SEER-3D 2.0 Release Notes

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1 1 Welcome to the SEER-3D update release. This version includes: A new Additive Manufacturing interface to support Additive Manufacturing options in SEER-MFG 8.1. A new command line interface (CLI) to run SEER-3D in batch mode. Updated and renamed machining inputs. A new shadowing feature to automatically compute the external and internal raw stock cutting options. New tables and customization options for manufacturing environments. Details of changes are documented in these release notes.

2 2 Contents Manufacturing Environments... 3 Additive Manufacturing : General Settings Tab... 3 Product Description...3 Material Description...6 Engineering Description...7 Process Description...9 Part Properties Additional Options Save/Load Session...13 Command Line Interface (CLI)...13 SEER-3DCliSettings.ini Command Prompt Window Command to Batch Process multiple *.step Files Command to Export a single *.step file to text File Command to Export a single *.step file to SEER-MFG Machining: General Settings Tab...19 Product Description : Name Material : Material Origin Machining Z / Turning Axis Bounding Box Mode : User Defined Engineering Description : Material Excess Factor Additional Options : Deburr Length Factor Machining : Rough Operations Tab...23 Cut Away Raw Stock (External) Cut Away Raw Stock (Internal) Machining : Surface Finish Operations Tab...27 High Tolerance Operations Button Bore Surface Machining : Holes and Countersinks Tab...29 High Tolerance Operations Machining : SEER-3D Rules.TXT...29 [MACHINING-COST-ESTIMATOR-DEFAULTS] [PROCESS-RULES-DATA] [ROUGH-STOCK-MACHINING-OPS] [SURFACE-FINISH-MACHINING-OPS] [SURFACE-TURN-BORE-TOLERANCE] [SURFACE-MACHINING-TOLERANCE] [HOLE-TOLERANCE] [HIGH-TOLERANCE-OPERATION-DETAILS] [SETUP-LOAD-UNLOAD-OPTIONS] [RAW-STOCK-MATERIAL-LIST] Maintenance Updates & Useful Information...32 Release (SEER-3D ) Release (SEER-3D ) Upgrade Information...34 Installation Operating System Requirements SEER-MFG Requirements Hardware Requirements... 35

3 3 Manufacturing Environments Manufacturing Environments are installed, by default, in the Public Document folder. To support multiple Process options, a new folder structure is introduced. Manufacturing environments are stored within the respective process group: Additive Manufacturing: C:\Users\Public\Documents\SEER\SEER-3D 2.0\Manufacturing Environments\Additive Manufacturing Machining: C:\Users\Public\Documents\SEER\SEER-3D 2.0\Manufacturing Environments\Machining Additive Manufacturing : General Settings Tab Product Description Process Group = Additive Manufacturing SEER-3D has a new process group option for interfacing with the Additive Manufacturing work element in SEER-MFG 8.1 or newer. Process groups are activated based on the SEER-3D license options.

4 4 Additive Manufacturing Process Group Process SEER-3D supports the following additive manufacturing process options: Process Description Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) In the Powder Bed Fusion process, thermal energy using lasers selectively fuses regions of a powder bed. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) This process produces objects from powdered materials using one or more lasers to selectively fuse or melt the particles at the surface, layer by layer, in an enclosed chamber. It is also known as Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) Liquid Phase Laser Sintering (LPS) This process produces objects from mixed powdered materials using one or more lasers to selectively melt particles at the surface with the lower melting point. Thus, layer by layer, the wetted particles fuse the solid particles.

