About Autodesk® Netfabb®

Applies to 2021.0 Update and later

Autodesk® Netfabb® is a software application tailored for additive manufacturing in various methods. With it, you can repair, arrange, orient, and prepare three-dimensional files, be they tessellated (triangle mesh) or parametric (CAD), and produce slice and print data. To help with these tasks, Netfabb provides tools and functions for viewing, editing, repairing, supporting, and analyzing three-dimensional mesh files or slice-based files in various formats.

Typical application scenarios

Feature comparison

Netfabb is available in three subscriptions, Standard, Premium, and Ultimate. Additionally, if any of the respective installations are run without a license, or past their trial periods, they switch to a free, basic version that is just called Netfabb. The following table compares the versions.

Note: The listed features are all cumulative towards Netfabb Ultimate.
Netfabb Netfabb Standard Netfabb Premium Netfabb Ultimate

File handling

Import and export mesh files

Import and export CAD files

Mesh editing

Edit and repair meshes

Preserve parametric information from CAD files wherever possible and/or applicable

Machine-specific slicing

Generate buildfiles for various resin photopolymerisation and selected polymer powderbed machines

Generate buildfiles for additional binder-jetting, laser-sintering, and resin photopolymerisation machines

Generate buildfiles for a large range of metal powderbed machines

Define and apply custom toolpath strategies from toolpath-generating functions

Machine-agnostic slicing

Read and view slice information

Freely generate and process machine-agnostic slicing information with contour and hatching paths, optionally assign exposure parameters, and export to formats like CLI and PNG

Apply custom toolpath generators ("EBPA", "Encrypted Buildstyle Post-processing Archive")

Develop and administrate EBPAs

Support structure generation

Generate support structures as permitted by selected machine

Generate support structures without machine limitations

Generate lattice-based volume support and optimize it though simulation

Latticing

Use latticing with certain machines

Use latticing without machine restriction

Use unrestricted, adaptive volume and surface latticing, define your own lattice topologies and transitions

Simulation and iterative optimization

Perform iterative topology and lattice topology optimization, and limited thermo-mechanical simulation of metal powderbed fusion processes

Automation

Automate Netfabb via Lua scripting

Use Lua functions to accept and execute tasks from a network-residing task server, and return task results to it; also, host a task server

Online collaboration

Access Autodesk Cloud online storage for collaboration and sharing, access "local cloud" network storage (requires active Fusion 360 subscription)

Host "local cloud" network storage

An additional, separate product, Autodesk® Netfabb® Local Simulation, provides unlimited thermo-mechanical simulation of metal powderbed fusion processes.