EMWorks Akademisches Programm

EMS is an electromagnetic field simulation software which calculates fields (electric / magnetic / flux / potential / eddy currents), circuit parameters (inductance / capacitance / resistance / impedance / flux linkage), mechanical parameters (force / torque), and losses (eddy/core/hysteresis/ohmic). EMS is a Gold Certified Add-in to SOLIDWORKS® and an Add-in to Autodesk® Inventor® which enables you to simulate the most intricate electrical machines, motors, generators, sensors, transformers, high voltage apparatus, high power machines, electrical switches, valves, actuators, PCB’s, levitation machines, loudspeakers, permanent magnet machines, NDT equipment, inverters, converters, bus bars, inductors, bushings, or biomedical equipment.

Features:
• Adaptive meshing for Electrostatic, Electric Conduction, Magnetostatic, and AC Magnetic with normal and high accuracy.
• Streamline for 3D plots.
• Transient Magnetic - Circuit: Support for Diode and block switches.
• Motion - Thermal: Continue thermal run for an already solved study coupled with motion.
• Flux, current, and voltage post-processors computation: Compute and plot all motion steps and all scenarios in case of motion or parametrized studies.
• AC Magnetic with Circuit coupling supports thermal solving.
• Steady-state thermal for transient magnetic studies with/without motion.

Enhancements:
• Multicore solver: New solver engine (PetsC) has been added to improve speed/accuracy in certain study configurations.
• Continue adaption run when a study is valid and on original studies, not a child motion study or child parametrization study.
• Copy the last adaptive mesh into another study with the same or different type from the original study.
• Exclude extracted components on the selected entities when it doesn't have any child solid body.
• Transient magnetic: Continue transient thermal run to better reach steady state.
• AC Magnetic, Transient Magnetic: Inform the user if eddy effects are off, and there is a possibility to compute the Eddy Currents.
• Mesh options have been updated to control the default values on manual and adaptive meshing.
• Clean up leftover files for studies that are no longer present when loading an EMS document.
• Possibility to select a different solver for Thermal/Structural coupling, which is different from the Electromagnetic solver.
• Updated demo viewer and get-started models with recent documentation.
• Wound Coils: Possibility to change the AWG and the diameter from the filling factor when the change filling factor check box is enabled.

- Operating System: Windows 7 and later, x64 bits- Windows 10 is recommended.
- RAM: 12GB and more.
- Disk space (SSD or faster is recommended): 100 GB free space and more.
- CPU: Core i7 @2.8GHZ and more.

• Electrostatic
• Electric Conduction
• AC Electric
• Magnetostatic
• AC Magnetic
• Transient Magnetic

Electromechanical, electromagnetic, and power electronics devices can readily be studied using EMS. Electromagnetic behaviour could also be investigated with EMS. Below is sample list of devices and applications classified by areas:

Electromechanical
• Motors and generators
• Linear and rotational actuators
• Relays
• MEMS
• Magnetic recording heads
• Magnetic levitation
• Solenoids
• Loud speakers
• Electromagnetic Brakes and Clutches
• Alternators
• Magnetic bearings

Electromagnetic
• Coils
• Permanent magnets
• Sensors
• NDT, NDE
• High power
• High voltage
• PCBs
• MRI Magnets
• Induction heating
• Bushings
• Switchgear
• Cables

Power electronics
• Transformers
• Inverters
• Converters
• Bus bars
• Inductors

Electromagnetic behaviour
• Insulation studies
• Electrostatic discharge
• Electromagnetic shielding
• EMI/EMC
• Electromagnetic exposure

Electrostatic is the branch of science that deals with the phenomena arising from stationary and/or slow-moving electric charges. Electrostatic approximation rests on the assumption that the electric field is irrotational, i.e. the curl of the electric field is null. From Faraday's law, this assumption implies the absence or near-absence of time-varying magnetic fields, i.e. the derivative of the magnetic field with respect to time is also null. In other words, electrostatics does not require the absence of magnetic fields or electric currents. Rather, if magnetic fields or electric currents do exist, they must not change with time, or in the worst-case, they must change with time only very slowly. In some problems, both electrostatics and magnetostatics may be required for accurate predictions, but the coupling between the two can still be ignored.

