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Goal of this tutorial
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Training:
Relevant data for this tutorial:
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This Tutorial is based on the previous Tutorial for the Manufacturing Method: Casting. With some modifications it is possible to create Casting Regions. A Casting Region defines casting specific settings (e.g. draw direction / tapering angle) for separate regions of the Design Space.
Step 1: Open existing casting project
Open the already set up casting project of the Triple Clamp.
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Step 2: Define Casting Regions
To define Casting Regions additional volumes have to be defined an exported. In this case we want to create one Casting Region on the left-hand side and another on the right-hand side.
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Two solids are created which are renamed to Solid 1 & Solid 2:
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Step 3: Add Advanced User Settings - Casting Regions settings
The already defined settings for the previous casting optimisation are kept. These define the Casting optimisation as well as two draw directions with a tapering angle of 5°. This time positive Z-direction and negative Y-direction are defined as Draw directions.
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There is no limitation in the number of draw directions (tools) and Casting Regions (toolRegions). Several draw directions can be linked to one Casting Region. |
Step 4: Export of the optimisation scenario & casting regions
The optimisation scenario is exported to a freely selectable folder.
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Into the same folder the created Casting Regions are exported as a .stl file. (Attention: The unit system has to be in meters!)
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Step 5: Command line optimisation start
Now, inside the exported folder the optimisation input (configuration file & geometry files) as well as the manual created Casting Regions can be found:
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After pressing enter the optimisation starts in the command line.
Step 6: Quick modification of the optimisation set-up
By opening the configuration file (.json) the optimisation parameters and the casting set-up can be modified easily.
In the tool section additional tools can be added and linked to the toolRegion. Each tool can be one draw direction with a specified tapering angle.
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Step 7: Post Processing & Visualisation of the results
The optimisation results are saved in an additional subfolder with a timestamp.
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