An optimizer offering an integrated Automated Optimal Design environment compatible with the industrial design process must meet the following requirements:
| Robust | OptiNet's effectiveness is independent of the number of design variables, problem type and objective |
| Global Search Oriented | OptiNet can identify the global minimum of an objective function even in the presence of several local minima, regardless of the starting point. |
| Derivative-Free | The derivative of the cost function might be undefined or the minimum determined might not be global. OptiNet avoids such errors by using proper functions and not their derivatives. |
| Fast | OptiNet has been implemented with the highest possible efficiency so that the designer has the freedom to choose between accuracy and computing time |