The EMS/Electrostatic module is primarily used for computing electric potential and electric field due to charges and voltages in insulators and conductors.It has many practical applications, including:

• High Voltage Components
• Insulating Systems
• EMC Compatibility
• Bus Bars
• MEMS
• Shielding
• Cables
• Switchgear
• Transformers
• Electronic tubes
• Capacitors
• Transmission Lines

Electric Conduction is, in essence, based on the electrostatic approximation. Unlike the Electrostatic analysis which deals with insulators and electric conductors, the Electric Conduction deals with only conducting media which can sustain a current flow.

The EMS/ Electric Conduction module is primarily used for computing current flow in conductors due voltage differences. . It has many practical applications, including:

• Resistors
• Thin films
• Fuses
• Bus Bars
• Cables
• Shunts
• Solar cells
• Electronic circuits
• Biological medium
• Hardening
• Anodizing

Magnetostatics is the study of static magnetic fields. In electrostatics, the charges are stationary, whereas here, the currents are steady or dc(direct current). As it turns out magnetostatics is a good approximation even when the currents are not static as long as the currents do not alternate rapidly. Furthermore, Maxwell's displacement current that couples the electric and magnetic fields is assumed to be null.

In EMS/ Magnetostatic analysis, the Gauss's law for magnetism, i.e. divergence of magnetic flux density is null, and Ampère's law, i.e. the curl of the magnetic field is equal to the static electric current density, are invoked to compute the magnetic field and its related quantities due to electric currents and permanent magnets. It has many practical applications, including:

• Motors and generators
• Linear and rotational actuators
• Relays
• MEMS
• Magnetic recording heads
• Magnetic levitation
• Solenoids
• Loud speakers
• Electromagnetic Brakes and Clutches
• Magnetic bearings
• MRI
• Sensors

AC, or alternating current, Magnetic, is the study of magnetic fields due to alternating, or time harmonic, currents. Similar to Magnetostatic, Maxwell's displacement current that couples the electric and magnetic fields is assumed to be null.

In EMS/AC Magnetic analysis, the Gauss's law for magnetism, i.e. divergence of magnetic flux density is null, and Faraday's law,, i.e. the induced electromotive force (emf) in any closed circuit is equal to the time rate of change of the magnetic flux through the circuit, are invoked to compute the magnetic field and its related quantities due to alternating electric currents and voltages. It has many practical applications, including:

• AC Motors and generators
• Sensors
• Coils and transformers
• Inverters
• Converters
• Bus bars
• Inductors
• NDT and NDE
• Inductive heating and hardening
• Eddy current meters
• Induction motors
• Eddy current brakes

Transient Magnetic, is the study of magnetic fields due to time varying currents, typically caused by surges in currents. Similar to Magnetostatic and AC Magnetic, Maxwell's displacement current that couples the electric and magnetic fields is assumed to be null.

In EMS/ Transient Magnetic analysis, the Gauss's law for magnetism, i.e. divergence of magnetic flux density is null, and Faraday's law,, i.e. the induced electromotive force (emf) in any closed circuit is equal to the time rate of change of the magnetic flux through the circuit, are invoked to compute the magnetic field and its related quantities due to permanent magnets and time varying electric currents and voltages. It has many practical applications, including:

• Switch on/off modes and failures in power electronic devices
• Saturation in steel cores
• NDT and NDE
• Inductive heating and hardening
• Induction machines
• Levitators
• Motors and generators
• Actuators
• Loud speakers
• Alternators

The Electrostatic module outputs the following results for each study:

• Electrostatic potential
• Electric field
• Electric flux density
• Capacitance matrix
• Force
• Torque
• Stored energy
• Temperature
• Temperature gradient
• Heat flux

The Electric Conduction module outputs the following results for each study:

• Electrostatic potential
• Electric field
• Current density
• Resistance
• Dissipated power
• Temperature
• Temperature gradient
• Heat flux

The Magnetostatic module outputs the following results for each study:

• Magnetic field
• Magnetic flux density
• Current density
• Force density
• Inductance matrix
• Flux linkage
• Resistance
• Force
• Torque
• Stored energy
• Temperature
• Temperature gradient
• Heat flux

The AC Magnetic module outputs the following results for each study:

