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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>Defining the Morphing Task</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3"><table class = "DocHeaderIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1Only"><p class = "shortdesc">
A morphing area is a node group, which
will be modified independently of other morphing areas during the morphing
process. All nodes in one morphing area obtain the same morphing displacement
in one morphing step.

</p></td></tr></table></td><td class = "DocHeader2"><table class = "DocTopicsSeeAlso" id = "table13"><tr><td class = "TopicsTitle">See Also</td></tr></table><table class = "DocTopicsInOtherGuides" id = "table14"><tr><td height = "8px"/></tr><tr><td class = "TopicsTitleNormal">In Other Guides</td></tr><tr><td><a title = "Definition of morphing tasks for creation of model variants. In this commands different predefined morphing areas are connected to an experiment plan defining the changes for the morphing areas." href = "../TsoCmdMap/tso-r-cmd-morph.htm#tso-r-cmd-morph">MORPH</a></td></tr><tr><td><a title = "Defines a single morph area (node group) and the type of morphing to be done with this area. Currently, only NORMAL is supported, where all nodes in ND_GROUP are moved in node-normal direction." href = "../TsoCmdMap/tso-r-cmd-morphArea.htm#tso-r-cmd-morphArea">MORPH_AREA</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>




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Choose <span class = "ph uicontrol">Command &gt; MORPH</span>.

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In the MORPH_AREA dialog, select  the corresponding  optimization task. 
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To enter morph  areas, click <span class = "ph uicontrol">Add</span> button  and activate
the corresponding areas. Enter a morph parameter file and the number of
processors.
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To start the morphing run, start <span class = "ph">SIMULIA Tosca Structure</span>
with your parameter file including the morphing commands.
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Create your
visualization sequence using <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.report</span>.

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