Working with Design Points

Each design point is a single set of parameter values representing one design alternative. Basically, you can think of a design point as a snapshot of your design given a set of input parameter values, where output parameter values are calculated by an update of the project. Design points allow you to perform what-if studies and can be created in the Parameter Set bar or generated with ANSYS DesignXplorer.

You manage design points in the Table pane for the Parameter Set tab or on a Parameter tab. The Table pane displays the design points.

From the Table pane, you can see existing design points and perform the following operations:

  • Add new design points

  • Duplicate existing design points

  • Enter or change the input parameter values for design points

  • Delete existing design points except for the current one

  • Specify the design point update order

  • Update design points, either locally or through Ansys Remote Solve Manager

  • Retain design point data within the project for design points other than the current, which by default has retained data

  • Preview the image from the project report, assuming that the project has design points, is solved, and a saved project report exists

  • Set a design point with retained data as the current design point

  • Export selected design points to separate projects

  • Export a CSV file of the design points table

The design point that you interact with on the Project Schematic is always the current design point. Initially, the current design point is DP 0. However, you can set any design point that has retained results to be the current design point. You cannot rename or delete the current design point.

If you add a new design point, change its input parameter values, and update the project, you calculate output parameter values for this new design point. You can then perform what-if studies to compare this design to other designs.