• Magnetic field
• Magnetic flux density
• Current density
• Eddy current
• Force density
• Inductance matrix
• Flux linkage
• Resistance
• Impedance
• Core loss
• Eddy loss
• Hysteresis loss
• Ohmic loss
• Current
• Voltage
• Force
• Torque
• Stored energy
• Temperature
• Temperature gradient
• Heat flux

The Transient Magnetic module outputs the following results for each study at each time step:

• Magnetic field
• Magnetic flux density
• Current density
• Eddy current
• Force density
• Inductance matrix
• Flux linkage
• Impedance
• Ohmic loss
• Current
• Voltage
• Force
• Torque
• Stored energy
• Temperature
• Temperature gradient
• Heat flux

The Electrostatic module can help study a large number of devices and address numerous insulating and conducting phenomena. Below is just a partial list:

• Avoid rapid reduction in the resistance of an electrical insulator, that can lead to a spark jumping around or through the insulator, i.e. dielectric breakdown. This phenomenon is common in high voltage and high power applications.
• Avoid the ionization of a fluid surrounding a conductor, i.e. corona effect, in some applications such as power transmission equipments, transformers, capacitors, electric motors and generators.
• Produce corona in some other applications such as the manufacturing of ozone, scrubbing particles from air in applications such as air-conditioning systems, in nitrogen laser, when removing the unwanted electric charges from the surface of aircraft in flight, and in electrostatic copying.
• Assure that a high voltage machine is properly grounded.
• Reduce the electrostatic discharge in PCB and electronic designs.
• Assure the proper actuation force in MEMS and RF-MEMS designs.
• Avoid cross talk and distortion in electronic devices.
• Assure that a charged particle follows a desired trajectory.
• Compute the capacitance matrix, i.e. self capacitance and mutual capacitance, for high-speed electronic circuits and interconnects.
• Compute the electric field, electric flux, and voltage in insulators and around conductors.

The Magnetostatic module can help study a large number of devices and address numerous magnetic and electromechanical phenomena. Below is just a partial list:

• Avoid saturation in magnetic devices. Magnetic saturation is a limitation occurring in ferromagnetic cores. Initially, as current is increased the flux increases in proportion to it. At some point, however, further increases in current lead to progressively smaller increases in flux. Eventually, the core can make no further contribution to flux growth and any increase thereafter is limited to that provided by air - perhaps three orders of magnitude smaller.
• Minimize the cogging torque. The cogging torque of electrical motors is the torque due to the interaction between the permanent magnets and the stator slots of a Permanent Magnet (PM) machine. Also termed as detent or 'no-current' torque, it is an undesirable component for the operation of such a motor. It is especially prominent at lower speeds, with the symptom of jerkiness.
• Lower cost and weight of magnetic devices by trimming excess material from ferromagnetic cores.
• Optimize magnetic and ferromagnetic circuits.
• Optimize coil winding and electromagnets.
• Optimize permanent magnet machines by studying the trade-off between samarium-cobalt, Neodymium-iron-born, ceramic, and Alnico magnets.
• Study the trade-off between soft magnetic and hard magnetic materials in terms of magnetization and demagnetization.
• Study the effect of B-H curves or magnetization curves on the performance of magnetic devices and circuits.
• Optimize the torque in motors while maintaining the driving current to a minimum.
• Avoid sparking and thus minimizing brush wear and electric noise in motors, solenoids, actuators, and other electromechanical devices.
• Optimize the force for linear solenoids and the torque for rotary solenoids without overheating the winding.
• Assure the proper Lorentz force in a speaker voice coil.
• Evaluate complex coil structures.
• Evaluate a multitude of permanent magnet configurations.

The Electric Conduction module can help study a large number of devices and address numerous conducting and joule effects. Below is just a partial list:

• Protect electric and electronics equipment from over current by designing the appropriate fuse.
• Protect electric and electronics equipment from over voltage condition by designing the appropriate crowbar circuit that uses both fuses and shunts.
• Measure the current flowing though an electric circuit by designing the appropriate shunt.
• Assure the proper current flow in solar cells.
• Identify weak spots in electric and electronic circuits.
• Assure the proper amount of current flow in medical and biomedical devices.
• Avoid over-heating and melting any current carrying devices.
• Approximate heating and hardening penetrations in industrial applications.
• Assure the proper plating and anodizing in electro-chemical applications.
• Compute the resistance of arbitrary shaped conductors.
• Compute the electric current density in arbitrary shaped conductor.
• Evaluate the electric field strength and voltage distribution.
• Compute the temperature, temperature gradient, and heat flux due to Joule heating.

