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The project team successfully developed specific
geometries (canonical geometry, airfoil, bridge with five
supports, and C-section arch) for validating the distortion
and compensation tools.
Two of the software tools that were evaluated and
validated during the project— Autodesk Netfabb (formerly a
product of Pan Computing) and 3DSIM—are now commercial
offerings that provide the ability to simulate and mitigate
distortion. A third tool, from ESI, is currently in the beta
development stage.
The compensation tool developed by GE is now
available for free to America Makes members without
licensing requirements.