5 5 Stereolithography (SLA) In the Stereolithography process, liquid photopolymer in a vat is selectively cured by light-activated polymerization. In the SEER- MFG Additive Manufacturing model, Stereolithography includes all processes of the VAT Polymerization type. Jetting Jetting combines two families of Additive Manufacturing: Material Jetting and Binder Jetting. Both Jetting processes create 3D objects in a similar method to a two-dimensional ink jet printer. Inkjet printer heads deposit precise drops to create the object. Machine performance is often measured in dpi (dots per inch). Material Jetting (MJ) A Process in which droplets of build material are selectively deposited. (e.g. materials include photopolymer and wax.) Material is jetted onto a build platform using either a continuous or Drop on Demand (DOD) approach. A print head moves along the X & Y axes and deposits precise drops of the material. Binder Jetting (BJ) Process in which a liquid bonding agent is selectively deposited to join powder materials. The binder jetting process uses two materials; a powder based material and a binder. The binder is usually in liquid form and the build material in powder form. A print head moves horizontally along the x and y axes of the machine and deposits alternating layers of the build material and the binding material. Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) Direct Energy Deposition (DED) In Fused Deposition Modeling, thermoplastic parts are manufactured through heated extrusion and deposition of materials layer by layer. Also known as Material Extrusion. In the Direct Energy Deposition (DED) process, focused thermal energy is used to fuse materials by melting as they are being deposited. Focused thermal energy means that an energy source (e.g., laser, electron beam, or plasma arc) is focused to melt the materials being deposited.

6 6 Fusion Process The Fusion Process option is available for the Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) process. The fusion process options are: Print Mode Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Liquid Phase Sintering (SLS) The Print Mode option is available for the Jetting process. The Print Mode options available are: Binder Jetting (BJ) Material Jetting (MJ) Production Quantity Enter the production quantity. When you export the part to SEER-MFG, this quantity will be entered as the Production Quantity at both Rollup and Work Element level. Setup Amortization Quantity Enter the setup amortization quantity. A default value will be displayed based on your manufacturing environment settings, which you can override as required. Material Description Material Select the Material from the pull-down list. This option sets the MATERIAL/Material parameter for the Additive Manufacturing work element in SEER-MFG. Binder Select the binder used in the Additive Manufacturing process from the pulldown menu. The list of available binders will depend on the process.

7 Available for Jetting - Binder Jetting and Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) - Liquid Phase Laser Sintering (LPS). Binders can be edited or added in the appropriate section of the SEER-3D AM Rules.txt file: 7 Binder Volume Fraction % The amount of binder in the part, expressed as a percentage of the Part Volume. Available for Jetting - Binder Jetting and Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) - Liquid Phase Laser Sintering (LPS). Add Next Material You can add up to 10 materials using the 'Add Next Material Here' button. Each material entered requires the material selection and the percentage of the chosen material. Option Available for Direct Energy Deposition (DED). Engineering Description Bounding Box Mode A default selection is made by finding the smallest bounding box comparing the part Inertia bounding box, to the Part axis aligned bounding box. You can change the default selected value as required. Selecting the User Defined option, allows you to select a surface to realign the bounding box to the selected surface. And reveals a set of Bounding Box inputs where you can enter your own bounding box dimensions. Part Z Axis Direction The Z-axis on which the part will be built. The Z-axis is determined automatically. To change it, click on the Select Axis button, then click on the appropriate part face in the Viewer. The Z-axis will change to the face that you select.

8 8 Envelope Size The envelope is an imaginary box which fully encompasses the piece. It is similar to the raw stock outline in machining; in additive manufacturing, however, the envelope represents volume of space in which the piece will be built up, rather than a volume of stock from which excess material will be removed. The initial envelope size is computed, but you can enter the dimensions of the envelope directly by selecting the User Defined bounding box mode. Show Bounding Box Outline Displays the outline of the bounding box, as determined by the envelope size inputs. Part with Bounding Box Outline Shown

9 Process Description 9 Parts Per Build The number of same type parts per build. If a printer contains many different part types, use a separate work element to describe the quantity of each part type in the build. And use the Load% parameter to describe how much space and costs should be allocated to each part type. Use Print Resolution When checked the following Parameters will be set based on the environment settings for the Print Resolution setting: Layer Height % - Increasing Resolution will decrease Layer Height. Infill % - Increasing Resolution will increase Infill %. Support Infill % - Increasing Resolution will increase Support Infill %. Print Resolution The resolution (accuracy and level of detail) in the XY plane and along the Z (thickness) axis. VLow represents a process optimized for build time minimization; VHi represents a process optimized for part quality, precision or accuracy. The following Parameters can be controlled by Print Resolution: Layer Height % - Increasing Resolution will decrease Layer Height. Infill % - Increasing Resolution will increase Infill %. Support Infill % - Increasing Resolution will increase Support Infill %. Layer Height The height (thickness) of each layer. Greater height reduces print time, but results in lower resolution; this may be suitable for prototyping. Thinner (lower) layers can produce higher quality, with better resolution of detailed features, but they increase print time.

