Link between Static Structural Solution and Speos Geometry

You can create a connection between the Solution cell of a Static Structural system and the Geometry cell of a Speos system. When the link is created, *.scdoc and *.obj files or *.pmdb and *.obj files containing geometry, mesh, and deformed mesh information are transferred. From this information, warping is applied to the geometry.

The goal is to provide a solution to run multiple simulations without having to define Speos elements at every iteration on the mechanical output used in a Speos simulation. Thus, when you want to run multiple simulations, thanks to the Static Structural connection, Speos elements definition will be automatically updated with the deformed objects based on imported data from Mechanical.

Generic Workflow



  1. Before creating the Workbench optimization workflow, you need to correctly link the geometries to be deformed (bodies or faces) to the Speos features using the Named Selections. This step is important to make sure that the Speos features will be automatically populated with the deformed geometries.

  2. Once done, in this workflow, from the step A2 to the step B3, the geometries are transferred to Mechanical.
  3. Then, the step B6 of Static Structural system (B) performs a deformation simulation on the given geometries (Step B3). The simulation output is a *.zip file containing a *.obj file with the deformed mesh and the original SpaceClaim document.
  4. The link between the Static Structural system (B) and the Speos system (C) links the step B6 to the step C2 and allows the transfer of the *.zip file. Once SpaceClaim receives the *.zip file, it opens it as a document.
  5. Then, when performing a refresh or an edit of the Speos Task, Workbench applies the deformed mesh and maps the new geometries to the Speos elements.