Defining the Design Area for Topology Optimization

You can define the Design Area to denote the set of elements that might be removed during the topology optimization. In contrast you can define frozen areas that remain unchanged.

This task shows you how to:

Define the Design Area in Tosca Structure.gui

  1. Select DV_TOPO in the Tree View.
    The DV_TOPO menu appears on the right.
  2. In the EL_GROUP menu, set EL_GROUP to DESIGN_ELEMENTS.
  3. Click Create.