Altair HyperShape/CATIA Capabilities
How Does It Work?
Generating the Design Space
Generating the design space is the first step in setting up a HyperShape/CATIA simulation. The full CAD modeling and GPS functionality of CATIA V5 is available to define design areas, directly apply loads and boundary conditions.
Definition of the Optimization Problem
With HyperShape/CATIA, an intuitive menu system efficiently guides users through the problem setup: definition of design objectives, manufacturing constraints and job submission to OptiStruct in the CATIA V5 environment.
Design Interpretation
After the optimization run OptiStruct’s design proposals can be visualized using GPS. These design proposals are automatically imported as a new part in CATIA V5 and are used as the basis for the new design.
Used in Real World Applications
Numerous companies from a variety of industries are successfully using the technology behind HyperShape/CATIA to bring better products to market in a shorter amount of time.
Key Functionality
Optimization Disciplines
- Concept Design Generation
- Bead Pattern Generation
- Shape Refinement
- Gauge Refinement
Manufacturing Constraints
- Minimum member size
- Draw direction
- Grid constrains
- Pattern grouping
Optimization Constraints
- Displacements
- Frequency
- Compliance
- Mass
- Volume
- Stress
- Strain
- Synthetic
- Volume fraction
Materials
- Isotropic
- Anisotrpic
- Orthotropic
- Composites
Post-Processing
- Displacements and stress
- Proposed material density with threshold
- Bead pattern contour
- Gauge values
- New design proposal evaluation
- Design proposal geometry automatically imported
- H3D output for web sharing and reporting