Trade Off

Predict response values resulting from different design variable choices.

1. From the Design Explorer ribbon, Evaluate tool group, click the Results Explorer tool.

   
   
   Figure 1.

   The Results Explorer browser opens.
2. In the Results Explorer browser, click the Trade Off icon .

   
   
   Figure 2.

3. In the Inputs area, move the sliders to the desired values, or type values into the Value column.
4. Review the predicted response values in the Responses area.
   Note: The R-Squared value is a statistical representation of the quality of a given response fit. R-Squared values will be color-coded to indicate the level of confidence that should be attributed to a given fit. The trade-off tool is very useful for showing trends. It is recommended that a verification run be performed to validate a predicted response.