Importing and Exporting Taguchi Robust Design Configuration Files

You can import and export a Taguchi Robust Design configuration file. The subsequent sections show an example and the specific options for each available technique. To allow for better formatting in the file examples, the “*” and “#” symbols are used in various places to denote substitutions for defined values.

Taguchi Robust Design File Example

Control Technique: Orthogonal Array
Control Technique Options:
Array: L4
User-specified: false
Noise Technique: Orthogonal Array
Noise Technique Options:
Array: L2
User-specified: true
Execution Options:
parallel: false
confirm sensitivity: false
run baseline: false
system type: Static
confirm mean: false
canonical SN approach: canonical SN - generic version
confirm loss: false
confirm beta 3: false
confirm variance: false
confirm s/n ratio: false
confirm beta 2: false
execute subflow once: false
canonical noise approach: canonical noise matrix
import at runtime: false
confirm beta 1: false
Design Parameters:
Control Factors:

Name Values "# Levels" Levels Relation Baseline
CoilDiameter "0.3 0.5" 2 "-25 25" % 0.4
NumberOfCoils "9.0 15.0" 2 "-25 25" % 12.0 

Noise Factors:

Name Values "# Levels" Levels Relation Baseline
WireDiameter 0.05 0.0625 2 0 25 0.05 

Responses:

Name Type "*" "***" Target
Deflection "Higher is Better" "**" 1.0 <>
ShearStress "Lower is Better" "**" 1.0 <>
SizeLimit "Nominal is Best" "**" 1.0 1.0
SurgeFrequency "Higher is Better" "**" 1.0 <>
Mass "Lower is Better" "**" 1.0 <> 

"*" – "Dynamic Quality Characteristic"
"**" - "General Linear Equation"
"***" - "Loss Constant"

Setting Taguchi Robust Design Technique-Specific Options

The control and noise technique options are defined following the DOE technique option syntax. For the DOE technique options, see Importing and Exporting DOE Configuration Files.