optiSLang Integration with Electronics Desktop
optiSLang is a tool for graphical programming, process integration, and automation that can be integrated with Ansys Electronics Desktop (AEDT) for Optimetrics analysis. It is available as part of the Ansys Automated Installer package on the Ansys Customer Portal.
Comprehensive online help for optiSLang is available from the optiSLang Help menu, or at:
This section covers only its integration with Ansys Electronics Desktop.
optiSLang in AEDT allows AEDT and optiSLang to stay in continuous interaction by exchanging API commands between each other. optiSLang algorithms can be executed without exiting AEDT because optiSLang setups follow Optimetrics norms and have an explicit association with a specific analysis setup. AEDT stays continuously open while optiSLang algorithms demand set after set of designs.
Each optiSLang setup resides in one specific design of an AEDT project and is linked to one specific analysis setup. When an optiSLang setup is executed within AEDT, optiSLang runs in the background in batch mode and executes the algorithm that the optiSLang setup represents. optiSLang administers an optiSLang project file (*.opf) and a normal optiSLang project directory (*.opd), stored relative to the AEDT project.
The standalone optiSLang GUI allows for further editing of the optiSLang project structure, with each analysis setup represented as a single Ansys EDT node:
If the original Ansys EDT node and its copies are all kept in the optiSLang Setup run mode, they will remain linked to the specific optiSLang setup existing in the referenced AEDT project. The optiSLang project can contain and execute multiple algorithm systems, which means that the linked optiSLang setup in the AEDT project represents a connector, not an algorithm, in that case.
The topics in this section cover:
- optiSLang User Workflow
- Creating an optiSLang Setup in AEDT
- Solving an optiSLang Setup in AEDT
- optiSLang Menu Options
- Viewing optiSLang Postprocessing Results
Prerequisites
Before working with optiSLang in AEDT, specify the path to the optiSLang installation using Tools > General Options > General > Miscellaneous.
Additionally, ensure that the following are true:
- The project is solved
- Parameters exist (See: Parametrization for optiSLang Integration)
- Results reports exist (See: Results and Reports for optiSLang Integration)