Patent ID: 11893318
Assignee: COMSOL AB
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A computer-implemented simulation post-processing method applied to a mesh dataset from a topology optimization including material volume factor value data and mesh data, the method generating a filtered mesh dataset based on the values of the material volume factors such that only mesh elements meeting one or more criteria with respect to material volume factor values are retained in a filtered mesh dataset, the method comprising the acts of:
selecting an initial mesh dataset;
defining a material volume factor expression;
defining one or more criteria including one or more bounds for mesh elements or mesh nodes to be included in the filtered mesh, the one or more bounds based on material volume factor values associated with the mesh elements or mesh nodes that are applied in the defined material volume factor expression;
generating, via one or more processors, the filtered mesh dataset including the mesh elements or mesh nodes meeting the defined one or more criteria for the values associated with the mesh elements or mesh nodes that are applied in the defined material volume factor expression; and
generating, via one or more processors, a graphical representation of the filtered mesh dataset for display in a graphical user interface associated with one or more display devices,
wherein the mesh dataset includes named selections and the association of named selections with mesh elements is maintained in a modified filtered mesh dataset, and wherein the named selections are optionally presented in the graphical representation.