Feb 27, 2011 - We will set the label as follow: built in on le left, to be optimised on the middle ... computation time but can led to a dead end or calculation error.
Initial tutorial for NextShape The purpose of this document is to explain the environment of NextShape through a simple example of a cantilever.
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General interface
File save, load
Drawing area
Optimization area
Optimisation area is the component which will guide you along the optimization process. There are 5 steps in the optimisation process: 1) Boundary 2) Mesh Generation 3) Initial Reference 4) Optimization 5) Post Production Do not forget the step zero: having in mind a problem to study! In all step there are blue and red area. Blue are essential element that need to be done, whereas red area are specialised step that are not required for a first glimpse of NextShape. In this tutorial we will focus on blue area. Each red area will be the object of a specific tutorial.
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Boundary Step In this step you should draw the boundary of the shape that will be optimised.
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Click on the interface as follow:
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Click 1: Select the edit tool polyline. It’s the tool used to draw the contour. Click 2 to 5: indicate the border in order. The polyline should not self intersect. You can finish by esc or by clicking on the first point of the border.
The screen should look like the picture above. You can add a hole just by drawing internal border.
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Mesh Generation Step In this step you will tell to the software what to do with each border. And then generate the mesh. (The mesh is the interpretation of the geometry needed by the finite element analysis, from mesh quality depend the computation time and the precision of the result). Border can be of 4 type call “label”: “Fixedandbuiltin” (the default one) the fixed mean that the border will not be optimised, the built in mean that the border is rigidly link and is not allow to move under the load. “Optimised” mean that the border will be optimised. There is neither load nor built in condition to an optimised boundary. “Fixed” mean that the border will not be optimised. There is neither load nor built in condition. “FixedAndLoaded” the fixed mean that the border will not be optimised. Loaded mean that this border support a load (floor load, load from other member, …) You need to apply one “Fixedandbuiltin”, one “Optimised” and one “FixedAndLoaded”, in each study. We will set the label as follow: built in on le left, to be optimised on the middle and loaded on the right. For that select a label (the cursor will change), then click to the boundary and validate with enter. Select Label Select boundary
Once its done click on Mesh Generation a new mesh should be displayed in meshes and the mesh triangles should appear in white on the screen. Tutorial for NextShape: Initial tutorial (27/02/2011) http://nextshape.net76.net/
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Initial reference The idea behind NextShape is to start with a known shape to get an image of its performance, a mark. And then to use these mark as a reference points in order to always get the same performance. As the mark is compute by the software you don’t need to provide any loading value or stress parameter the information given previously (one shape which” works”) is enough. In mathematic word: these marks are use for calibrating objective function that the shape should fulfil during the optimisation process. (See “how it work” for more detail).By modifying these objectives you can direct the optimization process in a way or another. For example you can choose if you are more concerned with vertical or with horizontal load (see tutorial about step 3 for more detail). For this tutorial just click on “compute initial reference”, a new reference should be added in “References”. Reference can be edited on this step or on the next one.
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Optimization step In this step you should choose the mesh, the reference and the optimization parameter, that will be used in the optimization process. The optimization parameter will be set here. There is two values “number of step” and “initial speed”. Between each step the shape will be modified proportionally to the speed value until the maximum number of steep is reached. High speed will required less computation time but can led to a dead end or calculation error. Lower speed is safer but require more computation time (it’s like driving a car). Automatically the last mesh and the last reference are selected so you have nothing to do. Just click “Run Optimisation”. It can take some time according to your processor’s speed. If it takes too long you can cancel it and go to post production with the last computed steep.
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Post Production In this part you can navigate through the result and if you want, you can select those with interest to run a new calculation from them or to export them to other software.
Select the result and navigate through the different step by sliding the cursor. The colour blue corresponds to a needed material in order to resist vertical load, the colour red for horizontal and the green in the figure a mix between them.
This tutorial is finish. You can try any shape you want!
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