Create Connector Inputs

Use the Connectors tool to create design variables based on selected connectors.

From the Design Explorer ribbon, click the Connectors tool.

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Create connector inputs based on connector properties (attributes)	Select Properties from the secondary ribbon. Figure 2. Select connectors. Connector input values can be entered in one of 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 the attribute(s) of the connector to become input variables. Select how you would like to define the input values, then either specify the lower and upper bounds or specify a list of valid discrete values. Click Create.
Create connector input based on connector controls	Select Controls from the secondary ribbon. Figure 3. Select connectors whose connector controls are to become design variables. Activate the Connector Controls selector on the guide bar then select the connector controls from the Advanced Selection dialog, On the guide bar, click .

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Create connector inputs based on connector properties (attributes)

Select Properties from the secondary ribbon.

Figure 2.
Select connectors.
Connector input values can be entered in one of 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,
1. Select the attribute(s) of the connector to become input variables.
2. Select how you would like to define the input values, then either specify the lower and upper bounds or specify a list of valid discrete values.
3. Click Create.

Create connector input based on connector controls

Select Controls from the secondary ribbon.

Figure 3.
Select connectors whose connector controls are to become design variables.
Activate the Connector Controls selector on the guide bar then select the connector controls from the Advanced Selection dialog,
On the guide bar, click .

Note: Using connectors as inputs requires connectors to be unrealized and re-realized each run in the exploration. In larger models, with many connector inputs, this can be time consuming when using mesh-dependent connectors.