Setting Up a Parametric Analysis
A parametric setup specifies all of the design variations that Optimetrics drives the software to solve. A parametric setup is made up of one or more variable sweep definitions, which are a set of variable values within a range that you want the software to solve when you run the parametric setup.
You can define more than one parametric setup per design.
Once you have created a parametric setup, you can copy and paste it, and then make changes to the copy, rather than redoing the whole process for minor changes.
To add a parametric setup to a design:
- Click
.
- Alternatively, right-click Optimetrics in the Project Manager and then click Add > Parametric on the shortcut menu.
- Select the Simulation tab in the ribbon, and select Parametric
from the drop-down menu under the Optimetrics icon:
The Setup Sweep Analysis dialog box appears.
- Add a variable sweep definition.
After you define a parametric sweep, a shortcut menu becomes available when you right-click the setup name in the Project Manager.
- Optionally,
validate the parametric design variations before
solving the parametric analysis.
The Validate command is located in the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click the parametric setup name. The results of the validation process can be viewed by selecting View Analysis Result from the same shortcut menu. During validation, messages appear in the Message Manager window, and the validation progress is shown in the Progress window.
Sweeping or using a complex variable is not allowed in any optimetrics setup, including optimization, statistical, sensitivity, and tuning setups.