nTopology 4.6.2

The Team nTopology is pleased to announce the availability of nTopology 4.6.2. This release features our new Implicit Body from Field Optimization (Beta) block, which lets you extract the Implicit Body from intermediate iterations of field optimization along with quality-of-life enhancements.

nTop 4.6 - What's New

Implicit Body from Field Optimization (Beta)
- With this block, users are able to extract geometry from intermediate iterations in the Field Optimization block. Users can input the desired iteration number and the component number in a multi-component optimization setup. The resulting type is an Implicit Body.
- Block Name: Implicit Body from Field Optimization
- Location: Beta > Field Optimization
- Description: Extract an Implicit Body from a Field Optimization result.
. Result: Result to extract body from.
. Iteration: Iteration number which the Implicit Body will be extracted from. If not provided, the last iteration will be used.
. Component number: Component number which the Implicit Body will be extracted from. If not provided, the first component will be used.
. Output: Implicit Body


Usage Improvements
“Capture Image” will now default to the same directory that was last used so that when capturing multiple images, you won’t have to navigate back to the prior directory for each.


Block Updates
- We separated the Remesh Surface and the Remesh Surface with Cyclic Symmetry blocks which were previously overloads of each other.
- We have released a newer 2.0.0 version of the Slice Body to B&W Image Stack block, which resulted in a reduced block runtime compared to the previous version (1.2 - 10x). Due to the performance improvement, we removed the Feature Size input variable that is no longer needed.
Bug Fixes
- We fixed an issue with the Remesh Surface with Cyclic Symmetry block that prevented cyclically symmetric components from touching the symmetry axis when meshing.
- We fixed an issue with the Von Mises Stress Point Map block that caused nTop to exit unexpectedly when importing an analysis result with isolated nodes.


nTopology introduced the concept of implicit modeling for mechanical design, which is an innovative, modern, and scalable way define parts and products. It has many benefits to end-users and companies, such as the elimination of model failures, speed of changes or iterations, and scalability to name a few. But implicit modeling enables so much more. In this informational session, we'll explore a topic that is redefining product development – field-driven design. In short, field-driven design is a way for design, analysis, and manufacturing teams to overlay information into one engineering model. This approach enables orders of magnitude increase in design iteration speed and greatly improves collaboration between teams.

How Field-Driven Design Allows Engineers to Design for Additive Manufacturing


Watch this information session where we'll define field-driven design, show examples of how it enables better knowledge sharing, and show how it promotes the development of more sophisticated, highly engineered products. You'll also better understand how nTopology is addressing today's engineering problems through its nTop Platform product.
nTopology was founded in 2015 to enable engineers and designers to create any geometry — no matter how complex — and meet the requirements of high-performance products.

Owner: nTopology
Product Name: nTopology
Version: 4.6.2
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : https://ntopology.com/
Languages Supported: english
System Requirements: Windows *
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