10 10 The initial value displayed is based on the Print Resolution table of values stored in the SEER-3D AM Rules.txt file. Wall Thickness Used to calculate the shell volume. It assumes that regardless of any infill pattern, there exists some volume of 100% density around the exterior perimeters, or skin, of the part. This input determines how thick that skin or shell is. As Wall Thickness increases, the total build time is also increased. This is because: For parts with less than 100% infill, it increases the total volume being built at full density, which takes more time. For all parts, it increases the total volume being built at a rate factored by the Perimeter Factor, which directs the model to increase the amount of time it takes to build the exterior features. The initial value displayed is based on the Material table of values stored in the SEER-3D AM Rules.txt file. Infill % This is also referred to as the infill density. In Additive Manufacturing, it is not required to make fully dense parts. Components that are required by the constraints of traditional subtractive manufacturing to be solid, can now be light weighted and built faster. This input allows the user to control how dense the parts are on the inside, but not the actual density of the material. An increase in infill % causes and increase in Build Time. If an object is printed with 100% infill, it will be completely solid on the inside. For display-only items, 10-20% infill is recommended. For functional items requiring structural strength, % infill is more appropriate. Printing software such as the open-source Cura can produce a grid-like pattern inside the object which gives the top layers more support. The initial value displayed is based on the Infill % table of values stored in the SEER-3D AM Rules.txt file.

11 Support Content % The support content as a percentage of the total. Extra support structures (material not included in the finished part) are often required in the various processes of additive manufacturing. They are normally calculated as a % of the finished part volume. If these support structures are not included by the user in the initial assessment of the part in question, they should be captured here. 11 Trace Width The width of the trace deposited by the process. Used by Direct Energy Deposition (DED). Hatch Style The hatch style is the scan pattern used to provide even coverage within the boundaries of the part. Selections are: Parameter Description Weave Star Weave ACES A Y-axis scans followed by X-axis scans, both with close spacing. Depth of the Y-axis scans is less than the thickness of the scan layer. A more elaborate variation of the WEAVE hatch style. From one layer to the next, the order of X-axis and Y-axis scans alternates, and the scan pattern itself is offset. A given scan line will touch one edge of the contour's border, but not the opposite edge; this retraction prevents uneven shrinkage. The ACES hatch style provides a uniform cure by using two scans per layer. The first scan is relatively shallow, so that the lower part of the layer is initially uncured and still fluid, allowing the upper part of the layer to shrink during the cure process. The second scan is deeper, allowing the lower part of the layer to bond with the underlying material. Used by Stereolithography (SLA).

12 12 Part Properties Finished Part Volume The volume of the finished part, in cubic millimeters or cubic inches. This is a calculated value; it is not affected by the Raw Shape values. Finished Part Weight The weight of the finished part in kilograms or lbs. This is a calculated value; it is not affected by the Raw Shape values. Finished Part Surface Area The surface area of the finished part, in cubic millimeters or cubic inches. This is a calculated value; it is not affected by the Raw Shape values. Additional Options The Additional Options section allows you to specify additional operations or processes involved in producing the part. Available options are: Additional Options Section Hot Isostatic Press If this box is checked, a Hot Isostatic Press operation will be created in SEER- MFG and values will be set for its parameters. If it is not checked, a Hot Isostatic Press operation will not be included.

