Cyclic Symmetry. The optimization process now includes Cyclic and Pre-Meshed Cyclic symmetry types during shape derivative computations for the following optimization methods:

This enhancement allows you to take advantage of the computational efficiency offered by symmetry-based analysis, reducing model size and solution time while maintaining accuracy.

Millability Manufacturing Constraint. A new Manufacturing Constraint is available: Millability. Use this manufacturing constraint to design optimized structures that you can manufacture using four-axis milling.

User Defined Criteria for Materials Optimization. For the Materials Optimization method, you can now specify user-defined criteria:

You can then specify this criterion in the Objective and Response Constraint objects.

Member Size Manufacturing Constraint. The application now supports the Maximum Size and Gap Size properties of the Member Size manufacturing constraint when using the Topology Optimization – Mixable Density method.

Materials Optimization Results. For the Materials Optimization method, the result type depends on the selected formulation. For this method, when you use the specify multiple materials as Full (Filling Method), the application automatically creates a Topology Multi-Density result. When you specify Lattice, the application automatically creates a Lattice Density result.