DGLOBAL

I/O Options and Subcase Information Entry The DGLOBAL command can be used in the I/O Options section to activate the Global Search Option (GSO).

Format

DGLOBAL = n

Definitions

Argument Options Description
n (Integer > 0)

No default

 Identification of a DGLOBAL Bulk Data Entry.

Comments

  1. This command must reference a DGLOBAL Bulk Data Entry to run GSO.
  2. This data can exist only once in the I/O section.
  3. This command activates a global search algorithm to run an optimization of user-defined design variables from multiple starting points.