Objective and Response Constraint Capability Map
The options for the Objective and Response Constraint object depend upon the analysis you are optimizing, the response constraint you want to specify, and the optimization method you are using. Review the following table to see which Objective and Response Constraint objects are available for each method, noting the following:
Constraint/Objective (C/O): Supported as Response Constraint and Objective.
C: Supported as a Response Constraint only.
O: Supported as a Objective only.
| Upstream Analysis System? | Response | Density Method | Lattice Method | Level Set Method | Shape Optimization Method | Mixable Density | Topography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geometric (default) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Mass/Volume[a] | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | |
| Center of Gravity[a] | C | C | C | C | C | ||
| Moment of Inertia[a] | C | C | C | C | C | ||
| User Defined Criterion | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | |||
| Harmonic Response[b] | Upstream analysis supported? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| User-defined Criterion | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | |||
| Static Structural System | Upstream analysis supported? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance[c] | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | |
| Displacement[a] | C | C | C | C | |||
| Stress | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | ||
| Local Stress | C | ||||||
| Reaction Force[a] | C | C | C | ||||
| User-defined Criterion | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | ||
| Nonlinear Static Structural System - (Nonlinear Contact only) [d] | Upstream analysis supported? | Yes (Beta) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Compliance | C/O | ||||||
| Displacement | C | ||||||
| Stress | C/O | ||||||
| Local Stress | C | ||||||
| Reaction Force | C | ||||||
| User-defined Criterion | |||||||
| Accumulated Plastic Strain (APS) | O | ||||||
| Nonlinear Static Structural [d] | Upstream analysis supported? | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Accumulated Plastic Strain (APS) | O | ||||||
| Modal | Upstream analysis supported? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Frequency[a] | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | |||
| User-defined Criterion | C/O | C/O | C/O | C/O | |||
| Steady-State Thermal System | Upstream analysis supported? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Thermal Compliance | O | C/O | C/O | C/O | |||
| Temperature | C | ||||||
| Nonlinear Steady-State Thermal System (Radiation Only) | Upstream analysis supported? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Thermal Compliance | O | ||||||
| Temperature | C |
[a] This response will be deprecated in a future release. Ansys recommends that you use a User Defined Criterion response instead as it is more versatile.
[b] The Structural Optimization analysis only supports an upstream standalone MSUP Harmonic Response analysis.
[c] The application ignores Condensed Part objects included in the model when computing compliance.
[d] To specify a nonlinear analysis, set Large Deflection property to On in the Details of the Solver Controls category of the Analysis Settings.