Using a 3D Layout Component

HFSS 3D Layout designs can be imported into Maxwell as a component for simulation in a Maxwell 3D transient analysis. You can have a complex layout component interact with the surrounding 3D geometries without the burden of using a 3D geometry exported from HFSS 3D Layout. This feature allows great scalability in having a complex layout geometry sit in an EMI/EMC 3D environment.

The layout component can be imported from EDB to a Maxwell 3D design with a terminal solution type.

Supported functionalities for Layout Component in Maxwell 3D include

Normal simulation workflow: Run simulation and view matrix and field overlay
Layout geometry visualization and option to change object visualization attributes.
Flex PCB Component support
Visualize RLC elements in layout components the same way as they do in 3D layout, including RLC boundaries and components that are categorized as circuit elements.
Parametric Analysis: Using design variable to control component
Import of custom coordinate systems from layout component design to Maxwell 3D.
Intersection Validation
- Between MCAD geometry and layout component
- Between different layout components
Show Nets for Layout Components
- Only MCAD nets are shown now, which may connect through ECAD conductors
- Net attributes can be view through component object attributes
Port Display
Mesh Link
FEBI/Hybrid Regions
Can use non-model sheet or cut plane to plot in layout component

Limitations:

Single top design EDB only

No Derivative support
No Encryption

When a layout component is selected in the Project Manager tree or history tree, the Components/Nets/Layers tabs will display the information about the component in the same way as they do in a 3D layout design for that component.

Finally, in the Net Visualization dialog, edge ports are correctly identified as part of the nets formed by ECAD and MCAD geometries.

Using a 3D Layout Component

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