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You can find all relevant data for this tutorial in the Example folder! ("C:\Program Files\MSC.Software\MSC Apex Generative Design\2019\Examples")
CAD Preparation: To use the symmetry function, the model must be centered in the coordinate origin along the symmetry plane.
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- Activate the option design space for the relevant stl file. Only one volume can be selected as such.
- In this case: Bridge - design-1
Step 3: Definition of boundary conditions
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- Choose the design type normal
- Enter the optimization goal stress: 50 MPa
- Set the symmetry settings: XYZ-Axis Plane and Z-Axis. The X-Axis symmetry constraint is used to span a plane along the y- and z-axes in the coordinate origin.
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- XY-Plane
- Open Result File Formats. The following result files should be activated:
- stl File: results of each iteration in stl file format
- stl Files Intersected: result of each iteration intersected with the design space in stl file format
- ply Files with Stress: results with the information of stresses of each iteration (must be activated to show the results in the Visualization space)
- ply Files with Displacement: results with the information of displacements of each iteration (must be activated to show the results in the Visualization space)
- More information on result file formats here
All Inputs can be viewed and checked in the configuration file. The file should look like this.
Please make sure only one .amendate file is in your project folder.
- You can always change the design type, stress and solverMaxMemory to influence the results and try out different options. You can find further information here.
Step 5: Save the project
Step 6: Starting the optimization and visualizing the results
If all data are correct, the optimization can be started and tracked in the results area.
All result iterations are displayed as soon as they are available. The progress of the optimization can also be monitored via the AMendate log file. Furtheremore you are able to stop the optimization in this selection area. A restart however is not possible.
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The legend can be influenced using the slider. The function "Automatically set to local minimum and maximum" considers the stressesof stresses of each iteration and sets the values from the current iteration.
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