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Goal of this tutorial
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Training:
Relevant data for this tutorial:
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Import/create the Design Space including the Non-Design Spaces in MSC Apex Generative Design as one solid. For this Gripper the already prepared Design Space was imported.
Open the Optimization Tools to select the imported Geometry as the Design Space
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Material Assignment
Create Choose AlSi10Mg as the material in the Materials editor and assign it to the Design Space
The specific values needed are the Young's Modulus (72 000 MPa) and the Poisson ratio (0.34). The density is set to 2.7e-6 kg/mm3.
The Tension Strength is the maximum allowable stress for the material and is set to 460 MPa.
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Step 3: Definition of boundary conditions
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Select the Manufacturing Method: Metal AM
Selected the Failure Criterion: von Mises
Enter the Safety Factor: 15 (30.67 MPa)
Select the Strut Density: Medium
Select the Shape Quality: Fine Tune Balanced
Set the Complexity Setting: 6
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Three different strategies can be used which are described more detailed here. For the strategies Reactive and Active the Intensity can be influenced as an additional option. The default value for the intensity is 5.
In this case the Reactive Medium strategy with the default intensity is used.
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The build direction is set scenario specific and can be easily changed. for each scneario scenario Thus the PCS also rotates accordingly which influences not only the build direction for the Support Reduction but also the material orientation (Anisotropic Material Stiffness) and directional dependent Stress Goals.
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The optimisation is finished after 70 64 iterations (Shape Quality: Fine TuneBalanced).
Step 8: Visualization of Failure Criteria, Displacements etc.
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