Inspire Design Explorer - Gauge variables

Paulo_Liborio
Paulo_Liborio Altair Community Member
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Dear community,

I'm setting up a design of experiments study using Inspire Design Explorer but I'm missing a fundamental feature: gauge variable for parts defined by surfaces only.

They're not automatically available as design variables.

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There's no option to set it up from the Property Editor like some other variables:

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And although I managed to retrieve the thickness information through from the part Python property sheetThickness, I can't use it as a design variable:

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Any suggestion? I must be missing something…

HyperMesh isn't an option - the goal is to vary geometric parameters on top of the gauges. I would also like to avoid going into parametrized files in HyperStudy.

Thanks!

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  • GTT Adam
    GTT Adam
    Altair Employee

    Hi @Paulo_Liborio,

    You are correct in that parameters under the Mass Properties heading do not look to be able to be assigned as a Variable for use in the Design Explorer in this current release.

    Gauge Optimization can be carried out using the Optimize Part tool:

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    Gauge optimization can be run on its own or concurrently with topography optimization.

    For more on Gauge Optimization, please refer to the following Help Documentation

    Hope this helps!

    Adam Reid

  • Paulo_Liborio
    Paulo_Liborio Altair Community Member

    Hi Adam!

    Thanks for the quick response.

    Unfortunately, it doesn't help. I'm not trying to optimize thickness just yet…

    But I think I've found a workaround: I'll design my part as a solid and have the thickness as a geometric parameter. When extracting the midsurface later on, it will be correctly assigned to the parts' properties.

    Thanks!

  • GTT Adam
    GTT Adam
    Altair Employee

    Hi @Paulo_Liborio,

    That is also a good solution! That should definitely work as described.

    Thanks,

    Adam Reid

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