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• Import/create the Design Space including the Non-Design Spaces in MSC Apex Generative Design. For this Pedal the already prepared Design Space and Non-Design Spaces were imported.

• The CAD-file includes several solids.
  

• The file .. is used to split the upper surface

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• Thus, only one solid is supported for an optimisation, with a Boolean operation the solids can be merged to one. Activate Merge Solids as Cells to create partitions which can be used for Non-Design Spaces.

  

• Open the Design Space Tool in the Optimization Tools to select the imported Geometry as the Design Space. Activate the Symmetric Design Constraint and select the YZ XZ plane to set up the symmetric optimisation.

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• Non-Design Spaces have to be selected using the Non-Design Spaces Tools. In this case all already existing cells (partitions) can be selected.

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  The other solid of the pedal Pedal_body_1 is no longer needed and can be hidden or even deleted.

• Create the material Steel in the Materials editor and assign it to the Design Space. In this case the material behaviour is Isotropic.

• The specific values needed are the Young's Modulus (192372 MPa), Poisson ratio (0.3) and Density (7.97e-6 kg/mm³).

• The Tension Strength is the maximum allowable stress for the material and is set to 320 MPa.

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Step 3: Definition of boundary conditions

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