Efficient Design for Additive Manufacturing
Inspire Print3D accelerates the creation, optimisation, and study of innovative, structurally efficient 3D-printed parts, providing a fast and accurate toolset for the design and process simulation of selective laser melting (SLM) parts.
Engineers can quickly understand changes to process or design that affect manufacturability, then export part and support structure geometry to major printer preparation software to produce the part. As a result, teams cut product development and additive manufacturing costs by reducing material usage, print times and post-processing.
Starting from either topology optimisation results or an imported CAD geometry, support structures can be easily generated and optimised. Design alternatives can be quickly explored and evaluated without leaving the familiar Inspire user environment.
The advanced thermo-mechanical simulation enables design engineers to develop parts ready for additive manufacturing. By capturing behaviour independent of the printer type, with Inspire Print3D designers can evaluate and easily modify critical process variables. Reducing expensive trial and error by simulating part build, cooling, cutting and spring back, Inspire Print3D delivers designs having the fewest supports, optimally oriented on the print bed.
Inspire Print3D simplifies the identification and correction of potential deformation, delamination and excessive heating issues before building a part. Further manufacturing process analyses can be performed leveraging third-party tools.
Reasons to choose Inspire Print3D
Reduce Manufacturing Costs
Minimise part supports and correct potential defects, such as part deformation, delamination, and overheating before printing to effectively enhance product design and reduce post-processing efforts.
Increase Process Efficiency
From generative design to manufacturability assessment, use performance and manufacturing simulation tools in a single environment that is fast, easy, accurate, and affordable.
Design Optimal Parts
Create the best-performing designs for the SLM process by applying advanced thermo-mechanical simulation to reduce post-processing and avoid expensive trial and error.
Key Features of Inspire Print3D
Part and Supports Design
Generate and optimise support structures as part of the design process; interactively create and edit a wide range of support types within the same environment as the designed part.
Easy-to-learn Environment
The intuitive, process-driven user experience enables users to gain deep manufacturing insights quickly, driving faster and better design decisions.
Printing Analysis
Run the embedded thermo-mechanical solver to accurately simulate the entire printing process from building and cooling to cutting and spring back.
Identify Defects
Easily detect and plot defects – large deformation, excessive heating, delamination – to aid design or process modification.
Materials and Printers
Select from the growing library of additive manufacturing materials and standard printers or apply a variety of advanced options for a customised setup.
Ready for Printing
Assess the part layer-by-layer to validate its geometry even before any 3D printing analysis is performed, then export a file containing the prepped part and supports.