When a generative design study is run, the result is a construction mesh body which is attached to the study and there is no way to toggle it directly to a design mesh body. How to do this?
Solution
There are two ways to turn the resulting construction mesh body to a design mesh body.
1. Place a part copy of the construction body into a new part and use the 'Copy as Design Body' option.
2. Detach the mesh body from the generative results:
- Make a copy of your part file as a backup before going through these steps. The steps will modify the part file in ways that if saved, it might not allow for easy return to the initial state of the file.
- In the Generative Design tab of Edgebar, find the Results collector and expand. Right click the 'Generative Study x Result' and select 'Detach from Study'. The body should now be listed only in the Pathfinder as a construction part copy.
- Right click this part copy in Pathfinder and select 'Toggle Design/Construction'. This will turn the construction body into a design body.
Notes and References
In general, there is no need to toggle the resulting mesh body from construction to design. Please keep in mind that it will still be a mesh body and you will not be able to select faces or edges. Instead you can possibly translate this body to STL or 3MF format or you send it directly to a 3D printer.
For more information about generative design also see Solid Edge help:
http://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/tdoc/se/2020/se_help/#uid:xid1389865Hardware/Software Configuration
Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 10_1903
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: PART/SHEETMETAL
Version: V220MP4
Function: GENERATIVE_DSGN
Ref: 002-8016876