Making Connections within the PET

Now the PET contains both an Analysis Block and a Driver. The last step before analysis is to make connections within the PET canvas.

1. Left-click the Connect Mode icon on the Modeling toolbar. Connect Mode is used to make connections between models on the PET canvas.

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2. With Connect Mode selected, left-click on ParameterStudy’s exposed Design Variable x.

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  1. Now left-click on PythonWrapper’s Parameter x.

A line will appear indicating that the two ports are now connected.

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  1. Connect ParameterStudy.x to PythonWrapper.y.
  2. Connect PythonWrapper.f_xy to ParameterStudy.f_xy.

Now everything is connected!

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6. Let’s give the PythonWrapper Component a more descriptive name. Naming becomes more important from an organizational standpoint in larger PETs with dozens of Analysis Blocks.

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  1. Change the PythonWrapper Component’s name to Paraboloid.
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