Input

Action

desvar

Name for the design variable

nodes / set

nodes: Select surface or edge nodes that are to form part of the free shape design space.

Input

Action

desvar

Name for the design variable

nodes / set

nodes: Select surface or edge nodes that are to form part of the free shape design space.

Input

Action

desvar

Name for the design variable

direction

Choose a direction constraint. You can choose to allow the structure to grow only, to shrink only or not to enforce any direction constraints (default).

smoothing method

Choose between optimized for speed or optimized for accuracy

options

Select this checkbox to display further options

nsmooth

Enter the desired number of smoothing layers.

mvfactor

Enter the initial maximum perturbation factor.

Input

Action

desvar

Name for the design variable

draw type

Select none or single

Input

Action

desvar

Name for the design variable

pattern type

Select none or 1-pln sym

Input

Action

desvar

Name for the design variable

constraint type

Select fixed, vector or planar

Input

Action

desvar

Name for the design variable

Button

Action

create

Create the design variable.

edit

Only appears when "set" is selected. Opens the Entity Sets panel to update the selected set.  

reject

Revert the most recent changes.

review

Review the design variable in the graphic area.

update

Update the design variable with the most recent changes.

return

Exit the panel.