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Create the material in the Materials editor and assign it to the Design Space. In this case the material behaviour is Isotropic.
The specific values needed are the Elastic Modulus (192e3 MPa), Poisson’s Ratio (0.3) and Density (7.97e-6 kg/mm3).
The Tension Strength is the maximum allowable stress for the material and is set to 320 MPa.
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All boundary conditions must be assigned to the specific load cases, which are defined as Events. The number of Eventscan be changed by adding/deleting Eventsto the GD Scenario. The assignment of the boundary conditions to the Eventscan be made in the Loads & Constrains Window. The already created loads and constraints that concern the Design Space are listed in this window and can be activated for each Eventindividually.
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If all data is correct, the optimisation can be started and tracked in the Post Processing. The Analysis Readiness function checks if all information is provided and the optimisation can start.
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The optimisation is finished after 64 iterations (Shape Quality: Balanced).
You can check the status of the optimisation in the GD Status and get more information on Warning and Error messages. This can be done directly in the Post-Processing as well as in the Studies tab for an optimisation that has already run.
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Step 8: Visualization of Stresses & Displacements
Inside the Post-Processing the von Mises stress and the displacements are visible for all iterations and for every Event
The Scale can be influenced individually
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The whole MSC Apex Generative Design project with all results can be downloaded here: Coming Soon!
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How the Complexity, Keep-Non-Design Spaces function and Event Specific Safety Factors influence the design is covered in the second part of the Tutorial: Generative Design - GD-Bracket Part 2
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