Assigning an Independent Boundary for a 2D AC Conduction Solver

Independent and dependent boundaries enable you to model planes of periodicity where the E-field at every point on the dependent boundary surface is forced to match the E-field of every corresponding point on the independent boundary surface.

To set an independent boundary:

1. Select the edge to which you want to assign the independent boundary.
2. Click Maxwell 2D > Boundaries > Assign > Matching > Independent.
   The Independent Boundary dialog box appears.
3. Enter a name for the boundary in the Name box, or accept the default.
4. To reverse the direction of the vector, select the Reverse Direction check box.
5. Click OK.

Maxwell computes the E-field on this boundary and maps it to the dependent boundary.