Validating the Concept Shape

You can validate that a concept shape satisfies the constraints of the optimization and belongs to the scope of the validation case.

Before you begin: Open the Shape Optimization assistant. See Performing an Optimization Using the Shape Optimization Assistant.
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About Additional Analyses Steps
  1. From the Concept section, select Concept validation.
    All available concept shapes and created shape scenarios are listed.
  2. Select the shape validation and click one of the following commands:
    OptionDescription
    New Shape ValidationCreates a scenario. A new Shape Validation column appears.
    Delete Shape ValidationDeletes a scenario. You can also delete unused associated concept shapes and splitting surfaces that are not pointed by other shape validations.
    Duplicate Shape ValidationDuplicates an existing scenario. All specifications are kept and the new scenario is automatically selected.
    Rename Shape ValidationRenames the scenario.
    Delete Concept ShapeDeletes the concept shape.
  3. Optional: Select the pointed shape.