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The program starts and you can directly create your optimization optimisation model
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Step 2: Model generation
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Import/create the Design space including the Nondesign spacesin MSC Apex Generative Design 2020 as one solid. For this Bookshelf the already prepared Design space was imported.
Create the material in the Materials editor and assign it to the Design space
The specific values needed are the Young's Modulus (210e3 MPa), poisson Poisson ratio (0.3) and density (7.8e-6 kg/mm3)
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Nondesign spaceshave to be selected using the Optimization optimisation Tools. In this case the top plate is created as a Nondesign space with an offset of 3 mm and the three screw holes are being used with an offset of 2 mm for each.
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Active in Event1: Force-Moment 1, Constraint 1, Constraint 2 and Constraint 3
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Step 5: Definition of
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optimisation parameters
The optimization optimisation parameters are selected in the Studies Area as well.
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Don’t forget to save the project!
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Step 6: Starting the
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optimisation and visualizing the results
If all data is correct, the optimization optimisation can be started and tracked in the Post Processing. The Analysis Readiness function checks if all information are provided and the optimization optimisation can start.
All result iterations are displayed as soon as they are available. Furthermore, you are able to stop the optimization optimisation in this selection area. However, a restart is not directly possible.
The optimization optimisation is finished after 64 iterations (Shape Quality: Balanced).
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The Strut Densityinfluences the structures which are formed during optimizationoptimisation
The optimizations optimisations below show the influence of the Strut Density when nothing else is changed.
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The whole MSC Apex Generative Design 2020 project with all results can be downloaded here:
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