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Contents-1 Table of Contents 1. Welcome to Maxwell Online Help User Interface Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Modeling Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Boundaries/Excitations Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Meshing Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Analysis Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Optimetrics Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Results Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Scripting Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 2. Getting Started with Maxwell and RMxprt System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Additional Windows Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Increasing RAM on a 32-Bit PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Increasing RAM on a 32-Bit Windows Vista PC . . . . . . . 2-3 Additional Sun Solaris Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Additional Linux Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Setting Up a Printer on Solaris/Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 The Maxwell Desktop UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Working with the Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Working with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Working with the Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Customizing Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Customize Toolbar Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 www.cadfamily.com EMail:[email protected] The document is for study only,if tort to your rights,please inform us,we will delete

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1. Welcome to Maxwell Online HelpUser Interface Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modeling Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boundaries/Excitations Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meshing Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analysis Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optimetrics Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Results Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scripting Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-3 1-3 1-4 1-4 1-5

2. Getting Started with Maxwell and RMxprtSystem Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Additional Windows Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Increasing RAM on a 32-Bit PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Increasing RAM on a 32-Bit Windows Vista PC . . . . . . . 2-3 Additional Sun Solaris Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional Linux Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up a Printer on Solaris/Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Maxwell Desktop UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customizing Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-6 2-7 2-8 2-9 2-9

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External User Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Working with the Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Shortcut Menu in the Toolbars Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Shortcut Menu in the Modeler Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Shortcut Menus in the Project Manager Window . . . . . . 2-11 General Purpose Keyboard Shortcuts for Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Project Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with the Project Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 2-13 2-13 2-13

Viewing Maxwell Design Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Viewing Material Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Working with the Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Opening the Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Showing and Hiding the Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 Setting the Properties Window to Open Automatically . . 2-16 Modifying Object Attributes Using the Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 Modifying Object Command Properties Using the Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Working with the Progress Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Stopping or Aborting Simulation Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Viewing Distributed Analysis Subtasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Working with the Message Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Clearing Messages for the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Clearing Messages for the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Copying Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Setting the Message Manager to Open Automatically . . 2-18 Working with the Modeler Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 Working with the History Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 Controlling the View of Objects in the History Tree . . . . . 2-22 Keyboard Shortcuts for the 3D Modeler Window . . . . . . . . . . . . Running Maxwell From a Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Getting Started Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A 3D Rotational Actuator Magnetostatic Problem with Parametrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A 3D Transient Rotational Actuator Problem with Motion . . . . .Contents-2

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A 2D Magnetostatic Solenoid Problem with Parametrics . . . . . . 2-29 Copyright and Trademark Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

3. Getting HelpAnsoft Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing the Ansoft Company Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obtaining Information About the Software and Version . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing the Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a Documentation File into a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conventions Used in the Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-7

4. Working with Maxwell Projects and DesignsMaxwell Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating New 2D Designs from 3D Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting a 3D Model to 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating New 3D Designs from 2D Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting 2D XY Model to 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting 2D RZ Model to 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Recent Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening Legacy Maxwell Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Translating Legacy Maxwell Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a New Maxwell Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving the Active Maxwell Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a Copy of a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Save a Project as a Technology File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Project Data Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recovering Project Data in an Auto-Save File . . . . . . . . Saving a Project From a Previous Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exiting Maxwell and RMxprt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undoing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redoing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Unused Components from a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating Design Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Projects and Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy and Paste a Project or Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rename a Project or Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-4 4-5 4-5 4-5 4-7 4-7 4-7 4-7 4-9 4-9 4-9 4-10 4-10 4-10 4-11 4-12 4-13 4-14 4-15 4-16 4-17 4-18 4-19 4-19 4-19

