About the Topology Optimization User Interface
On the
Applications tab, click
Topology Optimization to open the
Creo Topology Optimization tool.
Home tab
• Model Setup
◦ Loads
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Force/Moment—Creates a force/moment load.
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Pressure—Creates a pressure load.
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Gravity—Creates a gravity load.
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Centrifugal—Creates a centrifugal load.
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Temperature—Creates a structural temperature load.
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Heat—Creates a heat load.
◦ Constraints
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Displacement—Creates a displacement constraint.
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Planar—Creates a planar constraint.
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Pin—Creates a pin constraint.
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Ball—Creates a ball constraint.
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Prescribed Temperature—Creates a prescribed temperature constraint.
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Convection Condition—Creates a convection condition constraint.
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Surface Region—Creates a surface region.
◦ Volume Region
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Extrude—Uses an extrude for the volume region.
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Revolve—Uses a revolve for the volume region.
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Sweep—Uses a sweep for the volume region.
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Helical Sweep—Uses a helical sweep for the volume region.
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Blend—Uses a blend for the volume region.
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Rotational Blend—Uses a rotational blend for the volume region.
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Swept Blend—Uses a swept blend for the volume region.
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Quilt—Uses a quilt for the volume region.
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Materials—Defines materials.
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Material Assignment—Assigns materials to a model or a volume.
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Material Orientations—Defines material orientations.
• Optimization Setup
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Analyses—Defines an FEM analysis.
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Topology Region—Creates a topology region.
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Design Objective—Creates a design objective.
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Design Constraint—Creates a design constraint.
• Mesh
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Mesh—Creates a mesh representation of the model made of finite elements.
◦ Control
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Maximum Element Size—Creates a maximum element size mesh control.
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Minimum Element Size—Creates a minimum element size mesh control.
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Hard Point—Creates a hard point mesh control.
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Hard Curve—Creates a hard curve mesh control.
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Hard Surface—Creates a hard surface mesh control.
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Edge Distribution—Creates an edge distribution mesh control.
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Displacement Coordinate System—Creates a displacement coordinate system mesh control.
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Mapped Mesh—Creates a mapped mesh control.
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Mesh Numbering—Creates a mesh numbering control.
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Review Geometry—Reviews the geometry.
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Diagnostics—Shows diagnostics details while creating the mesh and running the model.
◦ Improve—Improves the quality of the finite element mesh.
◦ Check Elements—Checks the quality of the finite element mesh.
◦ Review—Reviews the mesh components.
◦ Erase—Erases a mesh from memory.
◦ Open FEM Mesh—Retrieves a finite element mesh.
◦ Save FEM Mesh—Stores a finite element mesh.
• Optimization Study
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Optimization Study—Creates a topology optimization study.
• Close
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Close—Exit
Creo Topology Optimization.
Results tab
• Response Types
◦ Responses—Selects the response type to show its topology optimization results and analysis results.
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Topology Element Density ▪
Displacement ▪
Element Stress ▪
Element Strain ▪
Element Strain Energy ▪
Grid Stress ▪
Reaction Force ▪
Mode Shape ▪
Temperature ◦ Design Cycles slider and spin box—Shows the topology optimization results for the design cycle that corresponds to the cycle number. You can view the results one cycle at a time.
Density Isosurface—Available when
Topology Element Density is selected.
◦ Isosurfaces
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Isosurface—Shows the optimization study results as a topology density isosurface.
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Isosurface with Topology Region—Shows the topology region on top of the isosurface display in opaque color.
◦ Density Cutoff slider and spin box—Constructs the topology isosurface using this density value as the cutoff. A surface is generated throughout the model wherever the element density equals this cutoff value. The surface encloses all regions where the density is greater than the cutoff value.
• Response Options—Available when any response other than Topology Element Density is selected.
◦ Analysis—Selects an analysis that corresponds with the selected response.
◦ Component—Selects a response component.
◦ Modes—Selects the mode number of the natural frequency.
• Color Mesh
◦ Color Fills
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Filled Elements—Shows each element in a color based on the element’s result value.
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Filled Contours—Shows each element in a color based on the element’s result value, and fills in the contour lines based on grid result values.
◦ Element Masking Upper Cutoff slider and box—Hides elements that have a value above the upper cutoff.
◦ Element Masking Lower Cutoff slider and box—Hides elements that have a value below the lower cutoff.
• Deform Types—Available for structural and modal results
◦ Deform
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Undeformed—Shows the results without deformation.
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Static—Shows the results as a static deformed shape.
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Oscillate—Shows the results as a deformed shape that is animated by scaling the displacements with a sine wave.
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Ramp—Shows the results as a deformed shape that is animated by scaling the displacements with a sawtooth wave that ramps the displacement from zero to the scale factor.
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Show Undeformed Shape—Shows the undeformed results on top of the deformed shape.
• Display
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Hide Elements with No Value—Hides elements that were not included in the topology optimization.
◦ Section—Shows a cross section of the model at a cutting plane that is perpendicular to the selected axis.
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No Section—Shows the model without a cross section.
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X Direction—Shows a cross section that is perpendicular to the x-axis.
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Y Direction—Shows a cross section that is perpendicular to the y-axis.
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Z Direction—Shows a cross section that is perpendicular to the z-axis.
◦ Section Upper Cutoff slider—Shows a cross section of the model from the positive axis direction.
◦ Section Lower Cutoff slider—Shows a cross section of the model from the negative axis direction.
• New Model
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Tessellated Model Only—Creates the new optimized model to include facet features.
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Geometry Reconstruction—Creates the new optimized model to include a full b-rep (boundary representation) surface.
• Close
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Close—Closes the
Results tab.
In graphics toolbar
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Shading With Elements—Shows the model shaded and with finite element mesh.
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Shading—Shows the model shaded.
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Shading With Edges—Shows the model shaded and show edges.
Shortcut menus
Right-click a topology optimization study in the Model Tree to access shortcut menu commands:
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Delete—Deletes the topology optimization study.
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Run Optimization—Runs the topology optimization study.
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Abort Run—Stops running the optimization study.
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Show Status—Shows the status while the topology optimization study is running.
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Show Results—Loads the results of a topology optimization study.
• Propagate Geometry—Recreates the model geometry from the results of the topology optimization study.