Plain-language guide

How to use this site

Use the site for a quick first check before spending time on detailed CAD, simulation, or manufacturing work.

New here? Start with Describe Your Part. Type what you are making in normal words, include the important sizes and conditions, and the site will choose the relevant screening checks.

Choose the easiest path for your goal

Visual

3D Playground

Use this to explore lattice shapes, change density and material, and see estimated properties update.

Open playground
Advanced

Analysis

Use this when you already know the inputs and want direct control over the JSON sent to each model.

Open analysis

The simplest walkthrough

1

Say what you are making

Name the part or shape, material, important dimensions, and what it must handle.

Stainless steel bracket, 80 mm wide, 40 mm tall, 5 mm thick. Will it survive a 2 kN bending load?
2

Click Analyze

The site reads the description, shows what it understood, and runs the checks that match your request.

3

Check the interpretation first

Before trusting the numbers, confirm the material, shape, dimensions, and analysis type shown under “What I understood.” Rewrite the description if anything is wrong.

4

Use the result as a first filter

A positive result means the idea is worth exploring further. A warning or tradeoff means you should change the design or investigate it with detailed engineering tools.

What the common result labels mean

Printable

No obvious LPBF rule was broken by the simple geometry and material checks. It is not a guarantee that a real printer will produce the part successfully.

Targets Met

The lattice model found a combination that meets both minimum stiffness and porosity requests.

Tradeoff Required

The requested goals fight each other. For example, more stiffness usually requires more solid material and therefore less porosity.

Safety Factor

A larger number means more estimated margin in the simplified structural model. The required margin depends on the real application and governing standards.

Tips for a useful description

What this site does not replace

This is an early-design screening tool, not an engineering sign-off. Final parts still need appropriate CAD review, process-specific material data, mesh repair, detailed FEA or CFD where needed, testing, and manufacturing validation.