Use
Results Analytics
to determine the best design.
Results Analytics is a dashboard app
that provides tools to help you select the best design by trading off competing
objectives. You can answer questions, such as "What if?" or "What is my best
option?", while retaining knowledge, decision history, and reference material in a
single location. In this simple example of a loaded cantilever beam the designer
might be forced to choose between the lightest beam or the strongest beam. Which
objective is more important for your application? Or is the best design a compromise
between weight and strength?
Results Analytics
is divided into a sequence of logical steps that allow you to examine and
analyze your data, to rank alternatives, and to assemble a subset of possible
alternatives by moving selected data points to a separate area—the basket.
Finally, you review the alternatives in the basket and recommend the best
design.
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From Performance Study, click Analyze Results.
Results Analytics opens in a new browser window.
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Select Guided Analytics to analyze the data set.
Results Analytics starts the analytics case on your local
3DOrchestrate Station. When the analysis is complete, the
window shows a preview of your data set. The simulation process and history
data, including images files, are available for review.
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Change the magnification under
Data Sources to view the entire process.
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From the workflow steps at the bottom of the window, click
Define.
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Select
Minimize for the objective of
Mass_MeasureInertia_1.
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From the steps at the bottom of the window, click
Explore, and review the results.
The runs are ranked by weight, with the lightest beam
ranked as the best design.
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Return to
Define.
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Enter an upper threshold for
Maximum_Max_Displacement that is slightly lower than the largest
value from the four runs.
Note:
The lowest and highest values for each parameter
are shown in square brackets in the right column, as shown below:

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Return to
Explore.
The result with a displacement greater than the upper
threshold is now highlighted in red indicating that it is infeasible. You can
choose to show/hide infeasible results by activating/deactivating the
Infeasible option.
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Right-click on the first column, and select
Add to Basket for the two highest ranked
alternatives that are considered feasible.
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From the steps at the bottom of the window, click
Compare.
Results Analytics
compares the two alternatives in the basket.
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View the figures in more detail by clicking the triangle next to
them. Close the figures after you view them.
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Choose the alternative with the lowest maximum displacement, and click
Recommend

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The icon turns blue to indicate this is the recommended alternative.
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From the steps at the bottom of the window, click
Recommend.
Results Analytics
shows the recommended alternative.
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Click
to save your analytics case.
Congratulations, you have successfully completed this example!