Creating a Design Improvement Study

You can create a study to improve an existing design.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: For a parametric design improvement study, you must have a geometry model that contains parameters. A solved analysis case is also required if you want to use loads and boundary conditions to evaluate the performance of your design.
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About Design Improvement Studies

Create a Parametric Design Improvement Study

A parametric design improvement study explores many designs by varying the values of the parameters that you specify.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Design Improvement Study .
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. Select a Reference:

    • Select a product or part to evaluate only responses calculated in the model, such as total mass.
    • Select an analysis case to evaluate designs by subjecting them to loads and boundary conditions.

  4. Optional: Select an existing study to Copy features from.

    Copying features is an efficient means to set up a new study that is similar to an existing one. You can copy features such as design variables, response variables, objectives, and constraints rather than recreating them in the new study.