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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1>Design Area</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract">
<span class = "shortdesc">During an optimization, only part of the model might be changed.
This part is defined as the design area and all nodes in that area act as
design variables on which certain restrictions might be applied.</span>

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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 = "During an optimization, only part of the model might be allowed to changed. This part is defined as the design area." href = "tso-c-usr-bead-designArea.htm">About the Design Area</a></li><li><a title = "Design variables that are usable in bead optimization setups are introduced. Valid are all nodes of shell elements." href = "tso-c-usr-bead-designArea-desVar.htm">Design Variables (DV_BEAD)</a></li><li><a title = "This section discusses how to work with design variable restrictions in bead optimization setups." href = "tso-m-usr-bead-DesArea-restrictions-sb.htm">Restrictions (DVCON_BEAD)</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>




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