Perform automatic checks on CAD models, and identify potential issues with geometry that may slow down the meshing
process using the Verification and Comparison tools.
An exploration is a multi-run simulation. Each exploration includes input design variables, and output responses.
Explorations may also include goals, consisting of an objective and constraints. Optimization explorations require
an objective.
An input design variable is a system parameter that influences the system performance in the chosen output response.
Typical design variables may be a part's thickness, shape, or material property. Ranges, with lower and upper bounds,
are specified and the variable's value will vary within the exploration. The terms input, input design variable, and
design variable are used interchangeably.
Constraints need to be satisfied for an optimization to be acceptable. Constraints may also be associated with a DOE.
While not used in the evaluation of the DOE, constraints can be useful while visualizing DOE results. Limits on displacement
or stress are common examples.
The Results Explorer is an integrated tool which allows users to review and visualize the results of their explorations.
The Results Explorer presents different options depending on the type of exploration being reviewed.
Many essential utility tools using HyperWorks-Tcl have been developed over the years to support Aerospace customers. A few tools have been collected and upgraded to
be compatible with this release.
Results Explorer
The Results Explorer is an integrated tool which allows users to review and visualize the results of their explorations. The Results Explorer presents different options depending on the type of exploration being reviewed.
Load Results
Visualize contours and animations for each run in the modeling window.
Review Exploration Summaries
Once an exploration is complete, review a summary of design variable and output response values in tabular format.
Visualize Linear Effects
Visualize the relative effects that design variables and output responses have on DOE explorations.
Trade Off
Predict response values resulting from different design variable choices.
Visualize Evaluation Plots
Plot a 2D chart of the input variable and output response values for each run in an Optimization exploration.
Visualize Iteration Plots
Plot the iteration history of an Optimization exploration's objectives, constraints, input variables and unused output responses in a 2D chart.