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Goal of this tutorial
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Import/create the Design Space including the Non-Design 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 (192372 MPa), Poisson ratio (0.3) and Density (7.97e-6 kg/mm3)
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Open the Optimization Tools to select the imported Geometry as the Design Space
Non-Design Spaceshave to be selected using the optimisation Tools. In this case the top plate is created as a Non-Design Spaces with an offset of 1 mm and the three screw holes are being used with an offset of 3 mm for each.
Next the Machining Allowances are for the functional surfaces are being defined with the Machining Allowance Tool. For this Geometry a value of 1 mm was chosen. How much Material Allowance is necessary, depends on the dimensions of the part and the manufacturing process/machine.
The top plate can directly be selected.
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For the screw holes all functional surfaces have to be selected at once. Therefore, the flash is deactivated and all surfaces are selected and confirmed as in the picture below:
For the next steps, the Non-Design Spaces as well as the Machining Allowances are hidden.
Create the material in the Materials editor and assign it to the Design Space
The specific values needed are the Young's Modulus (192372 MPa), Poisson ratio (0.3) and Density (7.97e-6 kg/mm3)
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Step 3: Definition of boundary conditions
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In this case one force is defined (on the top plate):
Name | Force/Moment/Pressure/Gravity | Direction | Value in N |
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Force - Moment 1 | Force on cell | z | -1000 |
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Three constraints are created and attached on the Non-Design Spaces:
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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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