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  <span class = "shortdesc">This section explains the BEAD_WIDTH parameter.</span>
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<p>A geometric parameter for the stiffeners is the bead width. The optimization
system automatically determines a bead width based on the element edge
length and the thickness of the shell structure. Default <span class = "ph">BEAD_WIDTH=2*max(2*height_of_bead,
3.2*mean_edge_length)</span> of the elements attached to design nodes.
The user can define own values for the bead width using the <code class = "ph codeph">OPT_PARAM</code>
 command. </p>
<p><table class = "Remark" id = "table132"><tr><td class = "Remark"><span class = "run-in.important">Important:
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<li class = "li">The value for the bead width is used for internal filtering. The generated
beads will not have the exact width specified by the user.</li>
<li class = "li">Because bead optimization is a very ill-posed optimization problem
(many "optimal" solutions), it is recommended that a couple of optimizations
are done with different <code class = "ph codeph">BEAD_WIDTH</code>’s.</li>
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