{"id":290588,"date":"2023-06-27T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/290588\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T15:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:06:49","slug":"290588","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/290588\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Explicit dynamic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;You can chain an output parameter to an input parameter to allow an input to be driven directly from the current value of an output, provided that the chaining does not create a circular dependency.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;To chain an output parameter to an input parameter:&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;&rdquo;&rdquo;procedure&rdquo;&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;1. To view the parameters, double-click the &lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;&rdquo;guilabel&rdquo;&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;<strong>Parameters<\/strong>&lt;\/span&gt;&nbsp;cell of a system or the&nbsp;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;&rdquo;guilabel&rdquo;&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;<strong>Parameter Set<\/strong>&lt;\/span&gt; bar&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;2. In the &lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;&rdquo;guilabel&rdquo;&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;<strong>Outline<\/strong>&lt;\/span&gt;&nbsp;pane, to the right of&nbsp;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;&rdquo;guilabel&rdquo;&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;<strong>New input parameter<\/strong>&lt;\/span&gt;, click the&nbsp;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;&rdquo;guilabel&rdquo;&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;<strong>New name<\/strong>&lt;\/span&gt;&nbsp;cell and type a name for the parameter.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;3. Click the <strong>&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;&rdquo;guilabel&rdquo;&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;New expression&lt;\/span&gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;cell and type either a constant value or expression for the parameter.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;4. &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;Update the project, system, or Parameters cell to register the changes and return the values of the output parameter. Note that an update operation can be lengthy, depending on the analysis details.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 12pt;&#8221;&gt;In the screenshot you can see how an expression is best to be defined.&lt;\/span&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/27-06-2023-1687878125-parameter_expressions.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-290588","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/290588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/290588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}