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Delete a Project or Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Validating Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modeler Validation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting Ansoft 2D Modeler Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting 2D AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format Files . . . . Exporting 3D Model Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting Graphics Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing 2D Model Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing GDSII Format Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing 3D Model Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing DXF and DWG Format Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing and Converting Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing a Model from the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previewing the Printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Page Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Design Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Password Manager to Control Access to Resources . . . . . . Specifying a New Password Protected Resource . . . . . . . . . . . Encrypting a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Options in Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Options: Project Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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General Options: Miscellaneous Options Tab . . . . . . . . . 4-43 General Options: Default Units Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44 General Options: Analysis Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45 General Options: WebUpdate Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46 General Options in Maxwell 2D/3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solver Options in Maxwell 2D/3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Maxwell 3D Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxwell 3D Options: General Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47 4-47 4-47 4-47

Maxwell 3D Options: Solver Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48 Report Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49 Setting Maxwell 2D Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49 Maxwell 2D Options: General Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50 Maxwell 2D Options: Solver Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51 Setting RMxprt Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51Contents-4

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RMxprt Options: General Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51 RMxprt Options: Solver Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52 RMxprt Options: Export Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52 Setting Report2D Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53 Report 2D Options: Curve Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53 Report2D Options: Axis Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54 Report2D Options: Grid Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54 Report2D Options: Header Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54 Report2D Options: Note Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54 Report2D Options: Legend Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55 Report2D Options: Marker tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55 Report2D Options: Marker Table Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56 Report2D Options: General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56 Report2D Options: Table Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57 Setting Modeler Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57 Modeler Options: Operation Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57 Modeler Options: Display Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58 Modeler Options: Drawing Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59 Setting Machine Options in Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Project Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Design Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding Datasets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying Datasets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Mathematical Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining an Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Valid Operators for Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60 4-61 4-61 4-62 4-63 4-63 4-64 4-64 4-65

Using Intrinsic Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65 Using Intrinsic Functions in Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-67 Using Piecewise Linear Functions in Expressions . . . . . 4-69 Using Dataset Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69 Assigning Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing a Variable to Optimize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Including a Variable in a Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing a Variable to Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Including a Variable in a Statistical Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69 4-70 4-70 4-71 4-71

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5. Setting Up a Maxwell DesignInserting a Maxwell Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Model's Units of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Material Threshold Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Set Ambient Temperature Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Set Material Override Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting a Symmetry Multiplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Export Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Model Depth Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Background Material Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preserve Transient Solution Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Product Coupling Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Band Meshing Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-4 5-5 5-5 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7

6. Specifying the Solver TypeMagnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC Conduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transient Electric Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disconnected Solution Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-6

7. Drawing a ModelDrawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Polyline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Spline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Three-Point Arc Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Center-Point Arc Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing an Equation Based Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Rectangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing an Ellipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Regular Polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing an Equation Based Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Contents-6

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Drawing a Regular Polyhedron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Cone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Torus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Helix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Segmented Helix with Polygon Cross-Section Using a User Defined Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Segmented Helix with Rectangular Cross-Section Using a User Defined Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Spiral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Spiral Using User Defined Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . Sweeping Objects Around an Axis, Along a Vector, or Along a Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Bondwire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing a Line Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Segmented Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Segmented Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Drawing Non-Model Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25 Selecting Non-Model Drawing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26 Changing an Object to Non-Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26 User Customization through User Defined Primitives (UDPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a User Defined Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating the User Defined Primitives Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . User Defined Primitives (UDPs) for Motor Geometries . . . . . . . Stator Geometries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-27 7-28 7-29 7-30 7-31

Rotor Geometries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32 Pole Geometries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33 Parameters for RMxprt User Defined Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 RMxprt/Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 RMxprt/ClawPoleCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 RMxprt/ConCoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36 RMxprt/DCMCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37 RMxprt/DiskCoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38 RMxprt/DiskPMCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39 RMxprt/DiskSlotCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40Contents-7

