Components Solver On Demand Tab

Solver-on-Demand is a specialized routine to set up co-simulation using multiple products. When you first open the Solver-on Demand tab of the Edit Component window for a particular component, the only Model Name listed is the default multi-product type, DefaultNetlist.

DefaultNetlist is a default co-simulation definition type, provided automatically for each component, that allows you to define a different netlist for each Electronics Desktop product. Click the button in the DefaultNetlist row to open the Multi-product Netlist definition window.

• Click the drop-down menu Product menu to choose which Electronics Desktop product netlist to define.
• Click Netlist to define a netlist.
• Click Global reference to define a global reference.
• Click OK to implement your changes, close the window, and return to the Edit Component window.

Multiple Co-simulation Models

Electronics Desktop allows for multiple representations of models that can be cosimulated. In the Solver-on-Demand tab of the Edit Component window, click in the drop-down menu to choose from a list of models to add to the list of ModelNames.

To add a model for Solver On Demand:

1. Make a selection on the model type drop-down menu.

2. Click Add. A new model of the selected type is added to the list. The symbol and footprint preview windows at the bottom of the window are automatically updated to reflect whatever changes you make to a component’s symbol/footprint definitions.
3. Click in the ModelName field for the new model and type the name you want to use for this model (or accept the default in the ModelName field). Note that when you highlight a Model Name, its symbol and footprint (if defined) are automatically previewed in the windows at the bottom of the window. These preview windows are automatically updated to reflect whatever changes you make to the component’s symbol/footprint definitions.
4. Click Edit in the Define Model field (or with a Custom model name) to open a Cosim or Netlist definition window that is specific to the model type. Here is the window for the Planar EM model shown in the MSBEND component:

5. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to create all the models you wish to use for this type of component.
6. Click OK when you have defined all the models for this component type.

Repeat the above procedure to specify models for all components that is simulated using Solver-on-Demand.

For a complete description of the Solver On Demand tab and how to define model types, see Co-simulation.