Command Line

Motor-CAD can be called from the command line using the syntax shown below.

Motor-CAD_?_?_?.exe [filename.mot] [options]

The following options are available:

/BPM

change to BPM motor type

/IM

change to IM motor type

/SRM

change to SRM motor type

/SYNC

change to SYNC motor type

/PMDC

change to PMDC motor type

/WFC

change to WFC motor type

/BPMOR

change to BPMOR motor type

/IM1PH

change to IM1PH motor type

/IG

include intelligent geometry scaling in import

/SMD

import SPEED material data

/XG

import SPEED geometry

/XW

import SPEED winding data

/XL

import SPEED loss data

/SSS

show steady state comparison table with SPEED results

/TGG

show transient difference graph with SPEED results

/TGD

import SPEED duty cycle

/XSDD

import SPEED frame dissipation data

/STEADYSTATE_ANALYSIS

run a steady state thermal analysis

/TRANSIENT_ANALYSIS

run a transient thermal analysis

/SPEED_STATIC

run SPEED static design analysis

/SPEED_DYNAMIC

run SPEED dynamic design analysis

/SPEED_FILE=

specify the SPEED file to use

/SPEED_SAVE

save the SPEED file

/MOTOR-CAD_FILE=

change the name of Motor-CAD .mot file

/SAVE

save Motor-CAD .mot model file

/CLOSE

close Motor-CAD after completing all other commands

/RUN_SCRIPT

run the script

/SCRIPT_FILE=

specify the script file

/NO_GUI

do not show any Motor-CAD user interface

The example below will open Motor-CAD without showing any user interface, load the model file and then run a steady state analysis. The steady state results will be placed in the steady.txt file.

MOTOR_CAD.EXE "modelFile.mot" /STEADYSTATE_ANALYSIS /NO_GUI