Specifying Solution Settings

Specify how Maxwell computes a solution by adding a solution setup to the design. You can define more than one solution setup per design.

Each solution setup includes general data about the solution's generation and adaptive mesh refinement parameters if you want the mesh to be refined iteratively in areas of highest error.

To add a solution setup to a design:

Select a design in the Project Manager tree.
Click Maxwell 3D > Analysis Setup > Add Solution Setup or Maxwell 2D > Analysis Setup > Add Solution Setup.

Alternatively, right-click Analysis in the Project Manager tree, and then click Add Solution Setup on the shortcut menu.

The Solve Setup dialog box appears containing several tabs, which are determined by the solution type (see Available Tabs by Solution Type).

Specify the desired settings on the tabs.
If you want to disable an individual analysis, uncheck the Enabled check box. Refer to Disabling and Enabling an Analysis Setup for additional information.
If you want to use the default values, click Use Default.
Click OK.

Available Tabs by Solution Type

For Non-Transient Solutions, the following tabs are present:

General	Includes general solution settings. Also contains a button for setting HPC and Analysis Options, which allows you to select or create an analysis configuration.
Convergence	Includes settings for convergence.
Expression Cache	Contains an optional list of expressions that you can specify for convergence criteria.
Solver	Includes settings for nonlinear residual and matrix solver types. If an Eddy Current solution is selected and the Maxwell 3D Eddy Current Solution Refinement Control has been enabled from Tools > Options > General Options > Desktop Configuration > Beta Options, this tab will also include Loss Adaptive Control for better modeling of skin effects. If it is a Maxwell 2D design, this tab will also include a Thermal Two-Way Coupling\Relaxation setting.
Frequency Sweep	Includes setting for varying the frequency of an Eddy Current or AC Conduction solution. NOTE: This tab is present only for Eddy Current and AC Conduction solutions.
Defaults	Enables you to save the current settings as the defaults for future solution setups or to revert the current settings to Maxwell's standard settings.

For Transient Solutions, the following tabs are present:

General	Includes general solution settings. Also contains a button for setting HPC and Analysis Options, which allows you to select or create an analysis configuration.
Save Fields	Enables you to create a time point list for saving field solutions.
Advanced	Supports user control program, import mesh options, and starting/continuing from a previously solved setup.
Solver	Includes settings for nonlinear residual solver type, for enabling the solver to fast reach steady-state, and for selecting the Time Decomposition Method. If it is a Maxwell 2D design, this tab will also include a Thermal Two-Way Coupling\Relaxation setting.
Expression Cache	Contains an optional list of expressions that you can specify for evaluating solutions.
Defaults	Enables you to save the current settings as the defaults for future solution setups or to revert the current settings to Maxwell's standard settings.

For Electric Transient Solutions, the following tabs are present:

General	Includes general solution settings. Also contains a button for setting HPC and Analysis Options, which allows you to select or create an analysis configuration.
Solver	Includes settings for initial condition, temporal tolerance, computing power loss data, and importing a mesh.
Expression Cache	Contains an optional list of expressions that you can specify for evaluating solutions.
Defaults	Enables you to save the current settings as the defaults for future solution setups or to revert the current settings to Maxwell's standard settings.

Specifying Solution Settings

Available Tabs by Solution Type

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