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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1>Combined Terms</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract"><span class = "shortdesc">For getting the scalar value of a design response or a variable, it is necessary
to combine values derived from model properties or analysis results. This
could be done getting the maximum or minimum value within a number of
<span class = "ph">load cases</span> or a number of group entities or creating response combinations
like relative values, differences or mean values.</span>
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</p><hr class = "header"/></td></tr><tr><td class = "Intro2"><span class = "run-in">In this section:</span><br/><ul class = "ulthemes"><li><a title = "Combination of values derived from model properties or analysis results could be done getting the maximum or minimum value within a number of load cases or a number of group entities or creating response combinations like relative values, differences or mean values." href = "tso-c-usr-terms-combTermsGenInfo.htm">General Information about Combined Terms</a></li><li><a title = "For extracting one scalar value from a field of analysis results for a number of group entities into one design response, it is necessary to combine these results using an operator (GROUP_OPER)." href = "tso-m-usr-terms-combTerms-groupOper-sb.htm">Group Operations for Design Responses</a></li><li><a title = "Design responses extracted from finite element analysis might depend on a number of load cases. For getting a scalar value as design response, it is necessary to select (LC_SET) results from the load cases and combine the selected (LC_SEL) results using an operator." href = "tso-m-usr-terms-combTerms-lcCombi-sb.htm">Load Case Combination and Selection</a></li><li><a title = "Creating response combinations like relative values, differences or mean values requires operations on a number of previously extracted design responses. For sensitivity-based topology optimization, only weighted sums are admitted in objective function and constraint definitions. For controller-based shape optimization, a large variety of other operators are admissible. All operators are available to create new responses for monitoring of optimization results." href = "tso-m-usr-terms-combTerms-drespCombi-sb.htm">Design Response Combination</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>



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