{"id":50966,"date":"2021-01-01T20:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T20:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-resizing-topology-optimization-output\/"},"modified":"2021-01-01T20:31:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T20:31:55","slug":"ansys-resizing-topology-optimization-output","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-resizing-topology-optimization-output\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansys Resizing Topology Optimization Output"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>I ran a topology optimization on a part I am working on. However, I only wanted to reduce the mass of a certain area and created a Named Selection for this region. When I opened up the output geometry for a Design Validation System. The optimized part is much larger than the original model and is in a different location. How can I get the output model match the exact size of the input?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for any suggestions. I am new to Ansys and this forum has helped me far more than I could&#039;ve asked for. <\/p>\n<div class=\"embedExternal embedImage\">\n<div class=\"embedExternal-content\">\n<a class=\"embedImage-link\" href=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/RCQQO5UAU8RC\/screenshot-2021-01-01-152612.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedImage-img\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/RCQQO5UAU8RC\/screenshot-2021-01-01-152612.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2021-01-01 152612.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-50966","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-spaceclaim","topic-tag-topology-optimization"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["23220"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":["d#??"],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["438"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["50966"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["4413","184590"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["138547"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["138547"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-01-12 20:13:27"]},"test":"cwea"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/50966","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\/50966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}