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The static structural deformation simulations runs fine but for some reason when I try to run topology optimization the resposone constraint still has a question mark by it.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-396960","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi Deepak, the layout of the simulation is all good, I ran it with just using the exclusion zone faces at the location of the fixed supports and it was fine however ansys does not allow you to add thickness to exclusion zones on its software so I added them as seperate CAD bodies. 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