The image shows the overall workflow of Generative Design.
A Design always starts with the preparation of the geometry. This step can be donen in a CAD program or directly in MSC Apex Generative Design. In a next step the prepared geometry will be modified to become part of the optimization model. This happens in the “Model Tab” of MSC Apex Generative Design. The Nondesign spaces are created and defined in this step as well as all the static boundary conditions.