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<span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.shape</span> is a module to improve the final shape of a structure.
For this task, <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure</span> provides two algorithms:
controller-based shape optimization (SHAPE_CONTROLLER) and sensitivity-based shape optimization (SHAPE_SENSITIVITY)

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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 = "The theoretical background of the controller-based shape optimization approach is briefly discussed." href = "tso-c-usr-shape-optTaskCtrl.htm">Controller-Based Shape Optimization</a></li><li><a title = "The theoretical background of the sensitivity-based shape optimization approach is briefly discussed." href = "tso-c-usr-shape-optTaskSens.htm">Sensitivity-Based Shape Optimization</a></li><li><a title = "The user might choose between two shape optimization algorithms in Tosca Structure.shape. The algorithms have different ways to find the solution and their differences will be discussed in this chapter." href = "tso-c-usr-shape-optTaskDiff.htm">Differences between Shape Algorithms</a></li><li><a title = "An optimization task always consists of the same basic elements: design area, objective function and eventually also constraints. This chapter explains the standard procedure for creation of an optimization task." href = "tso-c-usr-shape-optTaskOvw.htm">The Optimization Task</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>



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