Your FDM Parts Are Stronger Than Your Simulation Says They Are.

If you design and validate FDM/FFF parts, you already know the simulation problem.

General-purpose FEA treats your printed part like a uniform block of plastic. It ignores bead orientation, layer bonding, and toolpath geometry -- the very things that determine how your part actually performs. The result: prediction errors that routinely exceed 120%, forcing engineers into overbuilt designs or endless print-and-break cycles.

NoviPath takes a fundamentally different approach. It imports your actual toolpaths directly from GrabCAD Print Pro and pairs them with experimentally validated material cards -- so the simulation reflects how your part is really printed, not a simplified approximation.

IN THIS SESSION, YOU WILL LEARN:

• Why traditional FEA fails for FDM and how much accuracy you are actually leaving on the table
• How toolpath-aware simulation works and what makes it meaningfully more accurate
• A live walkthrough of the GrabCAD Print Pro + NoviPath integration (slice, import, simulate, optimize, print)
• A real case study showing 120% FEA error corrected to under 18% -- with a 40% lighter final part
• Supported materials: Nylon 12CF, Antero 800NA, Ultem 9085

RESULTS ENGINEERS ARE SEEING WITH NOVIPATH:

• 85% reduction in lead time
• 40% lower production costs
• 40% weight reduction on optimized parts

35% more FDM applications unlocked