Setting Up a Maxwell Design

After you insert a design, you do not need to perform the basic steps sequentially, but they all must be completed before a solution can be generated.

To set up a Maxwell design, follow this general procedure:

1. Insert a Maxwell design into a project. After you insert the design, you can then set the model's units of measurement and the background material.
2. Draw the model geometry.
3. Specify the solver type.
4. Assign material characteristics to objects.
Important: Always make sure the material properties assigned to an object correspond to the real properties of the materials in the electromagnetic device that is being simulated. Material properties supplied in the default library are generic properties and may not always be substituted for actual properties.
5. Assign boundaries and excitations.
6. (For Transient Solutions Only) Set up motion.
7. Add parameters for which you want to solve.
8. Specify mesh settings.
9. Specify how Maxwell will compute the solution.
10. (Optional) Set up any optimetrics you want to run.
11. Run the simulation.
12. View solution results, post-process results, view reports, and create field overlays.
13. (Optional) Export the circuit to generate a circuit equivalent of the model.

The basic modeling entity is the design (model). The next level up is the project. A project is a collection of one or more designs (models) that is saved in a single *.aedt file. A new project is automatically created when Ansys Electronics Desktop is launched. As many Maxwell designs as needed can be added to a single project.

When setting up a Maxwell design, specific commands are available via the menu bar or ribbons using the mouse. You can also work directly in the Project Manager tree of the desktop.