Overview

The saved surface can be used for following reasons:

• Validation run (only available with Tosca ANSA® environment).
• Surface for remeshing and generation of validation model (Reconstruct).
• Transfer to CAD: surface in STL or IGES format, slices in IGES or CLI format.
• Representation of the surface in solver formats (INP, BDF, CDB).
• Visualization of the processed optimization results in VTFX format.

Also, when started from within Tosca ANSA® environment, the surface is saved in ONF format and loaded into Tosca ANSA® environment so that it can be viewed and processed further. Please note: Reconstruct (generation of validation models) in Tosca ANSA® environment only supports one material in the design area.

Tosca Structure.smooth reads the names of input files and other parameters form a SIMULIA Tosca Structure parameter file. Although it is possible to set up the parameter file manually and start Tosca Structure.smooth in command line, it is recommended to use Tosca ANSA® environment (or, to lesser extent, Tosca Structure.gui) to generate the parameter file and to call the Tosca Structure.smooth executable.