Defining 2D Excitations

The specific excitations you can define depend on the solver you have chosen for your design.

To assign an excitation:

Select the section of the geometry on which you want to apply the excitation.
Click Maxwell 2D > Excitations > Assign, or right-click Excitations in the project tree and click Assign.

A submenu appears with choices that depend upon the solver type.
Select one of the following excitation types from the submenu:

Voltage
Charge
Floating
Charge Density
Current Density
Current
Coil
End Connection
Permanent Magnet Field

Enter the name for the excitation type or accept the default.
Enter the desired parameter values, units, and other settings for the excitation in the dialog box. You can also enter a mathematical function to determine values for voltage, current density, charge density, and other parameters. The Permanent Magnet Field excitation also requires you set up a link to a source project.

Note: When entering current, or coil terminals, the arrow associated with current in the selected object shows the direction as if a positive value is entered for the current. If a negative value is entered the actual current flow direction is opposite to what the arrow shows. Click Swap Direction if you want to reverse the direction of the arrow.

Click OK to create the new excitation.

The new excitation is added to the excitation list in the project tree.

Defining 2D Excitations

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