Optimise geometry

by leslie dean brown

Dec 20, 2015

Firstly, I am amazed at how simple Scan and Solve is to use.

Well done on that front!

I would really love to see the ability to dynamically change the geometry over several iterations based on the FEA results I am seeing.

Some people are calling this "evolutionary topology". Others call it "structural optimisation". I first saw an example of this back in about 1999 and it blew me away...

Here are a few examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPFFSpeNR9A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gZokNyFe5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-DBpMKxKQc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xXrm-7C8bA

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    Scan&Solve

    Yes,  of course.  A proper technical term is "topology optimization".    It is not that difficult to implement.   In fact,  it can be done using SnSScript.   However,  using such technics is not all that simple.   One needs to know how to control the process, when and how it fails, etc.      Simplicity (of use) is anything but simple!   We do have something related in the works.  So stay tuned ...  

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    Dec 24, 2015

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      leslie dean brown

      I am wondering how you are getting along with this a year down the track?


      I found solidThinking Inspire software that can already do this, but quite frankly their support isn't great.

      Jan 9, 2017