2       Configuration

The  button in Optimiser tab of QW-Simulator Ribbon or Configure Optimiser… command from Optimiser menu of QW-Simulator main menu invoke Configure Optimiser dialogue for configuring basic optimisation parameters, setting variables, and objectives for optimisation or parameters sweep (grid search) routines.

If the project has been previously configured for optimisation, its optimisation settings are stored in the projectname.xyp file in the project directory, and the contents of the Variables tab (and the other two tabs) are taken from that file.

Only parametrised projects can be used in optimisation or parameters sweep, what means that the project should be constructed using UDO script.  The name of the UDO object used for optimisation must be the same as the name of the project – otherwise the optimisation will not run. A recommended way of writing UDO scripts is to set the object name as the first parameter in the header. The name of the UDO file used to generate the object does not need to be the same as the name of this object (and of the project).

Objective can be based on different post-processings and an appropriate post-processings must be defined and activated in the project in QW‑Editor.

Configuring optimiser consists of the following steps:

• Setting optimiser preferences

• Setting optimiser variables

• Setting optimiser objectives