HFSS15: Editing a Design Variable

A design variable is associated with an HFSS design. A design variable can be assigned to a parameter value in the HFSS design in which it was created. You can also add a variable defined with an array of values.

1. Click HFSS or HFSS-IE>Design Properties.

• Alternatively, right-click the design name in the project tree, and then click Design Properties on the shortcut menu.

The Local Variables Properties dialog box appears. From the Properties dialog you can Add, Add Array, Edit.. or Remove variables. This section describes Edit. Use the links for descriptions of Add, Add Array and Remove,

Any existing Design variables are listed in the Properties dialog with the name followed by cells for Value, Unit, Evaluated Value, Type, Description, and Read-only and Hidden check boxes. A Show Hidden checkbox on the lower right of the Properties dialog controls the appearance of any Hidden variables.

Initially, you leave the radio button with Value selected until you have defined a variable. The other radio buttons let you enable defined variables for Optimization, Tuning, Sensitivity or Statistics. Selecting one of these radio buttons add a new column to the Variable definition row for which you can check or uncheck Include a regular variable for that kind of Optimetrics simulation. Array variables cannot be Enabled for Optimetrics. For further discussion, see Optimetrics.

2. Select a variable to highlight it.

3. Click the Edit button.

For regular variables, the Add Property dialog for that variable opens, and for array variables, the Edit Array variable dialog for that variable opens.

4. Complete the edits and OK the dialog to apply them.