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RMxprt/DoubleCage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41 RMxprt/IPMCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42 RMxprt/LapCoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43 RMxprt/LinearMCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44 RMxprt/NonSalientPoleCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44 RMxprt/PMCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45 RMxprt/PMDamperCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46 RMxprt/RacetrackSlotCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47 RMxprt/SalientPoleCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48 RMxprt/SlotCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50 RMxprt/SquirrelCage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50 RMxprt/SRMCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-51 RMxprt/SynRMCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52 RMxprt/TransCoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53 RMxprt/TransCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53 RMxprt/UnivMCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54 RMxprt/VentSlotCore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 RMxprt/WaveCoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56 Specifying UDP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Background Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Model Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analysis Options Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analyzing the Surface Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Model Analysis Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Objects Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57 7-58 7-61 7-61 7-62 7-62 7-63

Objects Misalignment Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64 Surface Mesh (Single/Pairs) Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64 Last Simulation Mesh Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-65 Aligning Selected Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Selected Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Selected Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Healing an Imported Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Healing Stage One: Validation Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Healing Stage Two: Fix Intersections Between Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69Contents-8

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Healing Stage Three: Fix Object Pair Intersections . . . . 7-70 Healing Stage Four: Analysis Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-70 Healing Non-Manifold Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-70 Setting the Healing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-71 Modifying Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73 Assigning Color to Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74 Setting the Default Color of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74 Setting the Default Color of Object Outlines . . . . . . . . . . 7-74 Assigning Transparency to an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-74 Setting the Default Transparency of Objects . . . . . . . . . . 7-75 Copying and Pasting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying an Image to the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Polyline Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Last Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cutting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Orientation of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mirroring Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offsetting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicating Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicating Objects Along a Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75 7-75 7-76 7-76 7-76 7-77 7-77 7-77 7-77 7-78 7-79 7-79 7-80

Deleting Start Points and Endpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-76

Duplicating Objects Around an Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-80 Duplicating and Mirroring Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81 Scaling Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-81 Sweeping Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82 Sweeping Around an Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-82 Sweeping Along a Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83 Sweeping Along a Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84 Sweeping Faces Along Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-84 Thicken Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85 Covering Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Covering Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncovering Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detaching Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-85 7-85 7-86 7-86

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Detaching Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Cross-Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Faces Along the Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uniting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subtracting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating New Objects By Intersecting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Object from a Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Object from an Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Splitting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Separating Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting Polyline Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rounding the Edge of an Object (Fillet Command) . . . . . . . . . . Flattening the Edge of an Object (Chamfer Command) . . . . . . . Purging the History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting the Last Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Generating History to Reproduce Portions of a Model . . . . . . . Modifying the Model View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating the View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Panning the View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spinning the View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zooming In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zooming In or Out on a Rectangular Area . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Moving Faces Along a Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-88

Viewing 3D User Interface Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-101 Fitting Objects in the View Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-102 Fitting All Objects in a View Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-102 Fitting a Selection in a View Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-103 Hiding Objects from View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Active View Visibility Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rendering Objects as Wire Frames or Solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Default Rendering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-103 7-103 7-104 7-104 7-105

Setting the Surface Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-105 Modifying the View Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-106 Applying a Default View Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-106 Applying a New View Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-107 Removing an Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-107Contents-10

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Modifying the Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Projection View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Background Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying the Coordinate System Axes View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing or Hiding the Axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Show the Axes for Selected Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-110 Enlarging or Shrinking the Axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-110 Showing or Hiding the Triad Axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-110 Choosing Grid Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111 Setting the Grid Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111 Setting the Grid Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111 Setting the Grid Density and Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-111 Setting the Grid's Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-112 Setting the Grid Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-112 Setting the Color Key Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting a Plot's Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Items in the Modeler Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Multiple Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Default Color and Transparency of Selected Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-116 Setting the Default Color of Highlighted Objects . . . . . . . 7-117 Creating an Object List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-117 Reassigning Objects to Another Object List . . . . . . . . . . 7-118 Using or Viewing List Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-118 Selecting Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-119 Selecting All Faces of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-120 Selecting Faces by Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-120 Selecting Faces by Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-121 Face Selection Toolbar Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-121 Creating a Face List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-122 Selecting Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-123 Selecting All Edges of an Object or Face . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-124 Selecting Vertices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-124Contents-11

