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Create Design Objective

Ribbon menu → Design Exploration Tab → Design Evaluation container → Create a Design Objective

(Classic) Simulate → Design Objective → New

Allows you to create an objective object if a measure is not flexible enough. Objective objects have options for processing simulation results and are valuable when you want to do complex or multi-step computations on model outputs.

Learn more about Creating an Objective Object.

For the option:	Do the following:
Name	Enter the name of the design objective.
Definition by	Select the type of object function you want: ■Measure - Use a measure. Learn about Using Measures for Objectives. ■Result set component - Select to use a new Result set component produced by a subsequent simulation.Learn about using a result set component. ■Existing result set component - Select to use an existing results set. ■Adams View function - Select to use an Adams View function. Learn about using functions. ■Adams View Variable and Macro - Select to use a variable and macro. Learn about using variable and macro. Note: Objectives usually involve simulation results, but they are not required to do so. You can create an objective that depends only on the model data, such as overall weight or size. You can then use Adams View to vary, or even optimize, the design variables and immediately see the results on the model. Note: In this case, use the function or variable/macro option for the objective, and ignore the analysis argument or parameter that Adams View supplies. Because you do not need simulation results, you should also create a dummy simulation script that does nothing. Then, Adams View repeatedly sets the variables and evaluates the objective, but does not run any simulations.
Measure/Result Set Comp./Function/Variable and Macro	Enter the name of the measure, result set component, function, or macro and variable. If you are entering a result set component, enter the name of the result set and component, for example req1.x. Tips on Entering Object Names in Text Boxes.
Design objective's value is	If you are using a measure or result set component, set the design objective’s value. For a measure, enter minimum, maximum, average, last value, absolute minimum, and absolute maximum of the measure. For a results set component, enter minimum, maximum, average, or last value of the result set component.
	Select to add any comments for the objective to help you manage and identify it. See Comments.