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About Working with <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure</span>
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In this chapter, the general workflow with <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure</span>
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<p>Prior to starting <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure</span>
a FE model must exist of the part that needs to be optimized. The model
must be analyzed at least once and the results checked. In  <a class = "xref" href = "tso-m-usr-model-opt-sb.htm#tso-m-usr-model-opt-sb" title = "When defining a model for analyzing, the selection and definition of the loads and boundary conditions should be constructed with special consideration because an incorrectly defined or forgotten load or support might have a very pronounced effect on the result of the optimized structure.">Models for Optimization</a> tips on model building for the
required type of optimization are listed. How much the definition of
the optimization problem can be simplified through entries made in
the FE preprocessor is described in  <a class = "xref" href = "tso-m-usr-post-sb.htm#tso-m-usr-post-sb" title = "Post-processing of Tosca Structure optimization results consists mainly of visualizing the model changes in the optimization process and regarding plots and tables of optimization relevant values. These data can be combined and provided using Tosca Structure.report. Visualization and processing are done using Tosca Structure.view. Certainly, the analysis results of the single optimization steps can be evaluated in your familiar FE-post-processing system by reading the corresponding solver result file from the SAVE.&lt;ext&gt; directory. Further, the results of your validation run can also be processed in your post-processing environment.">Post-Processing of Optimization Results</a> for the relevant
preprocessor.</p>
<p>It is recommended to control the whole optimization workflow
using the classical <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.gui</span>.
All steps of the optimization process (but not FE modeling and post-processing)
can be accessed from <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.gui</span>.
Access to <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure</span>
from the command shell is described in <a class = "xref" href = "tso-c-usr-work-cmdShell.htm#tso-c-usr-work-cmdShell" title = "For remote calculations or work with queuing systems, it may become necessary to call Tosca Structure modules in batch mode from a command shell.">Working with Tosca Structure in the Command Shell</a>.</p>
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</p><hr class = "header"/></td></tr><tr><td class = "Intro2"><span class = "run-in">In this section:</span><br/><ul class = "ulthemes"><li><a title = "Tosca Structure.gui is the graphical user interface where other modules of the optimization system can be started." href = "tso-m-usr-work-gui-sb.htm">Working with the Graphical User Interface Tosca Structure.gui</a></li><li><a title = "For remote calculations or work with queuing systems, it may become necessary to call Tosca Structure modules in batch mode from a command shell." href = "tso-c-usr-work-cmdShell.htm">Working with Tosca Structure in the Command Shell</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>




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