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Selecting Multi (a Mode for Selecting Objects, Faces, Vertices or Edges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-125 Controlling the Selection in Multi Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-125 Clearing a Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting the Face, Edge, Vertex, or Object Behind . . . . . . . . . Selecting the Edges of the Problem Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Objects and Surfaces That Lie Inside Other Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Based on Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Mouse to Select Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Cartesian Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Cylindrical Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Spherical Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Absolute Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Relative Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Coordinate Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Working Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Relative Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an Offset Relative CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-126 7-126 7-127 7-127 7-127 7-127 7-128 7-128 7-129 7-129 7-130 7-131 7-131 7-132 7-132

Creating a Rotated Relative CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-132 Creating an Offset and Rotated Relative CS . . . . . . . . . . 7-133 Creating a Face Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-134 Automatically Creating Face Coordinate Systems . . . . . 7-135 Modifying Coordinate Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Coordinate Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assigning Coordinates to New Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Cartesian Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Cylindrical Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Spherical Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Absolute Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Relative Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing the Movement Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving the Cursor In Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving the Cursor Out of Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving the Cursor in 3D Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving the Cursor Along the X-Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving the Cursor Along the Y-Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving the Cursor Along the Z-Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing Snap Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Contents-12

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8. Assigning MaterialsSearching for Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Searching by Material Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Searching by Material Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding New Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Variable Material Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Material Properties as Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Functional Material Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Material Coordinate Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anisotropic Dielectric Permittivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anisotropic Magnetic Permeability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anisotropic Electric Conductivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anisotropic Admittivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lamination Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacking Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Core Loss Type for a Maxwell Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dielectric Loss Tangent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magnetic Loss Tangent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculating Properties for Core Loss (BP Curve) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Core Loss Coefficients for Electrical Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Core Loss Coefficient Extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing a BP Curve From a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manually Specifying BP Curve Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing and Modifying Material Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Material Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Validating Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting Materials to a Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sorting Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with Material Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring Design Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Material Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting a Thermal Modifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 8-3 8-3 8-4 8-5 8-5 8-5 8-6 8-6 8-8 8-11 8-11 8-12 8-12 8-13 8-13 8-14 8-15 8-16 8-17 8-18 8-18 8-20 8-21 8-22 8-23 8-24 8-25 8-26 8-27 8-27 8-29 8-29

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Specify Thermal Quadratic Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30 Permanent Magnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonlinear vs. Linear Permanent Magnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Characteristics and Main Parameters of Permanent-magnetic Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demagnetization Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculating the Properties for a Permanent Magnet . . . . . . . . . Calculating the Properties for a Non-Linear Permanent Magnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonlinear Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perfect Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32 8-32 8-32 8-33 8-37 8-37 8-39 8-40

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9. Assigning Boundaries and Excitations for 3D DesignsSelecting Objects and Faces in the Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Visibility for Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . Functional Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Eddy Effects and Displacement Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Core Loss for Transient Solvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing and Verifying Conduction Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recalculating Conduction Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying Boundary Conditions and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicating Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing and Hiding Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing and Hiding Boundaries and Excitations in Setting Default Values for Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . Reassigning Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reassigning Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting All Boundaries and/or Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reprioritizing Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing and Editing Boundary or Excitation Properties . . . . . . . Set Default Boundary/Excitation Base Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magnetostatic Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magnetostatic Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Contents-14

