nTop Live: Optimize Lattice Structures for Lightweighting with Design Automation

By combining structural lattices with Additive Manufacturing, mechanical design engineers can achieve unprecedented weight reduction, increasing part performance, saving material and reducing manufacturing costs. Yet, with so many design variables - from thickness, to unit cell type and size - selecting the right lattice is not an easy task.
In this nTop Live, Alejandro Lopez, Application Engineer at nTopology, shows you how to set up an automated design of experiments (DoE) to identify the lattice structure that meets your application requirements. He uses a simple Python script and nTopCL - nTopology’s Command Line Interface - to achieve a truly optimal result.
Watch and learn how to:
-Select the optimal lattice type and thickness based on design requirements
-Create and run an automated DoE using nTopCL and a Python script
-Balance weight, structural, and manufacturing requirements
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[@mansourehrezapourian1404]

Hi, Is it possible to have several outputs? I tried to put several outputs for my workflow but it seems, that only 1 output can be extracted.

[@mansourehrezapourian1404]

Thank you for the video. just a question, can we use this method of optimization for TMPS structure in ntop? or in nTop we can just do optimization with lattices?

[@ajayprasad6507]

Thanks for your question. This workflow uses Conformal Lattice between CAD Faces and hence has just the Graph Unit Cells. You can create your own workflow with TPMS Unit Cells and tweak its parameters based on the simulation ressults.

[@mansourehrezapourian1404]

@@ajayprasad6507 thank you very much