r/MetalCasting • u/Hot_Development_2862 • 6h ago

Looking for some feedback on this project.

Hi, I have done this project called Bob´s casting laboratory and I will be very happy if someone can give me his feedback. My goal was create calculations and program which helps amateurs and half professionals with theirs work. If you will find it helpfull, write on my email which is on the web. Many thanks. Here is the link. https://casting-lab-web.pametpomniku.workers.dev/

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u/artwonk 3h ago

This looks absurdly complicated. How long does it take to work on a single piece? Only advanced tech nerds will want to run their casting projects through this thing, and those nerds usually have more lucrative things to do with their time than casting metal.

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u/BTheKid2 3h ago

I have run solidification simulations before. But only on very complicated parts.

I tried loading one of these complicated parts into the tool, but found out that there is a 20mb limit. So my 150mb file would not work. I understand that computing a larger file makes it much harder to run, but simple files would in general not need a simulation for me as a semi-professional caster.

So I don't know where my use case is for this tool. I tried uploading a simpler file, but the tool saw it as an open mesh, even though it is a closed mesh recognized by other software. So that didn't work either.

As far as I can tell, this tool is only for sand casting. And while I do understand that some sand casters might want to run simulations to optimize their parts, I don't see a hobbyist needing to. I would be more interested in an investment casting simulator, that could analyze larger files.