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Default Boundary Conditions for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15 Assigning a Magnetic H Field for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15 Assigning an Insulating Boundary for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary Condition for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16 Assigning a Master Boundary for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17 Assigning a Slave Boundary for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18 Magnetostatic Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19 Assigning a Voltage Excitation for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19 Assigning a Voltage Drop Excitation for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20 Assigning a Current Density Excitation for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20 Assigning a Current Excitation for a Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21 Electrostatic Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22 Electrostatic Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22 Default Boundary Conditions for an Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary Condition for an Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23 Assigning a Master Boundary for an Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24 Assigning a Slave Boundary for an Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25 Electrostatic Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26 Assigning a Voltage Excitation for an Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26Contents-15

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Assigning a Charge Excitation for an Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27 Assigning a Floating Excitation for an Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27 Assigning a Volume Charge Density Excitation for an Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27 DC Conduction Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29 DC Conduction Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29 Default Boundary Conditions for a DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30 Assigning an Insulating Boundary for a DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary Condition for a DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30 Assigning a Master Boundary for a DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31 Assigning a Slave Boundary for a DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32 DC Conduction Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33 Assigning a Voltage Excitation for a DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Assigning a Current Excitation for a DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Assigning a Sink Excitation for a DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 DC Conduction + Electrostatic Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . 9-35 Eddy Current Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36 Eddy Current Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36 Default Boundary Conditions for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37 Assigning a Magnetic H Field for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37 Assigning an Insulating Boundary for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38Contents-16

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Assigning a Symmetry Boundary for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38 Assigning a Master Boundary for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39 Assigning a Slave Boundary for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40 Assigning a Radiation Boundary for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41 Assigning an Impedance Boundary for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42 Eddy Current Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45 Assigning a Current Density Excitation for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45 Assigning a Current Density Terminal Excitation for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46 Assigning a Current Excitation for the Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46 Transient Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47 Transient Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47 Default Boundary Conditions for a Transient Solver . . . . 9-48 Assigning a Zero Tangential H Field Boundary for a Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48 Assigning an Insulating Boundary for a Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary for a Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49 Assigning a Master Boundary for a Transient Solver . . . 9-49 Assigning a Slave Boundary for a Transient Solver . . . . 9-50 Transient Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52 Assigning a Coil Terminal for a Transient Solver . . . . . . 9-52 Assigning a Winding Setup for a Transient Solver . . . . . 9-53 Setting Up an External Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54 Editing the External Circuit Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57

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10. Assigning Boundaries and Excitations for 2D DesignsSelecting Objects and Faces in the 2D Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Boundary Conditions in 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining 2D Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing 2D Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Visibility for 2D Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . Functional Boundaries and Excitations in 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Eddy Effects and Displacement Current in 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Core Loss for 2D Transient Solvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying 2D Boundary Conditions and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicating 2D Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing and Hiding Boundaries and Excitations in 2D . . . . . . Showing and Hiding 2D Boundaries and Excitations Setting Default Values for 2D Boundaries and Excitations . . . Reassigning 2D Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reassigning 2D Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting All 2D Boundaries and/or Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing and Editing 2D Boundary or Excitation Properties . . . 2D Magnetostatic Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2D Magnetostatic Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Default Boundary Conditions for a 2D Magnetostatic Assigning a Vector Potential for a 2D Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary Condition for a 2D Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 Assigning a Balloon Boundary Condition for a 2D Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 Assigning a Master Boundary for a 2D Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 Assigning a Slave Boundary for a 2D Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13 2D Magnetostatic Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14 Assigning a Current Density Excitation for a 2DContents-18

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Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14 Assigning a Current Excitation for a 2D Magnetostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14 2D Electrostatic Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16 2D Electrostatic Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16 Default Boundary Conditions for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary Condition for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 Assigning a Balloon Boundary Condition for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18 Assigning a Master Boundary for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18 Assigning a Slave Boundary for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19 2D Electrostatic Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19 Assigning a Voltage Excitation for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19 Assigning a Charge Excitation for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Assigning a Floating Excitation for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Assigning a Charge Density Excitation for a 2D Electrostatic Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 2D AC Conduction Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 2D AC Conduction Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 Default Boundary Conditions for a 2D AC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary Condition for a 2D AC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23 Assigning a Balloon Boundary Condition for a 2D AC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24 Assigning a Master Boundary for a 2D AC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24Contents-19

