📄️ Configure Volume Fraction
How to set the volume fraction constraint that controls how much material the solver can use.
📄️ Choose Mesh Resolution
How to set the element size and mesh resolution for design optimization in deFlex.
📄️ Configure the Design Domain
How to set up the design domain in deFlex — automatic vs manual mode, padding, iterations, thickness, and element size.
📄️ Configure Analysis Settings
How to configure every analysis setting in deFlex — volume fraction, convergence, nonlinear analysis, material model, stress constraint, and advanced options.
📄️ Select a Material
How to browse, inspect, and apply materials from the deFlex material library.
📄️ Run an Analysis
How to submit a design optimization job and monitor its progress in deFlex.
📄️ Monitor Solver Progress
How to monitor a running solver job in deFlex using the status bar progress indicator and compliance sparkline.
📄️ Interpret Results
How to read and evaluate solver results in deFlex.
📄️ Export Results
How to export design optimization results from deFlex for downstream CAD work.
📄️ Test a Mechanism (Qualification FEA)
How to run test mechanism FEA in deFlex — force or displacement input, nonlinear analysis, yield warnings, and interpreting results.
📄️ Configure Heatmap Colors
How to toggle the displacement heatmap, choose a color component, and set the color scale mode in deFlex.
📄️ Deformation Animation
How to play, pause, and control the displacement deformation animation in deFlex solver results.
📄️ Iteration Cycling
How to step through solver optimization iterations in deFlex using playback controls, scrub slider, and keyboard shortcuts.
📄️ Pair Animation Modes
How to choose between Combined, Individual, and Sequential animation modes for multi-pair solver results in deFlex.
📄️ Slice Plane (3D)
How to use the 3D slice plane in deFlex to cut through geometry and inspect internal structure of solver results.
📄️ Fork From Iteration
How to fork a new solver run from an existing iteration to explore different parameters from a checkpoint.