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I/O Options and Subcase Information Entry

DENSITY - Output Request

Description

The DENSITY command can be used in the I/O Options section to request density output for a topology optimization.

Format

DENSITY (format_list,type,topo) = option

Argument

Options

Description

format

<HM, H3D, OPTI, OP2, blank>

Default = blank

HM:

Results are output in HyperMesh results format (.res file).

H3D:

Results are output in Hyper3D format (.h3d file).

OPTI:

Results are output in OptiStruct results format (.dens file).

OP2:

Results are output in Nastran output2 format (.op2 file) (Comment 6).

blank:

Results are output in all active formats for which the result is available.

 

type

<ALL, DES>

Default = DES

ALL:

Results are output in all simulations.

DES, blank:

Results are only output in the design history simulations.


topo

<TOPO>

No default

TOPO:

Results are output only for Topology design elements. Density values for non-design elements in the model are not output. Currently available only for the OPTI (.dens) format.

 

option

<YES, ALL, NO,SID,NONE>

Default = YES

YES, ALL, blank:

Results are output.

SID:

Results are output for the specified set of elements (SID).

NO, NONE:

Results are not output.

Comments

1.When the DENSITY command is not present, density results are output.
2.Density results are only available for topology optimizations.
3.Outputting the density results in all simulations allows analysis results to be plotted on the density iso-surface in HyperView.
4.The frequency of this output is controlled by the DESIGN keyword on an OUTPUT definition or, if no OUTPUT definition exists with the DESIGN keyword, by the DENSRES I/O option.
5.Multiple formats are allowed on the same entry; these should be comma separated. If a format is not specified, this output control applies to all formats defined by the OUTPUT command, for which the result is available. See Results Output for information on which results are available in which formats.
6.Density results are reported as element strain energy in the .op2 file.
7.Multiple instances of this card are allowed; if instances are conflicting, the last instance dominates.

See Also:

I/O Options Section

I/O Options by Function

The Input File