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The only way of doing this in AEDT that i found is creating a circuit model and putting my HFSS model in as a subcircuit and putting an NPORT node with an .s2p to one of the outputs and then optimizing Nexxim Linear Network setup with Dynamic Link variables.<\/p>\n<p>I have configured Circuit HPC to run 3 jobs in parallel, but when i start the optimization three jobs appear in progress panel, but only one of them being simulated, while others a re hanging there with &#8220;RUNNING&#8221; status. Is that me configuring something wrong, or is it AEDT not behaving the way it is supposed to?<\/p>\n<p>AEDT 2025R2 btw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-463264","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-hfss-circuit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am trying to optimize a waveguide divider with one if it&#039;s ports loaded with a waveguide filter. 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