Viewing Results

  1. Under Results, double-click Material Mass 1(-Material Mass).

    The Material Mass PropertyManager plots isovalues of the elements' relative mass densities. Elements with higher mass densities are considered solid, and they must remain in the "optimized" shape. Elements with lower mass densities are considered "soft" and can be removed. Move the slider under Display to the rightmost position Light to plot only elements with mass densities close to 1 (must keep). Move the slider to the leftmost position Heavy to plot all elements. The color chart option of the material mass plot is set to Optimized for Material Mass. Red and green colors are removed from the material mass plot color scale to better assist color-blind users when viewing the plot.

    The default position of the slider plots all elements with relative mass densities larger than 0.3. The remaining mass of the plate (at the default slider position) measures 25.56 Kg which equals to 52% of the original mass of 49.06 kg.

  2. Click Calculate Smoothed Mesh .
    The program creates smooth surfaces of the optimized shape so that the final design is ready to manufacture.
  3. Click .
    To save the smoothed mesh into a new configuration, or a new part, right-click Material Mass1 (-Material Mass), and click Export Smoothed Mesh.