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You can either create the geometry directly in MSC Apex Generative Design or import already existing files. You can import .xb, .xt, .step, and .sldprt files into the program.
Import/create the Design spaceSpace including the Nondesign spaces Non-Design Spacesin MSC Apex Generative Design 2020 as one solid. For this Bookshelf the already prepared Design spaceSpace was imported.
Create the material in the Materials editor and assign it to the Design spaceSpace
The specific values needed are the Young's Modulus (192372 MPa), Poisson ratio (0.3) and density Density (7.97e-6 kg/mm3)
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Nondesign spacesNon-Design Spaceshave to be selected using the optimisation Tools. In this case the top plate is created as a Nondesign spacesNon-Design Spaces with an offset of 1 mm and the three screw holes are being used with an offset of 3 mm for each.
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Three constraints are created and attached on the Nondesign spacesNon-Design Spaces:
Name | Direction |
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Constraint 1 | x, y, z (=0) |
Constraint 2 | x, y, z (=0) |
Constraint 3 | x, y, z (=0) |
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All boundary conditions must be assigned to the specific load cases, which are defined as Events. The number of Eventscan be changed by adding/deleting Eventsto the Meshless Generative Design Scenario. The assignment of the boundary conditions to the Eventscan be made in the Loads & Constrains Window. The already created loads and constraints that concern the Design spaceSpace are listed in this window and can be activated for each Eventindividually.
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All result iterations are displayed as soon as they are available. Furthermore, you are able to stop the optimisation in this selection area. However, a restart Restart is not directly possible.
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