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Assigning a Slave Boundary for a 2D AC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24 2D AC Conduction Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 Assigning a Voltage Excitation for a 2D AC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 2D DC Conduction Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27 2D DC Conduction Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27 Default Boundary Conditions for a 2D DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary Condition for a 2D DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28 Assigning a Balloon Boundary Condition for a 2D DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29 Assigning a Resistance Boundary Condition for a 2D DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29 Assigning a Master Boundary for a 2D DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30 Assigning a Slave Boundary for a 2D DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30 2D DC Conduction Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31 Assigning a Voltage Excitation for a 2D DC Conduction Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31 2D Eddy Current Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32 2D Eddy Current Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33 Default Boundary Conditions for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34 Assigning a Vector Potential for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34 Assigning an Impedance Boundary for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36 Assigning a Balloon Boundary Condition for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37Contents-20

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Assigning a Master Boundary for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37 Assigning a Slave Boundary for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38 2D Eddy Current Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38 Assigning a Current Excitation for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39 Assigning a Parallel Current Excitation for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39 Assigning a Current Density Excitation for the 2D Eddy Current Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40 2D Transient Boundaries and Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41 2D Transient Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41 Default Boundary Conditions for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42 Assigning a Vector Potential for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42 Assigning a Symmetry Boundary for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43 Assigning a Balloon Boundary Condition for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43 Assigning a Master Boundary for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43 Assigning a Slave Boundary for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44 2D Transient Excitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44 Assigning a Current Excitation for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45 Assigning a Current Density Excitation for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45 Assigning a Coil for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . 10-46 Assigning an End Connection for a 2D Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-47 Assigning a Winding Setup for a 2DContents-21

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Transient Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-47 Setting up a Y Connection in 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-49 Setting Up an External Circuit in 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-50 Editing the External Circuit Connection for 2D Transient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54

11. Setting Up Motion for Transient ProjectsAssigning a Band of Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Non-Cylindrical Rotational Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reassigning a Band of Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding and Deleting Objects from a Band of Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing and Hiding Motion Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Visibility for Motion Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2 11-4 11-5 11-6 11-6 11-6

12. Adding Solution ParametersAssigning a Force Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assigning a Torque Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assigning a Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reassigning Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Parameter List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting All Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Showing and Hiding Solution Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Visibility for Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Parameter Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 12-2 12-2 12-4 12-4 12-4 12-4 12-5 12-6

13. Defining Mesh OperationsAssigning Length-Based Mesh Refinement on Object Faces . . . . . . Assigning Length-Based Mesh Refinement Inside Objects . . . . . . . . Assigning Skin Depth-Based Mesh Refinement on Object Faces . . . Modifying Surface Approximation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surface Approximation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guidelines for Modifying Surface Approximation Settings . . . . Modifying the Model Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Mesh Operations Without Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reverting to the Initial Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting All Previously-Assigned Mesh Refinements . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing List of Mesh Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reassigning a Mesh Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Mesh Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Contents-22

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14. Specifying Solution SettingsAnalysis Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Analysis Parameters for Non-Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . Defining Settings on the General Tab for Non-Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setup Name (Non-Transient) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3 14-5 14-5 14-5

Adaptive Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5 Parameter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6 Defining Settings on the Convergence Tab for Non-Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Output Variable Convergence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Settings on the Solver Tab for Non-Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magnetostatic Solver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6 14-6 14-7 14-7

