{"id":426098,"date":"2025-03-18T18:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/protected-depth-topology-optimisation\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:03:48","slug":"protected-depth-topology-optimisation","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/protected-depth-topology-optimisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Protected Depth Topology Optimisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to perform a topology optimisation simulation on an F1 Rear wing. I have assigned fixed supports with a protected depth to areas with share interfaces with bodies that have been hidden as they are not being optimised. They need to be fixed in order to still maintain contact with the neighbouring surface, in this case the main wing, however although I can see the region which has been assigned as protected (red region) the software has still optimised the area and gotten rid of volume in that area. &lt;span class=&#8221;WACImageContainer NoPadding DragDrop BlobObject SCXW215835025 BCX8&#8243; role=&#8221;presentation&#8221;&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/18-03-2025-1742320915-blobid0.png\" \/>&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-426098","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-topology-optimization"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["275024"],"_bbp_topic_id":["426098"],"_bbp_subscription":["530714","200","2327"],"_bbp_author_ip":["80.195.117.85"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["426905"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["426905"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-03-26 09:01:15"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["530714","200","2327"],"_btv_view_count":["442"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"pxk247student-bham-ac-uk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/426098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/426098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}