Choosing a Variable to Optimize
Before a variable can be optimized, you must specify that you intend for it to be used during an optimization analysis in the Properties window.
- If the variable is a design variable, click Maxwell 3D (or Maxwell 2D, or RMxprt) > Design Properties. You can also access the Design variables from a menu in the lower left corner of the following Optimization dialogs: Parametric, Optimization, Sensitivity, Statistical, Design of Experiments, and Design Xplorer Setup.
- Click Edit Variables and from the menu select Edit Design (or Project) Variables.
- Click the tab that lists the variable you want to optimize.
- Click the row containing the variable
you want to optimize.
Note: Dependent variables cannot be optimized.
- Select the Optimization/ Design of Experiments option.
- For the variable you want to optimize, select Include.
- Optionally, override the default minimum and maximum values that Optimetrics uses for the variable in every optimization analysis. During optimization, the optimizer does not consider variable values that lie outside of this range.
- Click OK.
If the variable is a project variable, click Project > Project Variables. You can also access the Project variables from a menu in the lower left corner of the following Optimization dialogs: Parametric, Optimization, Sensitivity, Statistical, Design of Experiments, and Design Xplorer Setup.
The Properties dialog box appears.
The selected variable is now available for optimization in an Optimetrics setup defined in the current design or project.
Note: Complex numbers
are not allowed for variables to be used in an Optimetrics sweep, or
for optimization, statistical, sensitivity or tuning setups.