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Tip: Remember how we specified the radius to range from 1 to 2.5 inches to create the Response Surface? Well we now know that the optimized radius should be around 1.45 inches so no need to have that big a of range anymore. For a second round of optimization (not done in this tutorial), it would be a good idea to go back in Design of Experiments and change to lower and upper bound to be, say 1.4 and 1.5 inches respectively. A smaller range will give you a more accurate response surface which will help you optimize the radius further.

Obtaining

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Deformation and Stress Results for Selected Design Point

We will select candidate point 2 as the design point. It is a good idea to review the deformation and stress plots at the chosen design point.  To do this, let's set the

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At this point the Candidate Point 2 results will be inputted back into the Design Modeler. That is, the radius from Candidate Point 2 will be set as  as the radius of the hole in Design Modeler. In order to do so, Select (Right Click) Candidate Point 2 > Insert as Design Point.

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