Help Menu Options

The Help menu displays different selections depending upon the type of design inserted to the active project (such as Maxwell, HFSS). The following describes the basic selections displayed on the Help menu.

• Maxwell Help opens to the Maxwell help within the Electronics help system. You can also access PDF versions from within the help system.
• Maxwell Scripting Help opens to Maxwell's scripting help.
• Maxwell Getting Started Guides opens to a list of links to the Maxwell Getting Started Guides. These Getting Started Guides walk you through projects that demonstrate features of the product solvers.
• Maxwell PDFs provides access to PDFs for Maxwell, including the main help, scripting guide, and Getting Started Guides.
• Maxwell Components is enabled when you insert a Maxwell Circuit design into the active project, and opens the Maxwell Components help to a section that pertains to the component type.
• Ansys Customer Support opens a browser page to the Ansys Customer Portal. At the website, you can learn more about Ansys products and services and log on to contact Ansys technical support staff.
• What’s New in this Release opens a PDF that describes What’s New in Ansys Electronics Desktop for the release.
• Ansys Product Improvement Program opens a dialog that describes the Product Improvement Program option.
• About Ansys Electronics Desktop opens a dialog that displays the Ansys® Electromagnetics Suite release number and contains tabs that show information about the Installed Components and Client License Settings.
• Ansys Innovation Courses – opens a web page containing a wide range of Ansys Electronics Engineering courses using on-demand, self-paced video training and quizzes.
• Ansys Learning Hub – opens a web page with subscription-based access to virtual and self-paced learning across the Ansys Software portfolio.
• Ansys Knowledge – opens a web page to expert curated knowledge materials from FAQs to tutorials on simulation topics.
• Ansys Learning Forum – opens a web page to Ansys blog containing discussion and presentations from Ansys experts, partners, and customers.
• Customer Portal – opens a web page to Ansys Product support.

F1 Context-Sensitive Help

To access F1 help from the Ansys Electronics Desktop user interface, do one of the following:

• To open a help topic about a menu option, hover the cursor over the item and press F1. You can also press Shift+F1 on the item.
• To open a help topic about a dialog box, open the dialog box, and then press F1.