Creating a Topology Study

You open the disk brake assembly and create a topology study to perform optimization of the inner disk, a single part.

The goal of the topology optimization is to reduce the mass of the disk by 75% while maintaining the largest possible stiffness for the optimized shape.
  1. Browse to drive letter:\Users\Public\Public Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS version\samples\Simulation Examples\Optimization\brake rotor.SLDASM and open the file.
    The Ready topology study has all the options predefined to run the study and view the results of this tutorial.
  2. Click New Study (Simulation CommandManager).
  3. In the Study PropertyManager:
    1. Under Design Insight, click Topology Study .
    2. Under Name, enter Optimization.
    3. Click .
  4. In the Topology Study PropertyManager, for Maximum Sized Model , from the graphics area, select the part of the assembly named design space.

    Select the Top view from the View Orientation (Heads-Up View toolbar).
  5. Click .
Both parts of the assembly have been assigned the material Alloy Steel from the SOLIDWORKS Material library.
The geometry of the disk part is the maximum allowed design space of the component that you seek to optimize. You can only perform topology optimization for only one single-body part at a time.