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<span class = "shortdesc">During an optimization, only part of the model might be changed.
This part is defined as the design area.</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-user-TopOpt-DesArea.htm">About the Design Area</a></li><li><a title = "You can define the Design Area to denote the set of elements that might be removed during the topology optimization. In contrast you can define frozen areas that remain unchanged." href = "tso-t-user-TopOpt-DesArea.htm">Defining the Design Area for Topology Optimization</a></li><li><a title = "For each optimization problem, the design variables represent the values to be changed during the optimization." href = "tso-m-user-TopOpt-DesArea-DesVar-sb.htm">Design Variables for Topology Optimization</a></li><li><a title = "For the topology optimization with Tosca Structure, it is possible to define constraints (DVCON_TOPO) that have a direct influence on the individual design variables (DV_TOPO). This allows the manufacturing restrictions or geometrical design aspects to be taken into consideration in the topology optimization." href = "tso-m-user-TopOpt-DesArea-ManufCond-GR-sb.htm">Manufacturing Conditions and Geometrical Restrictions</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>



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