The AC Magnetic module can help study a large number of devices and address numerous magnetic and eddy current effects. Below is just a partial list:

• Minimize eddy current losses and preserve efficiency of many devices that use changing magnetic fields such as iron core transformers and alternating current motors such synchronous motors, 3-phase Induction motors, single phase induction motors, switched reluctance motors, and synchronous generators.
• Optimize the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) equipment to better detect cracks and flaws in metallic parts. This technology is typically used in pipe inspection for the oil and gas industries. The aerospace industry also makes use of the NDT and NDE technologies.
• Optimize the coils design of metal detector to better detect metallic objects such mines, weapons, treasures, etc.
• Minimize the flux leakage and leakage inductance in transformers.
• Make sure that heat generated by the power transformer is within the regulatory bodies’ requirements.
• Minimize the skin effect in solid coils.
• Optimize the force for linear solenoids and the torque for rotary solenoids without overheating the winding.

The Transient Magnetic module can help study a large number of devices and address numerous magnetic, eddy current, and transient effects. Below is just a partial list:

• Take into account both eddy current and saturation in devices that use time varying magnetic fields such as loudspeakers and induction machines.
• Optimize the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) sensors to detect deep flaws and cracks.
• Study time varying devices such as magnetic heads, pulsed power transformers, and electromagnetic launchers.
• Study the response of pulsed power electronic equipment after a power failure or switch off.
• Design inductive heating devices.
• Calculate the motion of loudspeaker voice coils.
• Study the switch on/off modes, failures, AC excitation of devices with non-linear magnetic materials.
• Calculate the motion of electromechanical devices such as motors, generators, actuators, magnetic levitation, etc.

Yes. This capability is readily available in the curve browser.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. You can even choose to which SolidWorks motion study that you want to couple to.

Yes.

Yes, if you choose not to neglect the eddy current.

Yes, if you choose not to neglect the eddy current.

Yes, using the coupling to circuit module.

Yes, by using the coupling to circuit module.

Yes. The current is automatically computed for voltage-driven coils.

Lorentz Force is to be used for coils and the Virtual Work for the ferromagnetic material.

EMWorks2D is a software for two-dimensional electromagnetic simulation, which enables you to test and improve your designs in record time. Having an intuitive workflow, EMWorks2D integrates seamlessly into the SOLIDWORKS environment, for a truly effortless and engaging simulation experience

Transient magnetic solver:
Stationary and Rotational motion coupling
Excitation: Current Fed and Voltage Fed
Circuit parameters: inductance, resistance, induced voltage, flux linkage
Losses: Solid loss, transient core loss
Lamination effect on field supported
Linear and non-linear material
RZ and XY Geometry

Enhancements:
Improve loading data time for field plot
Update the demo viewer with new models
Enable continue run in transient analysis
Improve the report
Add more examples in the tutorials document
Update the help file

• Electrostatic
• Magnetostatic
• Transient Magnetic
• Transient Magnetic with motion.

There are a significant number of devices that are either invariant along the longitudinal direction or axi-symmetric. For those devices, it is highly recommended to use EMWorks 2D because it is much faster and requires much fewer computer resources.

It is very accurate for planar and axisymmetric problems.

Both options are available for the planar and axisymmetric geometries.

Yes, it was developed for the SolidWorks users community.

Yes, it is a powerful feature of the EMWorks2D package.

EMWorks 2D is based on the finite element method.

No. EMWorks2D has a standalone motion module.

