How we understand Geometry

For the optimisation we define different areas of the geometry. These are mainly Design and Non-Design Spaces.

The Design Space is the most important space and complies with the imported/created solid CAD geometry. It includes any space where material is allowed to be or has to be, to provide maximal freedom for the algorithm. If the Design Space is limited, so is the optimisation algorithm and the optimisation potential is reduced.

The Non-Design Space contains the necessary geometries of the part. Any part for which you need a clearly defined geometry should be a Non-Design Space. Non-Design Space have to be own solids/geometries which are covered from the Design Space.

Void Spaces are spaces within your part where no material is allowed to be and free space for example for other parts of the assembly is needed. These can be created by subtracting solids/geometries from the Design Space.

Intersections are necessary after each optimisation to get the defined surfaces of the Non-Design Spaces. The intersection is done automatically for every iteration and can be seen in the Post Processing.