Next to the possibility to start the optimization optimisation from MSC Apex Generative Design User Interface, it is also possible to start an optimization optimisation via power shell ( command line (PowerShell) using the following information:
& 'C:\Program Files\MSC.Software\MSC Apex Generative Design\2020-737572\runGD_Engine.bat'
For this the in MSC Apex prepared model needs to Generative Design prepared optimisation Scenario can be exported into a seperate separate folder. After the export you can have a look at the folder and will find the stl files necessary as geometry inputs into the software as well as In this folder all necessary files for the optimisation are saved - the STL-files as geometry input and the configuration file. The configuration file constaints contains all information necessary of for the algorithm to run through the optimizationoptimisation and can be edited to change the optimisation parameter. Further information regarding the configuration file here.
To start the optimization a powershell needs to be opened. This can either be done by starting the powershell and navigating to the optimzation folder or directly in the optimization folder (shift+right MB). The algorithm is started using the command ….
This can be done locally or remotely on another server. It depends on the configuration file and the settings in here if the optimization is carried out on CPU or GPUBy executing the MSC Apex Generative Design Engine via command line inside this folder the optimisation can be done without any graphical user interface. The optimisation results are saved in the same folder as the input data and can be imported back into MSC Apex Generative Design to use the Post Processing.
How a command line optimisation can be executed is described here.