To Create a Strain Energy Design Objective
1. Click
Home >
Design Objective. The
Design Objective dialog box opens.
2. In the Name box, type a name for the design objective.
3. To change the color used for the design objective, click
, and select a color in the
Color Editor dialog box.
4. To define the physical feature to optimize, in the Response type box, select Strain Energy (SENERGY).
5. To define all or the portion of the model to which the design objective applies, next to Objective target, do one of the following:
◦ To apply the design objective to the entire model, select the Entire Model check box.
◦ To apply the design objective to only a portion of the model, clear the Entire Model check box, and then do the following:
▪ To include items in the optimization for this design objective, click the Volumes, Components collector, and then select volumes or components to optimize.
▪ To exclude regions from the optimization for this design objective, click the Excluded regions collector, and select volume regions to exclude.
6. To select analyses that correspond to the design objective, in the Analysis box, click the arrow, and select the check boxes of the analyses to include in the design objective.
7. In the Goal box, select an option:
◦ Min—Minimizes the strain energy.
◦ Max—Maximizes the strain energy.
8. To assign a weight factor to this design objective in relation to other objectives, in the Weight factor box, type a value.
9. Click OK.