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Optimization Wizard with integer numbers

Optimization Wizard with integer numbers

Optimization Wizard with integer numbers

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Greetings all!

I don't have much experience with Optimization Wizard yet, and I have a question. As I understand, this tool only deals with epxressions which are real numbers. But what if I need certain parameters to be only integer, and sometimes with only limited list of allowed values? Real engineering tasks may well include such contraints. As an example, one our customer has bending machine which can bend workpieces only at 50 or 100 mm radius, with nothing in between. Can Optimization Wizard be used in such mode?

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RE: Optimization Wizard with integer numbers

Hi PrintScaffold,

I think sensitivity study is more like what you want.


Choose Global Sensitivity as the optimization type.

Below is the description extract from NX Documentation:
Global Sensitivity iterates through the limits of each selected design variable to determine how sensitive the design objective is to each design variable. Performing a global sensitivity study helps predict which design variables have the most impact on critical model responses. Therefore, it helps you determine which variables to include in a subsequent NX Optimizer or Altair HyperOpt analysis.

The software modifies the design variable values over a specified number of iterations. For example, if a design variable has a lower limit of 0.0, an upper limit of 10.0, and you specify 5 iterations for the global sensitivity study, the software performs 5 iterations, incrementing the design variable by a value of 2.0 at each iteration.

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