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Step 1: Connect to Nexus

Select the Nexus Connect button and sign in with your credentials.

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Step 2: Create a project

Create a new Design & Additive Manufacturing project and enter the name of the project.

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Step 3: Material definition

Select a material from the materials list in Nexus.

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Step 4: Geometry import

Import your geometry base for the optimisation.

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Select the geometry as the Design Space.

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Step 6: Assign the material

The material selected material in the Nexus project is imported in the Apex GD GUI and is assigned . Assign it to the Design Space.

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Step 7: Optimisation preparation and runthrough

Please go to the GD-Bracket Tutorial and follow the instructions starting at Step 3 to setup the optimisation model and carry out the optimisation.

Step 8: Create solid geometry

Select the Smooth Geometry of the last iteration and use the Transfer Design Candidate Shape to pre processing button to create the Nurbs geometry.

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Use the Design Space including the Machining Allowances and the solid Design Candidate to carry out an intersection. The resulting geometry is the Print Geometry as a solid file.

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Step 9: File upload

Right click on the Print Geometry part and select Sync with Nexus to upload this geometry to the active Nexus project.

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