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Thermal Strain in Additive Print calculates localized heating on a point by point basis within every scan vector within every layer of a build and generates localized strain variations that are provided to a mechanics solution. Strain ratcheting is described in the user manual. Workbench Additive, on the other hand, uses a lumped layer approach where an entire collection of physical layers are heated at once instead of point by point. This provides a very useful approximation that allows a detailed material analysis without taking the time to calculate every individual point. It is worth noting that Scan Pattern and Assumed Uniform strain modes in Additive Print do not perform thermal analysis.