Analysis

Analysis at every stage.

Most toolpath softwares check for problems at the end. By then, fixing them costs time, material, or both.Aibuild gives you a complete analysis pipeline — before slicing, after slicing, at the toolpath, and in simulation — so problems are caught where they're cheapest to fix: before you've committed to hardware.

Mesh Analysis
Analyse & Optimize
Quality Checks
Safety Checks
Thermal Analysis

Analyse & Optimize

Analyse and improve before the final toolpath

Overhang analysis

Identifies deposition angles in sliced paths at risk of failed deposition or poor surface quality.

Curvature analysis

Evaluates path curvature to flag areas where tight curves may affect print quality or machine motion.

Overlap analysis

Checks bead overlap between adjacent passes to identify regions where over- or under-overlap will affect surface finish and structural integrity.

Quality Metrics

Run practical checks and see exactly where issues occur — not just a pass/fail summary, but colour-coded overlays on the part itself.

Continuity

Breaks in deposition causing cold joints — measured as jumps per layer

Surface tolerance

Dimensional deviation from your target mesh

Porosity

Regions at risk of voids or incomplete material fusion

Cornering

Sharp turns at high speeds causing ringing or flow disruption

Overhang

Deposition angles at risk of failure or poor surface quality

Short lines

Tiny segments causing stop–start behaviour

Total travel time

Unnecessary cycle time from inefficient machine motion

Overlap

Bead overlap issues in the computed toolpath

Mesh Analysis

Assess CAD printability

Before you start slicing, use the Mesh Analysis tool to compare which path strategy works best for your input CAD. Spot high-risk regions early, choose the right build orientation, and select the slicing strategy most likely to succeed.

Cost, Weight & Print Time

Aibuild predicts part weight, material cost, and total print time directly from your toolpath — so you're not guessing at production economics before you start the machine.

Use these predictions in your optimisation loop: compare how different infill strategies affect weight, porosity risk, print time, and overall build quality, and choose the configuration that meets your engineering and production requirements before committing to a print.

Learn about multi-step optimization

Safety Checks

Simulate your toolpath on your actual machine model. Offending objects highlighted red, events marked on the toolpath simulation timeline, with a summary table on the right.

Reach analysis

Flags toolpath segments that fall outside your robot's reach envelope, highlighted in red. Identify and eliminate unreachable paths before export.

Wrist singularity

Identifies joint configurations that cause unpredictable or uncontrollable motion near singularity positions — a critical safety check for 6-axis robotic systems.

Collision checks

Detects contact between any combination of robot, extruder, part, bed and other machine components — throughout your build process. If a collision event is detected, the timeline will have an event added and the colliding bodies are highlighted in red.

Axis limits

Flags toolpath segments where joint angles would exceed your machine's axis limits — preventing motion faults and mechanical stress before they happen.

Workspace

Identifies regions of the toolpath that fall outside your defined workspace boundaries — ensuring the complete toolpath fits within your machine's operational envelope.

Thermal Analysis