Assigning an Insulating Boundary for an Electrostatic Solver

To set an insulating boundary:

  1. Select the geometry face on which you want to apply the insulating boundary condition.
  2. Click Maxwell 3D > Boundaries > Assign > Insulating.

The Insulating Boundary dialog box appears.

  1. On the Insulating Boundary tab, enter a name for the boundary in the Name box, or accept the default.
  2. The Parameters section of the Insulating Boundary tab allows you to set the relative permittivity and thickness of the insulating boundary. Values can be defined using variables and also support Optimetrics.
    1. Enter the desired value for Relative Permittivity, or accept the default value of 1.
    2. Enter the desired value for Thickness, or accept the default value of 0.

    Note that changing data values will invalidate the solutions.

  3. Optionally, click Use Defaults to revert to the default values in the window.
  4. Click OK to assign the boundary to the selected object.