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<span class = "shortdesc">Post-process your result regarding the material distribution during
the optimization progress. Create an isosurface of the optimization
result for further processing in the design process.
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To automatically convert the topology optimization result into report files, use
<span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.report</span>.

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To view the result, you have 2 options:
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If you want to have a quick view of the result, use
<span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.view</span>
and visualize the <span class = "ph uicontrol">Material Distribution</span> result type.
<div class = "itemgroup stepresult">Filter(min) value defines the
limit for the soft elements (that is, elements with a relative material value lower
than Filter(min)are not shown).</div>
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In <span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.report</span>,
select <span class = "ph uicontrol">View Report</span> to visualize the VTFX file with the optimization result.
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To further process the result, you have 2 options:
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Define a smooth command int the parameter file and start a new optimization run. 
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Start the smooth run in the corresponding window in
<span class = "ph">Tosca Structure.gui</span> (VTFX output required):
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<div class = "itemgroup stepresult">The result of the nonsmoothed final result (material distribution of last
iteration) and the smoothed looks as follows: <br/><img class = "image" src = "../TsoExampleImages/pickerSmoothResult.png"/><br/></div>
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