Create a generative preview

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Create a generative preview.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to preview a generative solve

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in fusion 360. Let's carry on with our internal combustion engine gen design setup.

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At this point, we've created our design space,

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added our design conditions to find our criteria

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and added materials to each manufacturing method.

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The next step in the process is to validate our

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precheck to make sure we don't have any additional warnings

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and then to solve our generative study.

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A helpful step in this process can be to use the previewer which allows us to

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preview the build area or volume that's going to be used for our generative solve.

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While this is not a replacement for solving a generative study,

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it can't help us double check that we made all of the correct selections.

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For example,

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if we omitted an obstacle that's going inside of one of these bolt hole locations,

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we can see that on the preview and remedy this problem before we commit to a solve,

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using the gear icon can help us toggle the detail level inside of our previewer.

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We're going to be using the low detail level and allowing it to generate this volume.

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It is also important to note that the previewer does not work in all instances.

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There are cases where new functionality such

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as remote loads and remote moments are added

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and those will not currently work with the previewer.

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So as you try to explore using the previewer, if you get a warning,

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it will tell you exactly why it's not working.

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It'll tell you that there's a functionality such as a remote load

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or a remote moment that is preventing the previewer from working.

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At this point.

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We can see that it has a build volume, which means that we do have a correct setup.

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We are able to start the generative study.

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We can allow this to continue to generate if we wish.

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But at this point, everything that we need to know is on the screen.

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If we rotate around to a front view,

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we can see that none of the material is building

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inside of these openings where we have our obstacles.

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So this tells me that everything is set up properly and I can stop the previewer

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before we commit to a solve.

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Let's double check our study settings to make sure

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that everything is set where we want it.

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We have the alternative outcomes checked.

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And this allows us to explore a different solver

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and potentially get different results in the background.

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We also have our synthesis resolution

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because this part is fairly small.

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At this stage, I'm going to increase the synthesis resolution.

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And the last option in here is called inertial relief.

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This option to remove rigid body modes is helpful for under constrained objects.

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However, all of the load cases still need to be balanced.

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So we're not going to be using that in this case because

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we used a fixed constraint on the bottom of our connecting rod

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and we added our bearing load to the top.

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So before moving on, let's make sure that we do save the design.