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Material spreading for topology optimization

I am designing a component with topology optimization through Inspire. I don’t know how to set the amount of reticulation of the component. I don’t know how to call it, in other softwares It’s called Material Spreading.

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Adriano_Koga

Thanks for the quick reply. The only thing I can do is adding some pictures from other softwares that I used in the past for topology optimization. I would like to regulate the complexity of the shape of the product I am optimizing.

this is most likely what we call 'maximum member size' or 'maximum thickness' in OptiStruct and Inspire.

its function is to avoid a large amount of material in a single zone.

Sorry about the picture in portuguese, but this should help you to avoid large blocky parts.

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Adriano_Koga

can you add some pcitures of what are you trying to get from it? honestly i don't know this term.

Alessandro Giustina

Thanks for the quick reply. The only thing I can do is adding some pictures from other softwares that I used in the past for topology optimization. I would like to regulate the complexity of the shape of the product I am optimizing.

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Adriano_Koga

Thanks for the quick reply. The only thing I can do is adding some pictures from other softwares that I used in the past for topology optimization. I would like to regulate the complexity of the shape of the product I am optimizing.

this is most likely what we call 'maximum member size' or 'maximum thickness' in OptiStruct and Inspire.

its function is to avoid a large amount of material in a single zone.

Sorry about the picture in portuguese, but this should help you to avoid large blocky parts.

Alessandro Giustina

Ok, very clear, thank you very much !