The project I am working on requires me to modify the Modle file (ModelName.inp ) after the Nth iteration while the optimization is running. It is possible to use checkpoint hooks during the optimization process in Tosca Structure to run python scripts during the optimization. I have used them to modify other files during the optimization process before.
So far I was able to modify the ModelName.inp file inside the automatically created optimization job folder. But it seems like the optimization process does not realize that the file has been modified. I have tried checkpoint hooks at different times of the iteration. But no success so far. I was thinking that I might be modifying the wrong file. Or is it possible that the ModelName.inp file only gets read at the beginning of the optimization, and therefore can't get modified during the optimization process?
Qamar Ul Islam
I am trying to run a topology optimization of a metal-polymer hybrid. The design space contains the metal insert. Whenever elements get removed from the insert due to the topology optimization, empty holes are created. In reality, these holes would not be empty but filled with the polymer matrix. Thus, I am trying to update the polymer matrix every Xth design cycle to fill these holes. My understanding so far is, to update the geometry of the matrix and other things like the design space, I would need to update the "ModelName.inp" file inside the working directory. The question remains if this is even possible.
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