Speos in optiSLang

This page quickly introduces optiSLang, a Process Integration and Design Optimization software from which Speos can benefit to optimize an optical system.

Note: If you need more information on optiSLang functioning and behavior, refer to optiSLang User's Guide.

optiSLang

optiSLang is a software platform for Computer-Aided Engineering-based (CAE) optimization in virtual prototyping. Based on design variations or measurement and observation points, you can perform efficient variation analyses with minimal user input and few solver calls.

It supports you with:
  • Calibration of virtual models to physical tests
  • Analysis of parameter sensitivity and importance
  • Metamodeling
  • Optimization of product performance
  • Quantification of product robustness and reliability also referred as to Uncertainty Quantification (UQ)
  • Robust Design Optimization (RDO) also referred as to Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
optiSLang also includes a powerful simulation workflow environment. The software is the perfect tool for simulation driven workflow generation using parametric models for sensitivity analysis, optimization, and robustness evaluation.
  • Sensitivity analysis helps you understand the design, focus on key parameters, check your response variation’s forecast quality and automatically generate your optimum metamodel.
  • Optimization helps improve your design performance.
  • Robustness evaluation helps you verify the design robustness regarding scattering material parameters, production tolerances and varying environmental conditions.

Speos Design Optimization inside optiSLang

Presentation

From the version 2023 R2, a wizard-based Speos Integration has been integrated into Ansys optiSLang.

The Solver wizard helps you easily:
  • connect to your Speos project
  • define the parameters and parameter ranges for the variation analysis
  • define the Speos simulations to be exported and solved
  • create the workflow for an automated Speos simulation.
The automated Speos workflow consists of 3 nodes:
  • the Ansys Speos node (input node), that updates the geometry based on the parameter values and export the Speos simulation file
  • the Ansys Speos Core node (solver node), that launches and processes the simulation
  • the Ansys Speos report reader node (output node), that extract response values from the Speos simulation report

Once you finished setting the Speos workflow, you can define the criteria in the parametric system and follow up to set up the variation analysis (example: sensitivity analysis, optimization, etc.) using the available wizards.



Generic Workflow

  1. In Speos define the parameters to use in optiSLang using Publish Parameters.
  2. In optiSLang, drag the Solver Wizard and drop it to the Scenery.
  3. Select the Ansys Speos solver paradigma and open a *.scdocx project.
  4. Define the Ansys Speos solver node.
  5. Define the Ansys Speos Core solver node.
  6. Define the Ansys Speos Report Reader solver node.