To Create a Strain Energy Design Constraint
1. Click
Home >
Design Constraint. The
Design Constraint dialog box opens.
2. In the Name box, type a name for the design constraint.
3. To change the color used for the design constraint, click
, and select a color in the
Color Editor dialog box.
4. To define the physical feature to use as a constraint, in the Response type box, select Strain Energy (SENERGY).
5. To define the portion of the model to which the design constraint applies, next to Constraint target, do one of the following:
◦ To apply the design constraint to the entire model, select the Entire Model check box.
◦ To apply the design constraint to only a portion of the model, clear the Entire Model check box, and then do the following:
▪ To include items in the optimization for this design constraint, click the Volumes, Components collector, and then select volumes or components to optimize.
▪ To exclude regions from the optimization for this design constraint, click the Excluded regions collector, and select volume regions to exclude.
6. To select analyses that correspond to the design constraint, in the Analysis box, click the arrow, and select the check boxes of the analyses to include in the design constraint.
7. Under Constraint Bounds, type a value for Lower Bound and Upper Bound.
8. Select an option for Bound Type:
◦ Actual—Use the actual value as the constraint bounds.
◦ Scale of initial—Use a percentage of the initial response value as the constraint bounds.
9. Click OK.