{"id":371597,"date":"2024-07-12T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T08:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/increase-the-number-of-time-step-points-in-ansys-additive-for-ded-simulation\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T08:35:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T08:35:12","slug":"increase-the-number-of-time-step-points-in-ansys-additive-for-ded-simulation","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/increase-the-number-of-time-step-points-in-ansys-additive-for-ded-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase the Number of Time Step Points in ANSYS Additive for DED Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hello,&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I am working on a Directed Energy Deposition (DED) simulation using ANSYS Additive Suite. I am following the example provided in the ANSYS documentation for a racetrack DED simulation. I have set the time steps as shown in the provided image.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/12-07-2024-1720773054-mceclip6.png\" width=\"949\" height=\"301\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/12-07-2024-1720773145-mceclip8.png\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;However, my simulation results are not following the specified substep order. Instead, I am only getting a very few time step points , shown in the image.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/12-07-2024-1720772616-mceclip2.png\" width=\"1025\" height=\"535\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/12-07-2024-1720772711-mceclip3.png\"><\/div>\n<div>How can I change the time steps to get more detailed results instead of only getting results at particular intervals as highlighted in the above image(For time step : 7.001,9.334,10.113&#8230;)? For example if i need to get a temperature result for every one second (For example at time step 1,2,3,4,&#8230;.) or for every 5 second, How can i do it.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-371597","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-AdditiveManufacturingModule-1","topic-tag-ansysworkbench-ansys-staticstructural","topic-tag-3DTransientThermal-1","topic-tag-ansys-transient-thermal-2","topic-tag-DEDsimulation-1","topic-tag-mechanical"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["73007","88"],"_bbp_author_ip":["141.43.127.206"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["335"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["371597"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["88","73007"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["373581"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["373581"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-07-25 10:38:31"]},"test":"mashettyb-tu-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/371597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/371597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}