There are many ways to perform an optimization. This tutorial walks you through one example of setting up a model to optimize, setting up the optimization, creating a mesh, running an optimization study, exploring the results, and using the results to construct a new, optimized model.

The tutorial consists of several topics. Work on them in the order in which they appear in the Related Links.

To get started, you can watch a video that shows a basic workflow for Topology Optimization.