Workflow for Topology Optimization
When you use Creo Topology Optimization to analyze and optimize your model, you complete various activities in a certain order. The workflow that you develop depends on your design process, optimization goals, and your model. A typical workflow is described below.
1. Set up the model to apply real-world conditions, or use the setup from legacy models, other users, and so on.
◦ Loads
◦ Constraints
◦ Volume and surface regions
◦ Materials
2. Set up definitions for optimization.
◦ Structural, modal, and thermal analyses
◦ Topology regions, including fabrication constraints
◦ Design objectives
◦ Design constraints
3. Create a mesh.
4. Set up the topology optimization study.
◦ Design objectives
◦ Design constraints
◦ Topology regions
5. Run the topology optimization study. This could be time-consuming.
6. Explore the results of the study.
7. Construct a new model with optimized geometry based on the results.
◦ Tessellated model
◦ Full boundary representation (b-rep) model