{"id":252048,"date":"2023-03-01T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T09:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-apply-element-birth-death-to-simulate-additive-manufacturing-2\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T09:40:02","slug":"how-to-apply-element-birth-death-to-simulate-additive-manufacturing-2","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-apply-element-birth-death-to-simulate-additive-manufacturing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to apply Element Birth &amp; Death to simulate additive manufacturing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM\">Hi all, I&#8217;m in need of assistance writing\/understanding the code as a rookie for the Element Birth &amp; Death technique for my model that I want to simulate additive manufacturing (Laser cladding). 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