13 Tool Fab & Design If this box is checked, the Initial Tool Fabrication & Design category will be set to Yes for each of the work elements in SEER-MFG. If it is not checked, Initial Tool Fabrication & Design will be set to No. 13 Finish & Heat Treat If this box is checked, a Finish & Heat Treat work element will be created in SEER-MFG and values will be set for its parameters. If it is not checked, a Finish & Heat Treat work element will not be created. Save/Load Session The Save session option has been updated to create a single xml file where previously, two xml files were created. Command Line Interface (CLI) The CLI interface automates the use of SEER-3D. It uses the Command Prompt window, command string, and a SEER-3DCliSettings.ini file. With the CLI interface you can automate processing of a single step file, or multiple step files, you can create and save SEER-MFG estimates, and merge multiple SEER-MFG estimates into a single SEER-MFG project file. The command syntax and use cases are documented below. SEER-3DCliSettings.ini The SEER-3DCliSettings.ini file contains the parameters and values to process. For each step file, or batch of step files, you ll set specific values for the CLI interface to process. The SEER-3DCliSettings follows the.ini format, it may be edited in a text editor, and has the following syntax:

14 14 SEER-3DCliSettings.ini file syntax Descriptions of the parameters and allowed values are provided below. Name Value Description [common] section Version Integer Specifies version of the settings file. Should be >= 200. [GeneralSettings] section Units String Used to set the units of measure, values are either mm (metric) or in (imperial). ProcessGroup String Value must match one of the licensed process group options of SEER-3D. In SEER-3D 2.0, that can include Machining or Additive Manufacturing. ManufacturingEnvironment String The name of the manufacturing environment you want to apply to the estimate(s). The manufacturing environment sets the defaults for material type and process specific options etc. ProductionQuantity Integer The production quantity to apply to the estimate(s). MultiPartFiles Integer If left blank, all parts within a multi-part step file will be processed. Alternatively, you can specify specific parts to be processed e.g. MultiPartFiles=1 would process the first part only MultiPartFiles=1-5 would process the first 5 parts MultiPartFiles= would process parts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 12

15 [MFGSettings] section SaveMFGFiles Boolean Values are True or False. If set to True, the MFG estimate will be saved using the same name as the step file being processed. MergeMFGFiles Boolean Values are True or False. If set to True, after SEER- 3DCli.exe has processed and saved the SEER-MFG estimate files, the SEER-MFG files will be merged into a single SEER-MFG project file after processing. Command Prompt Window Note - MergeMFGFiles requires SaveMFGFiles = True, and SEER-MFG or higher In the windows search box, type CMD and open the Command Prompt window: 15 Open the Command Prompt Window

16 16 In the command Prompt window, change directory (cd) to point to the SEER3DCli.exe file, which resides inside the bin folder of the SEER-3D installation directory. The default installation directory is: C:\Program Files\SEER\SEER-3D x.x\bin Where x.x denotes the version number. Change Directory to SEER3DCli.exe file Directory changed to point to SEER3DCli.exe Directory Depending on what you want to do next, determines how you specify the rest of the command string for SEER3DCli.exe to process. IMPORTANT NOTE - When setting up the CLI command string, if the Path to the SEER-3DCliSettings.ini or the path to *.step file(s) contains ANY spaces, quotes are required e.g. C:\SEER-3D\StepFiles (no spaces in path, no quotes required, this will work) C:\SEER-3D\Step Files (spaces in path, quotes are required, this will work) C:\SEER-3D\Step Files (spaces in path, quotes missing, this will not work) Command to Batch Process multiple *.step Files SEER3DCli.exe -s [path]\seer-3dclisettings.ini -ib [PATH TO FOLDER CONTAINING STEP FILES]

17 Example command with paths: SEER3DCli.exe -s C:\SEER-3D_BatchProcess\SEER-3DCliSettings.ini -ib C:\SEER-3D_BatchProcess 17 Batch Process Multiple Step files Merged MFG Files after Processing