Eddy Current Solver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14 Import Mesh for Non-Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14 Setup Link for Non-Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14 Defining Settings on the Frequency Sweep Tab for Eddy Current Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Settings on the Defaults Tab for Non-Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Analysis Parameters for Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Settings on the General Tab for Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setup Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 14-16 14-17 14-17 14-17

Transient Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17 Defining Settings on the Save Fields Tab for Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18 Defining Settings on the Advanced Tab for Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18 Using a Control Program in Transient Solutions . . . . . . 14-18 Get Data From Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21 Compute Data For Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-24 Defining Settings on the Solver Tab for Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-24 Defining Settings on the Output Variables Tab for Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-24Contents-23

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Defining Settings on the Defaults Tab for Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resetting Analysis to Time Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Memory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Desired RAM Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Hard Memory Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting View Context for Transient Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speed and Position Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming a Solution Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying a Solution Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clearing Linked Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the Report Updating During Analysis Options . . . . . . . . . . . .

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15. Maxwell Coupling with ePhysics, HFSS, and SimplorerCreating Coupled Designs Between Maxwell and ePhysics . . . . . . . 15-3 Linking from ePhysics to an Automatically Created Maxwell Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4 Multiple Links in Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Variables in Coupled Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . External Load Check Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mesh Import for Coupled Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setup Links in Coupled Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setup Link:General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setup Link:Parameters Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setup Link:Solver Tab (Thermal Transient Only) . . . . . . . . . . . Near Field Coupling Between Maxwell and HFSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Magnetic bias source coupling between Maxwell and HFSS . . . . . . . Coupling Maxwell to a Simplorer Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5 15-6 15-8 15-10 15-11 15-11 15-13 15-14 15-17 15-18 15-19

16. Exporting Equivalent Circuit DataExporting a Circuit From a Parametric Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Types of Equivalent Circuit Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting a Circuit From an Imported Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up Current Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Current Variables Represent Ampere-Turns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Current Variables Represent Amperes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Inputs and Outputs in the Table Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Coil and Mechanical Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-2 16-3 16-5 16-7 16-7 16-7 16-9 16-12

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17. Scripting in MaxwellRecording a Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stopping Script Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running a Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pausing and Resuming a Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stopping a Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-2 17-3 17-4 17-5 17-6

18. Running SimulationsSolving a Single Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running More Than One Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the Analysis Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remote Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Determining the Desired Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Common Windows Configurations (Advantages 18-2 18-2 18-3 18-5 18-6

and Disadvantages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-7 Unix Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-8 Determining User Accounts to Use with the Selected Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-8 Using Groups for Security Permissions on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-12 Configuring the Remote Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-13 A. Configuring the Remote Machine for Windows XP Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-13 B. Configuring the Remote Machine for Unix . . . . . . . . 18-21 Configuring the Local Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-29 A. Configuring the Local Machine for Windows XP Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-29 B. Configuring the Local Machine for Unix . . . . . . . . . . 18-33 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distributed Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring Distributed Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Licensing for Distributed Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting an Optimal Configuration for Distributed Analysis . . Monitoring the Solution Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring Queued Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-39 18-47 18-47 18-49 18-49 18-51 18-51

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Changing a Solutions Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-52 Aborting Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-53 Re-solving a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-54

19. Post Processing and Generating ReportsViewing Solution Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-2 Viewing Convergence Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-2 Viewing the Number of Completed Passes . . . . . . . . . . 19-3 Viewing Output Variable Convergence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-3 Plotting Convergence Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-3 Viewing a Solution's Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-4 Viewing Matrix Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-4 Exporting a Circuit Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-5 Coupling Coefficient Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-6 Viewing Parameter Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Mesh Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Geometry Animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Field Plot Animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controlling the Animation's Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting Animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a New Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying the Background Properties of a Report . . . . . . . . . . Modifying the Legend in a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-6 19-7 19-9 19-9 19-10 19-11 19-13 19-15 19-17 19-19 19-20 19-21

