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Import/create the Design Space including the Non-Design Spaces in MSC Apex Generative Design. For this Bracket theDesign Spacewas imported.
The CAD-file includes several solids. The desired Design Space, as well as the dummy part for an electric motor and the needed screws to connect the parts. The latter ones are the Retained Volumes which will be used later on in the model set up.
Open the Design Space Tool in the Optimization Tools to select the imported Geometry as the Design Space.
Create the material Steel, PA12 and Aluminium in the Materials editor. Assign PA12 to the Design Space, Aluminium to the electric motor housing and Steel for the screws.
The specific values needed are the Young's Modulus, Poisson ratio and Density.
The Tension Strength is the maximum allowable stress for the material.
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Name | Direction |
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Constraint 1 | x, y, z (=0) |
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Step 4: Interface Creation
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After the selection click Create Configuration and Apply Configuration. The GD Configuration 1 and the corresponding Generative Design Part 1 are created. If you right-click on the Configuration object and choose edit, you can validate or change your selection. It should look like this:
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Attention:
The Generative Design Part 1 is a copy of the initial Design Space. Thus, the initial Design Space can be hidden.
Boundary Conditions which have been attached to the Design Space and not to a Retained Volume need to be re-applied to the new Generative Design Part 1!
Step 6: Definition of Events (load cases)
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Active in Event1: Force-Moment 1 and all Constraints
Active in Event2: Force-Moment 2 and all Constraints
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Step 7: Definition of optimisation parameters
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