Use the Connectors tool to create design variables based on selected
connectors.
From the Design Explorer ribbon, click the Connectors
tool.
Figure 1.
To:
Do this:
Create connector inputs based on connector properties
(attributes)
Select Properties from
the secondary ribbon.Figure 2.
Select connectors.
Connector input values can
be entered in one of the following ways:
As a continuous range of values, where the
lower and upper bounds are specified as a
percentage plus or minus its nominal value.
As a continuous range of values, where the
lower and upper bounds are specified.
As a list of discrete values.
In the microdialog,
Select the attribute(s) of the connector to
become input variables.
Select how you would like to define the input
values, then either specify the lower and upper
bounds or specify a list of valid discrete
values.
Click Create.
Create connector input based on connector
controls
Select Controls from the
secondary ribbon.Figure 3.
Select connectors whose connector controls are
to become design variables.
Activate the Connector
Controls selector on the guide bar then select the connector
controls from the Advanced Selection dialog,
On the guide bar, click
.
Note: Using connectors as inputs requires connectors to be unrealized and
re-realized each run in the exploration. In larger models, with many
connector inputs, this can be time consuming when using mesh-dependent
connectors.
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