This process takes a few hours to complete and the output called an outcome will be displayed.Įach outcome will display Mass, von Mises stress and max displacement. Then you can submit to generate a design and follow the generate status. This was really the main area of focus.Ĭhose your material if not already assigned and Load your design with a Force and Fix the feet so they don’t move. Then finally the Starting Shape (Yellow).
I didn’t actually specify any on this study. Next would be Obstacle (Red) geometry such as empty spaces. Mark the bodies in your model you wish to Preserve (Green) to keep in your design Which won’t change such as the feet positions and table top. Options for Additive, Milling or casting processes could be assessed. A lot of these bases are usually ornate and cast in Aluminium, so I was interested to see what it could come up with.ĭefine some Objectives such as minimise Mass or Stiffness, Safety Factor. The Table support with a simple Aluminium cast base, with a wall thickness of around 10mm was a simple idea. Now there is a lot of noise about “Generative Design” at the moment and thought it’s worth a look to see what I could achieve with little knowledge and some instinct or “was that the “Learning Guide” appearing on the right of my session”? My Brief I’ve been using 3D CAD for more years than I can remember and keep “dipping my toe in the water” as it were, looking at what Fusion 360 has to offer alongside my trusty Autodesk Inventor modeller! Initially I was raving on this blog about taking Inventor models and rendering them with Fusion 360 because you could queue them up whilst they processed in the cloud, freeing me up to do other tasks and the quality seemed to have an edge over what Inventor could achieve. View graham-mansfield-4b39b287’s profile on LinkedIn.View mansfieldgraham’s profile on Twitter.
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