18 18 Command to Export a single *.step file to text File SEER3DCli.exe -s [path]\seer-3dclisettings.ini -i [path]\sample.stp -e [path]\result.txt Example command with paths: SEER3DCli.exe -s C:\SEER-3D_CLI\SEER-3DCliSettings.ini -i C:\SEER- 3D_CLI\sample.stp -e C:\SEER-3D_CLI\result.txt After the command is processed, the result.txt file will contain SEER Servermode script that you can then run into SEER via the Import & Export tab. Export Single estimate to Text file Command to Export a single *.step file to SEER-MFG SEER3DCli.exe -s [path]\seer-3dclisettings.ini -i [path]\sample.stp -e mfg Example command with paths: SEER3DCli.exe -s C:\SEER-3D_CLI\SEER-3DCliSettings.ini -i C:\SEER- 3D_CLI\sample.stp -e mfg After the command is processed, and *.MFG estimate will be created. Depending on SaveMFGFiles value stored in the SEER-3DCliSettings.ini file, the MFG estimate will be displayed or Saved and Closed.

19 19 Machining: General Settings Tab Export Single estimate to MFG file Changes and new options are listed in this section. Product Description : Name The initial Name displayed is the selected part file name. The name field is editable and is also mirrored in the SEER-3D Title Bar. Material : Material Origin Product Description Name An Additive Manufacturing option has been added to the list of Material Origins. The default material excess volume is initially computed based on the excess value read from the selected environment rules file. The material excess value is displayed and can be overridden to recompute the amount of material to remove.

20 20 Machining Z / Turning Axis A new orientation button option was added to facilitate user manipulation of the visual displayed bounding box. Orientation Selection Bounding Box Mode : User Defined When the User Defined option is selected, the inputs required change based on the Raw Shape Selection. When the Rectangular Raw Shape is selected, the user defined option requires raw dimensions in terms of Length, Width and Depth.

21 21 Rectangular Raw Shape User Defined Options When the Round Solid Raw Shape is selected, the user defined option requires raw dimensions in terms of Length and Diameter. Round Solid Raw Shape User Defined Options When the Round Tube Raw Shape is selected, the user defined option requires raw dimensions in terms of Length, Inner Diameter, and Outer Diameter.

22 22 Round Tube Raw Shape User Defined Options When the Irregular Raw Shape is selected, the user defined option requires raw dimensions in terms of Length, Cross Section Area, and Material Excess Factor. Irregular Raw Shape User Defined Options Engineering Description : Material Excess Factor A new input that displays and computes the volume removed for the irregular raw shape.

23 The default value is based off the material origin you select, and the values stored in the rules file. If you change this input, the cross-section area and volume to remove will be recomputed. Additional Options : Deburr Length Factor A new input used to compute the deburr length. The default value is based off the value set in the environment rules file. If you change this input, the deburr length will update accordingly. Also, if you change the deburr length, the deburr length factor will update. 23 Deburr Length Factor Machining : Rough Operations Tab A Part Shadow Projection is now computed and displayed when the Cut Away Raw Stock (External) and/or Cut Away Raw Stock (Internal) are turned on.

24 24 Cut Away Raw Stock (External) Part Shadow Projection The Cut Away Raw Stock (External) option automatically computes the Area and Volume to cut away. The volume computation is based on the outer perimeter of the part shadow, and the outer perimeter of the raw stock dimensions. In addition, the total perimeter cut length is automatically computed from the outer perimeter of the part shadow The cutting operation is defined as part of the manufacturing environment. You can manually override the amount of material to cut away using the inputs provided.

25 25 Cut Away Raw Stock (Internal) Cut Away External Shadow Projection The Cut Away Raw Stock (Internal) option is a new operation. It automatically computes the Area and Volume to cut away from inner projections of the part. The cutting operation is defined as part of the manufacturing environment. You can manually override the amount of material to cut away using the inputs provided.