• EMWorks is the only company that provides electromagnetic Add-in to Solidworks and Autodesk Inventor.
• All EMWorks’ products are Gold Certified by Solidworks Corporation.
• SolidWorks Gold Certification guarantees you the highest level of integration in Solidworks and compliance with SolidWorks integration standards.
• Best Value/Price ratio.
• Build real models ready for manufacturing.
• Together, EMWorks’ products cover a wide frequency range, i.e. from DC to 200 GHz.
• Multi-configuration multi-study procedure on the fly.
• Changes to the model design do not entail the construction of a new structure.
• Focus on design not CAD.
• Use the easiest to learn CAD environment.
• Considerably shortened model building times.
• Share models across departments/disciplines.
• Use design tables, parameterization and multi-configurations for design of experiment studies, investigating design alternatives and for optimization .
• Access a multi-physics-ready platform: perform electromagnetic, thermal, stress, vibration, fluid-flow, etc. analyses on the same model all inside SolidWorks by combining EMWorks’ products and SolidWorks Simulation.
• Use SolidWorks' import capabilities to import CAD models from virtually any other CAD product.
• Robust automatic meshing and mesh controls give full control over meshing for one pass solution.
• Drag and drop functionality within a single study and between studies to duplicate material properties and boundary conditions.
• Cloning of studies allows you to inherit material properties, boundary conditions, meshing and results – change only the parameters you need in the cloned study and re-stimulate in no time.
• Study report viewing inside Solidworks.
• A built-in automated report generator with built-in report viewers that makes documenting your work extremely easy.
• Run Thermal, Structural, and Motion coupled analyses in one single integrated environement.

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• Rest assured that we have the best Value/Price ratio.
• Please contact us for price information.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. But it is on a case per case basis.

Yes. All SolidWorks resellers worldwide are authorized to sell our products.

Yes.

Yes. Solidworks and Autodesk Inventor have excellent CAD importing capabilities.

All our products run only on Windows 10 operating system. Unix operating system is not supported.

A study is design scenario. It has an analysis type, e.g. EMS/Magnetostatic or HFWorks/Antennas; study properties, e.g. name, frequency, matrix solver type, etc.; material properties, boundary conditions and excitations and a mesh. Once solved, a study will also have a set of corresponding results and a log file.

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• Please contact us for price information.

Yes. We give a very generous discount to universities and research institutes.

Please visit:
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Yes.

No. The only limit is available RAM in your computer.

No need for screen captures, cutting and pasting, or switching between applications. Our products come standard with report generator and viewers. Report generation automatically captures all figures, input and output data into an html and/or Word documents. The reports can be viewed, edited, or printed directly from the SolidWorks application interface. The generated report can readily be shared with others.

Yes. But it is on a case per case basis.

Electromagnetics is an enabling technology. Many industries make use of electromagnetics in one form or another. The following is a generalized list of such industries:

• High Tech / Electronics
• Energy and Process
• Automotive and Transportation
• Aerospace and Defense
• Consumer goods
• Life Sciences

Yes, we have advanced mesh control on edges, faces, and volumes. If you know how to mesh, manual meshing could be faster than adaptive meshing.

Yes. We have thermal, structural, motion, and circuit coupling in one integrated environment. In one single study, you can activate all the couplings.

All our products are based on the powerful and universal finite element method.

We shall not. We can only talk about our products.

Yes. All of our products have automatic adaptive meshing.

SolidWorks is the #1 3D CAD package. It is extremely easy to learn. We will be glad to give you a head start.

Yes.

Yes. Our products come with standard built-in libraries with the most common materials, including insulators, conductors, permanent magnets, isotropic, orthotropic, nonlinear, lossy, etc. Users can add their own materials on the fly. User's materials can be organized in a single or multiple libraries.

Yes.

Yes. EMWorks products can be activated online or offline by sending an activation request file to support@emworks.com then you will receive the activation response file to complete the offline activation process.

Yes. The plots and all the study data are saved in the report.

EMS is for low to medium frequencies, i.e. DC to a few hundred MHz, applications such as motors, transformers, solenoids, magnets, etc.
HFWorks for medium to high frequencies, i.e. few hundred MHz to few hundred GHz, applications such as antennas, connectors, filters, etc.
However, there could be an overlap. If you are not sure, please contact our specialists to help you better choose the suitable package for you.

Yes.

EMS is typically used for DC to about 500 MHz. HFWorks is generally used for frequencies ranging from few hundred MHz to around 200 GHz. There are overlapping frequencies between EMS and HFWorks. Please contact us to discuss your needs and which product is more suitable for your application.

