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Goal of this tutorial

  • Learn how to activate the Support Reduction function

  • Learn how the Support Reduction impacts the design

  • Usage of different Support Reduction modes

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All surfaces on which a boundary condition is applied can be selected directly as an interface with the “Select Faces from Loads and Boundary Conditions” button. The Boundary Condition surfaces will be highlighted and can be selected/deselected. With “Apply” the Non-Design Space Thickness, Machining Allowance and if available Offset Distance values will be applied to the selected surfaces.

  • In this case an Non-Design Space Thickness of 3 mm and a Machining Allowance of 1 mm is entered.

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For the modes Reactive and Active the Intensity can be influenced as an additional option. The default value for the intensity is

Mode

Command

Passive

schedule.prefabricated.supportReductionMode = passive

Reactive

schedule.prefabricated.supportReductionMode = reactive

schedule.prefabricated.supportReductionIntensity = 3

Active

schedule.prefabricated.supportReductionMode = active

schedule.prefabricated.supportReductionIntensity = 3

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