers may be usefull for you

Thanks Jaime

Both are good but I think ABAQUS is easier than ANSYS.

Thanks Ramadan for your answer but for me ANSYS is easier.

Hi, Does it not depend upon what results you are after?

Do you mean to simulate an additive manufacturing process?

I implemented my model for Electron Beam Melting process in Abaqus/Standard. At the beginning I used also Ansys (becase I was a new user of Abaqus). I left Ansys defenitely because user codes for the moving heat source and the material state change looked easier to be implemented in Abaqus than Ansys.

Thanks Manuela for your answer. I am working with the ANSYS but while meshing the skewness of elements is increasing that becomes difficult to control. Then I heard that in other tools mesh quality can be controlled easier than ANSYS.

Hi Ankush,

In your research you might want to have a look at Simufact and Digimat. The choice would depend on what exactly you would wish to do in your work.

the toop FEM software choices would be:

- Ansys Additive (requires also the mechanical enterprise license)

- Simufact Additive !

- Autodesk Netfabb

for preparation and optimisation of 3D print jobs based on laser beam melting processes:

-Amphyon (from Additive Works)

Michal Mis thanks for your answer, I am looking for simulation of Metal 3D printing.

Matej Hudovernik thanks for suggestions. I have used new additive manufacturing simulation tool i.e. GENOA 3DP and results are quite good.

Ankush Choudhary Genoa 3DP is also fully integrated into Ansys Additive Suite (if I am not mistaken). Thank you for suggestion. I would like to hear more about the GEONA experience. Have you compared results to any other software? Kind regards

Simufact Additive is also a new software by MSC Software. You can give a try for thermo-mechanical modelling of metal based AM process.

http://www.mscsoftware.com/en-indopacific/product/simufact-additive

Ankush Choudhary: I recommend you to have a good look at Simufact Additive.

In my opinion, the Abaqus is good software for your work.

i did process simulation for SLM in simufact additive , its good only

but i have one doubt

how to consider anisotropic properties in the structural simulation

I have used Simufact Additive to simulate manufacturing processes of a bearing bracket for my senior thesis project to expound total distortion due to thermal effects , and I recommend the software for this purpose. It has friendly interface as much as any other software programs made for FEA. But if you'd like to interfere and consider to anisotropic properties or any other properties, it would be much beneficial to choose SIMULIA.

Abaqus has new keywords for their solver that allow for much better model control. Along with their material models we were able to create a EBWAM model that matched three experimental builds very well.

I think Abaqus is a good software to help you.

Hi,

ANSYS and Abaqus are provided the well substrate for AMF process. Please pay attention to the last articles were published by this brilliant field.

Abaqus is good for FEM

i am searching for a tool for DLP - SLA additive manufacturing analysis.

Can someone help me ?!!

i did not find a software for that.