To protect your work from accidental changes, we recommend that use the Study Locking feature in both EMS and HFWorks. A locked study may be viewed but cannot be edited or changed. Of course, you can always unlock the study if you need to make changes.

No. You simply clone the original study, i.e. make a copy of it, and make the necessary changes in the cloned study. A cloned study inherits all features of the original study, i.e. study properties, materials, boundary conditions, excitations, mesh, etc.

Yes. The more cores you have the faster is the solution.

Yes, as long as the studies are of the same type.

Yes. Depending on the study type, there are various symmetry boundary conditions.

There are two major sub-domains in electromagnetics: low-frequency and high-frequency domains. Both domains are governed by Maxwell's equations.
The low-frequency domain includes the major part of the electromagnetic devices such as bushing, insulators, circuit breakers, power generators, transformers, electric motors, capacitors, magnetic levitation devices, synchronous machines, DC machines, permanent magnet motors, actuators, solenoids, etc.
Strictly speaking, any application in which displacement currents are negligible can be classified as low-frequency. The absence of the displacement currents de-couples the electric and magnetic fields and the situation becomes static.
Typically, frequencies from DC to a few hundred MHz are considered low!
The high-frequency domain includes the study of electromagnetic waves and the propagation of energy through matter. It may be sometimes difficult to distinguish between high-frequency and low-frequency. Nevertheless, we can generally say that electromagnetic fields in which the displacement currents cannot be neglected belong to the high-frequency domain. The displacement currents couple the electric and magnetic fields to each other and the situation becomes fully dynamic. Examples of devices that use high-frequency include antennas, waveguides, transmission lines, filters, couplers, dielectric resonators, etc.
Typically, frequencies from a few hundred MHz to a few hundred GHZ are considered high!

EMS shall be used in the following situations:
• If the device is very small compared to the wavelength.
• To compute dielectric breakdown and force.
• To compute structural deformation due to electromagnetic force or heat.
• If a shield uses steel where the saturation is a concern.
• To study power integrity, power supply, power management, and battery management.
• To compute capacitance, inductance, and resistance.
• To study the skin and proximity effects.
• If motion is involved.

Whereas HFWorks shall be used in the following situations:
• If the device is comparable or larger than the wavelength.
• For frequencies: from few hundred MHz to few hundred GHz.
• To calculate the radiation and far-fields.
• To compute S-parameters, e.g.insertion loss and return loss.
• To compute impedance and signal propagation.
• To compute the TDR.
• To study crosstalk and distortion.
• To study signal integrity.
• To compute the heat due to dielectric and conductor losses.
• To study resonance behaviour and compute quality factors.

Yes. No conflict exists between the two license managers because each one of them is a stand-alone license manager. They are completely separate.

You may get slightly more accurate results if you reduce the default value. However, it will take longer for the matrix solver to converge. It is recommended that you don't change it.

No, the software does not come with Solidworks nor Autodesk Inventor. To purchase a license of Solidworks or Autodesk Inventor, please contact your local Solidworks or Autodesk Reseller.

No. EMWorks products have their own licensing that you would get from us.

No. Only 64 bit system.

• Our products are forward compatible with Solidworks and/or Autodesk Inventor.
• Our products are generally backward compatible with Solidworks and/or Autodesk Inventor too.
Some exceptions can happen. Please check with our technical support team if you encounter an issue of compatibility.

No.

HFWorks is an antenna and electromagnetic simulation software for RF, Microwave, mm-wave, and high speed digital circuits. HFWorks solves electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic propagation, electromagnetic resonance, electromagnetic interference (EMI), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and signal integrity (SI) problems for RF/MW frequencies and beyond. It uses state-of-the-art finite element solvers and meshing technologies to compute fields as well as antennas and circuit parameters. It can simulate single antenna elements as well as multiple array antenna configurations. HFWorks can also be used for time domain computations such as TDR and Eye Diagram. It can predict power handling capabilities of 3D structures and localize potential field breakdown areas. It also provides the capability to simulate RF microwave heating as a function of applied power.

