SENSITIVITY

I/O Options and Subcase Information Entry The SENSITIVITY command can be used in the I/O Options section to request the output of the responses and sensitivities for size and shape design variables to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Format

SENSITIVITY = option

Definitions

Argument Options Description
option <YES, NO, ALL, NONE, STRESS, NOSTRESS>

Default = NONE
NO, NONE
The results and sensitivities are not output.
YES, NOSTRESS, blank
The results and sensitivities are output excepting stress, strain, and force responses.
ALL or STRESS
The results and sensitivities are output including stress, strain, and force responses.

Comments

  1. This command is ignored when OUTPUT, MSSENS command is present.
  2. The frequency of this output is controlled by the SENSOUT option.
  3. For more details on the output format, refer to #.slk file.
  4. Additional sensitivity output requests for topology, free-sizing and gauge design variables can be made through OUTPUT and OUTPUT (in H3D format), and OUTPUT (ASCII format).