RcurDyn/AutoDesign以数学为背景，能够让工程师很容易就能对结构部件进行优化的一款工具。在RecurDyn中进行优化时提供以下四类工具: Design Study module (响应分析& 设计变量筛选) Design Optimization module DFSS 和 Robust Design Optimization module Reliability Analysis module

根据设计选择需要用到的方法

• 效果分析的DOE方法: Extended Plackett-Burman Design, 3-level Orthogonal Array Design, Level-Balanced Descriptive Design, Full Factorial Design
• DOE Methods for Meta-Modeling : Discrete Latin Hypercube Design, Incomplete Small Composite Design-I and -II, Generalized Small Composite Design, Box and Behnken Design, Face Centered Central Composite Design
• Meta-Modeling Methods: Simultaneous Kriging Method, Radial Basis Function Method, Conservative RSM
• Numerical Optimization Methods: Augmented Lagrange multiplier method, BFGS method, Hestenes-Stiefel method, Variable-order polynomial line search method, Weighted Min-Max Formulation for multi-objectives
• 随机动力学：AutoDesign基于随机动力学进行可靠性分析