Add de-mold controls to ensure that the optimized design is
manufacturable and can be extracted from a mold.
To access the De-mold Control
PropertyManager:
- From a Topology study tree, right-click Manufacturing
Controls, and click Specify De-mold
Direction.
Application of geometric controls prevents the formation of undercuts and
cavities and ensures that the optimized shape can be extracted from a mold.
De-mold Direction
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Mid-plane (both directions) |
Select one of these options:
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Determine central mid-plane automatically
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The optimization module determines the optimal position
of the middle plane. The optimized component can be
pulled out of a mold in both directions away from the
middle plane.
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Select plane for direction
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Pull direction only |
The "pull direction"is the direction in which the two
halves of a mold separate or the direction in which a stamping tool
moves. |
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Stamping (pull direction only) |
If the optimization algorithm removes an element from the
structure, it also removes all the elements behind or in front
of the element (with respect to the edge vector indicating the
pull direction). For example, an optimized crane hook model with
a stamping control is shown. |
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Select edge to define the direction
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Select the edge vector indicating the pull
direction. |
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Reverse direction
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Reverses the pull direction. |
Usually, it is better to carry out the optimization without manufacturing
restrictions first, and then to perform a second optimization with manufacturing
restrictions.