Adding and Defining Design Variables

Prerequisites: You must have added a simulation to the optimization.
  1. In the Optimization definition, in the Variables panel, select the Design variables tab.
  2. Click to open the Design variables list.
    The list shows you the available numerical parameters that you can add as variable that come from the Optical Part Design features included in the simulation.
  3. Check the parameters to vary.
    Tip: In case of a simulation containing a large number of numerical parameters, you can use the filter tool to help you quickly find the parameters.
  4. Close the Design variables list.
    Variables appear into the Design variables tab.
  5. In the Design variables tab, for each variable, set the Min value and Max value to define the range of values the variable can take.
    The Current value must be set between the Min value and Max value: Min value < Current value < Max value
Now you can add other variable types as Simulation variables or Document variables or directly add the optimization Targets.