Use the Size tool to create size design variables based on the attributes of selected
entities.
Attributes can be selected from
properties, materials, or constraints.
From the Design Explorer ribbon, click the Size
tool.
Figure 1.
Use the drop-down menu on the left side of the guide bar
to choose an entity type.
Note: When choosing an entity type of Constraints, the guide bar selector displays Loads.
Select entities of that type.
A size input's values can be defined in the following ways:
As a continuous range of values, where the lower and upper bounds are
specified as a percentage plus or minus its nominal value.
As a continuous range of values, where the lower and upper bounds are
specified.
As a list of discrete values.
In the microdialog,
Select which entity attribute will become a design variable from the
drop-down menu.
The numbers to the right of each attribute signify how many of the
selected entities contain that attribute.
Enter a lower and upper bound percentage.
These are the percentage over and under the nominal value and define
the variable range to be studied. The nominal value is determined from
the current attribute value.