26 26 Cut Away Raw Stock Internal Shadow Projection You can use the Include and Exclude Areas/Edges buttons and select the shadow edges to exclude/include from the calculation. Cut Away Raw Stock Include/Exclude Option

27 Machining : Surface Finish Operations Tab 27 High Tolerance Operations The Tolerance Drop Down list now accepts names or numeric values. If you prefer to use names rather than numeric values, specify them in column c4 of the [SURFACE-MACHINING-TOLERANCE] and/or [SURFACE-TURN- BORE-TOLERANCE] tables in the environment file. Values in column c4 appear in the Surface Finish Operations tolerance drop down list. + Button Bore Surface High Tolerance Names The + Button at the bottom of the operations list allows users to add custom operations. The + Button for Adding Custom Operations

28 28 A new Bore Surface option has been added. When you click on the + button, you will see a selection box with a pop-up menu of custom operations. When you select an operation and click on the OK button, the operation will appear under the appropriate heading in the operation list. This option is useful if you need to specify surfaces with different tolerance levels. If the operation type includes a diameter value, you will need to enter the diameter in the diameter input box. If the operation type does not include a diameter, the diameter input box will be grayed-out. Custom Bore Finish Operation with Diameter Input Note: After adding a custom group, you need to move surfaces into the group for it to be included in the estimate. Moving a Face

29 Machining : Holes and Countersinks Tab 29 High Tolerance Operations The Tolerance Drop Down list now accepts names or numeric values. If you prefer to use names rather than numeric values, specify them in column c5 of the [HOLE-TOLERANCE] table in the environment file. Values in column c5 appear in the Holes and Counterskink tolerance drop down list. Machining : SEER-3D Rules.TXT High Tolerance Names The SEER-3D Rules.TXT file stores environment specific data such as rates, machine data, operation data etc. for use in the SEER-MFG estimate. New data tables were added and others updated to support new features for the SEER-3D release. If an error occurs when reading the environment rule file, the row number will be captured and displayed to help identify and rectify the cause of the error. Note. Duplicate Material Names are not allowed.

30 30 [MACHINING-COST-ESTIMATOR-DEFAULTS] Added new default options. Name/Column Turn + Bore Tolerance Machining Tolerance Description ; Select the default tolerance level for Turning and Boring operations. You can change this setting in SEER-3D.. ; Select the default tolerance level for Milling operations. You can change this setting in SEER-3D.. [PROCESS-RULES-DATA] Added the following process rules data options. Name/Column Forging Excess Die Casting Excess Investment Casting Excess Sand Casting Excess Additive Manufacturing Excess Description ; factor multiplied by finished part volume to compute default rough milling volume. ; factor multiplied by finished part volume to compute default rough milling volume. ; factor multiplied by finished part volume to compute default rough milling volume. ; factor multiplied by finished part volume to compute default rough milling volume. ; factor multiplied by finished part volume to compute default rough milling volume. [ROUGH-STOCK-MACHINING-OPS] The following operations were added to this table. Name/Column Cut Away Raw Stock (External) Cut Away Raw Stock (Internal) Description ; use this operation to define how the outer perimeter of the raw billet will be cut away. ; use this operation to define how the inner windows of the raw billet will be cut away. [SURFACE-FINISH-MACHINING-OPS] The following operation was added to this table.

31 Name/Column Description Bore Surface ; Define the parameters to use when adding a Bore Surface operation. 31 [SURFACE-TURN-BORE-TOLERANCE] The following column was added to this table. Name/Column Description c4: Tolerance ; values entered in c4 will appear in the SEER-3D tolerance drop down list for lathe + milling operations [SURFACE-MACHINING-TOLERANCE] The following column was added to this table. Name/Column Description c4: Tolerance ; values entered in c4 will appear in the SEER-3D tolerance drop down list for milling operations. [HOLE-TOLERANCE] The following column was added to this table. Name/Column Description c5: Tolerance ; values entered in c5 will appear in the SEER-3D tolerance drop down list on the Holes and Countersinks tab. [HIGH-TOLERANCE-OPERATION-DETAILS] A new table added. Name/Column Operation Name c1 c10 Description ; The operation name. ; values are unique for each of the high tolerance operations. [SETUP-LOAD-UNLOAD-OPTIONS] The following operations have been added to this table. SEER-3D has updated logic to only apply user defined setup when the selected machining

