The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods for tuning parameters associated with powder bed fusion processes of additive manufacturing, such as laser sintering. Disclosed herein are methods for determining scanning strategies on the basis of information about the build material, additive manufacturing apparatus, and desired or intended features of the part.

Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for selecting among multiple application software modules by a bootloader of a welding or cutting system. Techniques described herein may include a bootloader component of a welding system to determine that more than one application software module is available for the welding system. A display device may be configured to display user interface components configured to allow user selection of one or more application software module. An input device may be configured to receive a selection of one of the one or more application software modules. A processor of the welding system may be configured to execute the selected one or more application software modules.