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# Design Objective

Defines a Design Objective that minimizes/maximizes a Design Response.

### Inputs

| Name      | Type                                                                          | Description                                                                                           |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Goal      | Optimization Objective Enum                                                   | Optimization goal.                                                                                    |
| Responses | [Design Response List](../../../../block-documentation/types/design-response) | Design Responses that form the objective function.                                                    |
| Weights   | [Scalar List](../../../../block-documentation/types/scalar)                   | Factors used to weight the influence of each design response when calculating the objective function. |

### Outputs

| Type                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Design Objective](../../../../block-documentation/types/design-objective) |