32 32 type scenario and operation type is set to Yes. Previously user defined Setup was applied whether the operation type was set to Yes or No. Name/Column Operation Types Added: Description ; Cut Away Raw Stock (External) & Cut Away Raw Stock (Internal). [RAW-STOCK-MATERIAL-LIST] The following columns have been added to this table. You can now optionally define speeds and feeds for specific materials. These columns are optional. If left at zero, SEER-MFG will apply feeds and speeds based on the material machinability factors as defined in the MATERIAL.INI file. Note. Duplicate Material Names are not allowed in this table. Name/Column Rough Milling Speed (MPM): Finish Milling Speed (MPM): Rough Turn/Bore Speed (MPM): Finish Turn/Bore Speed (MPM): Description ; The cutting speed in meters per minute for this material. Milling speed applies to rough and finish milling operations. ; The cutting speed in meters per minute for this material. Milling speed applies to rough and finish milling operations. ; The cutting speed in meters per minute for this material. Applicable for rough and finish turning and boring operations. ; The cutting speed in meters per minute for this material. Applicable for rough and finish turning and boring operations. Maintenance Updates & Useful Information Release (SEER-3D ) Additive Manufacturing Added Additive Manufacturing Process Group supports the following operations: Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Liquid Phase Laser Sintering (LPS)

33 Stereolithography (SLA) Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) Direct Energy Deposition (DED) Jetting Binder Jetting (BJ) Materia Jetting (MJ) 33 Machining Renamed UI sections and organized inputs to match SEER-MFG. Added user defined raw shape dimension inputs for all raw shape types. Added Additive Manufacturing to Material Origin list. Updated Deburr Length calculation to include material excess. Added Deburr Length Factor as an input to compute the Deburr Length. Renamed Cut Away Raw Stock to Cut Away Raw Stock (External) Added the End Mill Slot Rough operation to Cut Away Raw Stock (External) operation. Added a Cut Away Raw Stock (Internal) operation for removing internal cut out areas. Added part shadow projection to automatically compute cut away raw stock areas, volume and perimeters for both internal and external cut away areas. Updated the raw shape volume calculation for the irregular raw shape to use the projected shadow outline and bounding box depth. Changed irregular raw shape volume computation logic for Forging, Casting etc. to use material excess factor. Added the Bore Surface custom operation as part of Milling operations. When you click Ok to add a custom operation, the newly added operation has selected focus in the list of operations. Updated Tolerance options to list text or numeric values from the rules file. Allow user input of finished wt for poorly defined surface models Added a bounding box manipulator option to change box orientation Fixed missing material name after saving and reloading a session Fixed name change after loading a new environment Manufacturing Environments: Added Turn-Bore specific tolerance option. Added option to use names instead of values for tolerance levels if names are used, these shall appear in dropdown list in UI. Added High Tolerance machine details table. Added rough and finish speeds options for Milling and Turning. Added a material excess factor option for irregular raw shapes.

34 34 Misc Updates / Fixes Added file Name/Description to SEER-3D Title Bar Improved progress bar handling when processing large files Updated progress bar and UI to restrict starting additional commands while 3D is still processing. Updated the Save session option to create a single xml file rather than two. Release (SEER-3D ) Command Line Interface Added a command line interface for batch processing *.step files. Misc Updates / Fixes Fixed bug with certain files creating incorrect shadowing and no cut away dimensions. Upgrade Information Installation You do not have to uninstall earlier versions of SEER-3D to install/upgrade to The manufacturing environment rules file structure changed significantly in the SEER-3D release. Rule files created using earlier versions of SEER-3D will no longer be read into SEER-3D or earlier versions; they will need to be recreated/updated using the SEER-3D environment editor. Operating System Requirements SEER-3D is supported on 64bit windows operating systems: Windows 10, 8, 7. SEER-MFG Requirements SEER-3D is compatible with SEER-MFG 8.1 or higher.

35 Hardware Requirements Intel Pentium 4 processor family or higher with 64bit architecture. A Multi-core system is recommended for better performance; or comparable non-intel processor. Graphic card with drivers supporting OpenGL 2.1 or later. 35