Selecting the Report Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-23 Selecting the Display Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-23 Creating 2D Rectangular Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-23 Plotting a Quantity Versus Adaptive Pass . . . . . . . . . . . 19-25 Creating 3D Rectangular Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-26 Creating Data Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-27 Delta Markers in 2D Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-28 Working with Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-28 Editing Trace Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-29 Editing the Display Properties of Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-30 Adding Data Markers to Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-31Contents-26

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Discarding Report Values Below a Specified Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-33 Add Trace Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-33 Removing Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-34 Copy and Paste of Report and Trace Definitions . . . . . 19-35 Copy and Paste of Report and Trace Data . . . . . . . . . . 19-36 Sweeping a Variable in a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-36 Sweeping Values Across a Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-37 Selecting a Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting Solution Quantities to Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a Field Quantity to Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Post-Processed Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting a Range Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spectral Domain Plots in Transient (FFT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time Domain Plots in Eddy (IFFT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Output Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a New Output Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-37 19-42 19-43 19-43 19-43 19-45 19-45 19-46 19-46

Building an Expression Using Existing Quantities . . . . . 19-46 Deleting Output Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-47 Creating a Quick Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Report Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating All Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening All Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting All Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleaning Up Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plotting Field Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plotting Standard Field Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loss Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Named Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plotting Derived Field Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating 2D Reports From Named Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Scalar Field Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Vector Field Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying Field Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Field Plot Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modifying Field Plot Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-49 19-49 19-51 19-52 19-53 19-54 19-55 19-56 19-59 19-60 19-61 19-62 19-63 19-63 19-64 19-64 19-65

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Setting the Mesh Visibility on Field Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-69 Modifying Scalar Field Plot Isovalues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-70 Mapping Scalar Field Plot Transparency to Field Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-71 Modifying Markers on Point Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-71 Viewing Data Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-72 Modifying Line Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-72 Setting a Plot's Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a Field Overlay Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening a Field Overlay Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting a Field Overlay Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Field Plot Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renaming a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Fields Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening the Fields Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Context Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enlarging the Register Display Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Calculator Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stack Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Input Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quantity Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-73 19-74 19-74 19-74 19-74 19-75 19-76 19-76 19-76 19-77 19-77 19-77 19-78 19-79 19-79

Units of Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-77

Geometry Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-79 Constant Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-80 Number Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-81 Function Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-81 Geometry Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-82 Reading an External Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-82 General Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + (Add) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Subtract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * (Multiply) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / (Divide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Contents-28

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Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scalar Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vec? Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19-83 19-84 19-84 19-85

1/x (Inverse) Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-85 Pow Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-85 (Square Root) Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-85 Trig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-86 (Integral) Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-86 Max Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-87 Min Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-87 (Gradient) Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-88 Ln Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-88 Log Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-88 Vector Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-88 Scal? Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-88 Matl Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-88 Mag Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-89 Dot Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-89 Cross Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-89 Divg Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-89 Curl Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-89 Tangent Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-89 Normal Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-90 Unit Vec Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-90 Output Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-91 Value Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-91 Eval Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-91 Write Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-92 Export Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-93 Calculating Derived Field Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Named Expression Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exiting the Fields Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plotting the Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Mesh Plot Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-94 19-95 19-95 19-96 19-96

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20. OptimetricsParametric Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up a Parametric Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Variable Sweep Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying Variable Values for a Sweep Definition . . . . 20-3 20-4 20-4 20-5

Synchronizing Variable Sweep Definitions . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 Modifying a Variable Sweep Definition Manually . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 Overriding a Variable's Current Value in a Parametric Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 Specifying a Solution Setup for a Parametric Setup . . . . . . . . 20-8 Specifying the Solution Quantity to Evaluate for Parametric Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-8 Setup Calculations for Optimetrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-9 Specifying a Solution Quantity's Calculation Range . . . 20-10 Viewing Results for Parametric Solution Quantities . . . . . . . . . Using Distributed Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optimization Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing an Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .