Assigning a Coil Terminal for an Eddy Current Solver

To assign a coil terminal as an Eddy current excitation:

  1. Select the section of the geometry on which you want to apply the excitation (typically a 2D planar object).
  2. Click Maxwell > Excitations > Assign > Coil Terminal. (You can also right-click an existing winding in the project tree, and select Assign Coil Terminal.)

The Coil Terminal Excitation dialog box appears.

  1. Enter a name for the excitation in the Name box, or accept the default.
  2. In the Parameters section, enter the number of conductors for the coil terminal in the Number of Conductors box. For a solid winding, the number should be 1.
    3. Note: This value represents only the number of conductors inside of the selected geometry. If the Coil Terminal is cut due to symmetry, then only enter the Number of Conductors in the portion modeled.
  3. If you want to switch the direction for the coil terminal, click Swap Direction.
    4. Note: The direction is shown in the model by a bold red arrow.
  4. Optionally, click Use Defaults to revert to the default values in the window.
  5. Click OK to assign the coil terminal to the selected object.
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To add a coil terminal to an existing winding:

  1. In the project tree, right-click the coil terminal, and select Add to Winding.
    The Add to Winding dialog box appears.
  2. Select the winding to which you ant to add the coil terminal, and click OK.
Note: To remove a coil terminal from an existing winding: In the Project Manager tree, right-click the coil terminal, and select Remove from Winding. The terminal is removed from the winding and moved up one level in the Project Manager tree (directly beneath Excitations).