Output of initial shell thickness before Freesize optimization

Andreas Ruf
Andreas Ruf New Altair Community Member
edited March 2021 in Community Q&A

Dear Sir or Madam,

is it possible to write initial shell thickness information before the first freesize optimization to h3d result files? With my current settings in Version 2017 I only get element thickness results which are already modified by the iterations. Thank you.

Best regards,

Andreas Ruf

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  • Adriano Koga_20259
    Adriano Koga_20259 New Altair Community Member
    edited March 2021

    Hi @Andreas Ruf 

     

    the initial values are computed in Iteration 0 of your free-size optimization. They are written by deafult to the H3D file.

    Depending on your constraints, the initial thickness might be different to your original thicknesses. (i.e: volume fraction constraint of 30%, would force a 30% initial volume, thus affecting initial thicknesses).

     

  • Andreas Ruf
    Andreas Ruf New Altair Community Member
    edited March 2021

    Hi,

    Sorry I think I didn't post my question precisely. I was looking for an option to output the original thicknesses into h3d, additionally. This would help me to compare the changes made by the optimization to the original state without separately loading this model into the postprocessor. Thanks.

     

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