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Challenge ~12 min · ~14 min remaining

Challenge: four designs, two runs

Run the baseline sweep twice and add a fourth design with n_cases=4.

Verifiable challenge — Four designs, two runs

Run the base sweep twice from clean sessions and compare m09_results.csv. Then add a fourth design without duplicating construction or solution blocks:

/CLEAR,START
/FILNAME,m09_challenge,1
/UNITS,SI
n_cases=4
/INPUT,09_parametric_core,mac

The fourth case (h = 0.14 m) is also analytically acceptable, but the selection must remain h = 0.12 m because it is the smallest suitable section.

Conceptual explorer · not a solver

Explore the design decision

Use this to make a prediction. Your MAPDL run and exported evidence remain the source of truth.

Transfer case

Final brief: decide with incomplete requirements

Adapt the workflow to a bracket or beam with at least one decision not fixed by the template.

Deliberate-practice target

Transfer the automated workflow to an incomplete brief and defend a decision using valid cases only.

Execution cycle

  1. 1 Declare scope, units, and assumptions.
  2. 2 Choose at least three alternatives and criteria.
  3. 3 Validate before checking feasibility.
  4. 4 Recommend one option and state a limitation.
Evidence to retain
2 · Rate your evidence

Brief converted into a contract

Inputs, units, assumptions, alternatives, and criteria are declared before the sweep.

Validity before feasibility

No alternative is ranked or selected when its validation contract fails.

Reproducible comparison

The sweep produces the same CSV from a clean directory and preserves units and criteria.

Defensible decision

The recommendation includes sensitivity to one assumption and a limitation that could change it.

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Graduated hints

1 · Concept hint

Separate model validity, design feasibility, and preference.

2 · Command hint

Keep build, solve, and extract independent.

3 · Explained solution

Defend the recommendation with validated cases, traceable criteria, sensitivity, and a limitation.

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