About Design Shapes

Design shapes are solid part bodies that are generated from the finite element model used by a shape optimization design improvement study. Topology design improvement studies are run in Design Exploration.

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Creating a Design Shape

During each design cycle of a shape optimization study, the app adjusts the nodes on the surfaces of the design space to reshape those surfaces to best meet your objectives. Once the study has converged on a solution or the maximum number of cycles has been reached, you can view the results as a contour plot. The plot shows how surfaces within the design space were changed.

You can generate a 3D shape from the finite element model. Once you have generated the new shape it can be used like any other 3D shape created by a model app.