This post will give you an overview on the information you can find for Tosca Structure. It is not complete but may serve as a starting point when searching for information. There is a lot more information in the Dassault Systèmes Knowledge Base at www.3ds.com/support -- only a few of its articles are linked below.
Source Types
| Web | Web page |
| KB | Q&A article in the 3DS Knowledge Base |
| Files | Material shipped with the installation media [only available for customers] |
General Information
Web: "Tosca - The Optimization Suite" on 3ds.com
Web: Tosca eSeminars
Web: Training Courses
Search for classroom or live online training courses on our Training Schedule & Registration page. On-site courses are also offered and can be customized to focus on topics of particular interest -- please contact the Support Contact in Your Region.
Web: Support Contact in Your Region
Get Tosca support from your regional SIMULIA office (Center of Excellence) or Authorized Support Center by finding your country at our Location Directory page.
Installation and Configuration
Files: Program Directory
The "Program Directory" contains all technical information needed before a Tosca Structure installation, including the information on "Prerequisites", "Installation", "Licensing", "Product Enhancement Overview", "General and Open Issues", and "Closed Issues".
The Program Directory ("PDir") is shipped in form of an installation media containing HTML information in a compressed archive. The Tosca Structure 2016 PDir information is contained in the installation package "SIMULIA Established Products Program Directory Abaqus 2016 Golden" [OrderableMediaCode "SIM_Abaqus_PDir_EstPrd-2016"].
Files: Installation Media
Tosca Structure 2016 is shipped with the installation package "SIMULIA Abaqus Extended Products (Abaqus, Isight, Tosca & fe-safe) All OS Abaqus 2016 Golden" [OrderableMediaCode "SIM_Abaqus_Ext-2016-AllOS"] on media / in subdirectory "2".
KB: Integrating Abaqus, Tosca, and fe-safe
KB: Configuration of the FE solver version for a SIMULIA Tosca Structure job
KB: ANSYS solver configuration settings in Tosca Structure
KB: FEMFAT versions supported by SIMULIA Tosca Structure
KB: How to run Tosca Structure in parallel
KB: Running Abaqus in MPI mode with SIMULIA Tosca Structure
KB: Running SIMULIA Tosca Structure in a queueing system
Official software documentation
Files: SIMULIA User Assistance (release 2016)
Files: SIMULIA Tosca Structure Documentation (releases up to 8.1.3)
The official software documentation contains the most comprehensive source of information for the user. The beginner can learn the Tosca Structure basics with the "Start Guide", the "User Guide" explains the functionality in detail, the "Commands Guide" is the reference manual, and the "Examples Guide" gives information on all the example problems shipped with the Tosca Structure installation.
The Tosca Structure 2016 documentation is contained in the installation package "SIMULIA Established Products Documentation English Abaqus 2016 Golden" [OrderableMediaCode "SIM_Abaqus_Doc_EstPrd-2016-En"].
For Tosca Structure releases up to 8.1.3 the documentation is shipped with the Tosca Structure software installation.
Topology Optimization - Algorithms
KB: SIMULIA Tosca Structure sensitivity-based algorithm for topology optimization
KB: Priority of constraints and objective function in a sensitivity-based topology optimization
KB: SIMULIA Tosca Structure controller-based algorithm for topology optimization
KB: Controller-based topology algorithm compared to Ole Sigmund's 99 line topology optimization code
KB: Volume constraint in condition-based and sensitivity-based topology Tosca optimization
Topology Optimization - Handling
KB: Minimizing total strain energy using topology optimization when you have prescribed displacements
KB: Definition of objective function for stiffness maximization with topology optimization in SIMULIA Tosca Structure
KB: SIMULIA Tosca Structure recommendations for mesh resolution in combination with maximum membersize
KB: Recommendations for SIMULIA Tosca Structure.topology with geometrical and material nonlinearities in Abaqus
KB: Problems with "Minimize Volume" in SIMULIA Tosca Structure
Shape Optimization
KB: Limitations of the controller-based shape optimization strategy with SIMULIA Tosca Structure
KB: Sigma_3 contact stress homogenization with Tosca Structure.shape
KB: Recommendations for overcoming small or negative element volume errors with SIMULIA Tosca Structure.shape
KB: How to use the resulting ANSYS model from a SIMULIA Tosca Structure optimization as input for another optimization