Features:
• Adaptive meshing for Sparameters and Antennas with normal and high accuracy,
• New transient thermal solver,
• Linear and non-linear thermal boundary conditions, both temperature and time dependent, ,
• Step and Ramp loading ,
• Possibility to choose the type of thermal loads for each thermal coupling case, dielectric and/or conductor loads,
• Wavelength parameterization for Sparameters and Antennas with normal and high accuracy,
• ECAD Importer to import geometry from other products like ADS and Cadence,
• Streamline 3D plotting for 3D plots,
• Ability to combine Surface and Volume plotting for 3D plotting results,
• Auto-surround structure with PEC or Radiation options,

Enhancements:
• Multicore solver: new solver engine has been added to improve speed/accuracy in certain study configurations,
• Copy the last adaptive mesh into another study with the same or different type from the original study,
• Exclude extracted components on the selected entities when it doesn't have any child solid body,
• Mesh options have been updated to control the default values on manual and adaptive meshing,
• Clean up leftover files for studies that are no longer present when loading an HFWorks document,
• Updated demo models with recent documentation,
• Updated material library with new categories (Biological materials, Mixtures and Composites,..) with adding: Mass density, Specific heat and Thermal conductivity properties,
• Improved Local SAR plotting,
• Add 2D plotting of post-processing Far field parameters versus frequency and versus angle,
• SpeedUp thermal solving for both Steady state and Transient thermal.

- Operating System: Windows 7 and later, x64 bits- Windows 10 is recommended.
- RAM: 12GB and more.
- Disk space (SSD or faster is recommended): 100 GB free space and more.
- CPU: Core i7 @2.8GHZ and more.

• Resonance
• S-parameters
• Antennas

Scattering parameters or S-parameters (the elements of a scattering matrix or S-matrix) describe the electrical behaviours of linear electrical networks when undergoing various steady state stimuli by electrical signals. Although applicable at any frequency, S-parameters are mostly used for networks operating at radio frequency and microwave frequencies where signal power and energy considerations are more easily quantified than currents and voltages. S-parameters change with the frequency are readily represented in matrix form and obey the rules of matrix algebra.

The HFWorks/S-parameters analysis belongs to the high frequency electromagnetic, or the full wave, regime, i.e. Maxwell's displacement current that couples the electric and magnetic fields is significant and thus taken into consideration. The vector wave equation, i.e. combination of the full Maxwell's equations, is solved using vector finite element to obtain the S-parameters and the electric/magnetic fields and related design parameters. It has many practical applications, including:

• Connectors
• Filters
• Couplers
• Attenuators
• Terminators
• Baluns
• Integrated Circuit
• Waveguides
• Power dividers
• Multiplexers
• Power combiners
• Transitions

An antenna is a transducer that transmits or receives electromagnetic waves. In other words, antennas convert electromagnetic radiation into electric current, or vice versa. Antennas generally deal in the transmission and reception of radio waves, and are a necessary part of all radio equipment. Antennas are used in systems such as radio and television broadcasting, point-to-point radio communication, wireless LAN, cell phones, radar, and spacecraft communication.

Using HFWorks/Antenna analysis, antennas of all types and shapes can readily be simulated. The vector wave equation is solved using vector finite element to obtain the near/far antenna fields and all related antenna parameters such as gain, directivity, efficiency, pattern, etc. All sort of antennas can be studied, including:

• Wire
• Printed
• Horn
• Aperture
• Arrays
• Radomes
• Log-periodic
• Reflector
• Yagi
• Patch
• Parabolic

Resonance is the tendency of a system to oscillate with larger amplitude at some frequencies than at others. These are known as the system's resonant frequencies. At these frequencies, even small periodic driving forces can produce large amplitude oscillations, because the system stores energy. When loss is small, the resonant frequency is approximately equal to a natural frequency of the system, which is a frequency of unforced vibrations. Some systems have multiple, distinct, resonant frequencies. Resonance phenomena occur with all types of waves: there is mechanical resonance, acoustic resonance, electromagnetic resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance and resonance of quantum wave functions.

In HFWorks/Resonance analysis, we are concerned only with electromagnetic resonance. The vector wave equation, i.e. combination of the full Maxwell's equations, is solved using vector finite element to obtain the natural resonant frequencies and their corresponding electric/magnetic field distributions. It has many practical applications, including:

• Dielectric resonators
• Filters
• Resonators
• Microwave Circuits
• Microwave Ovens
• Food and industrial heating
• Wood drying and processing
• Resonator antennas
• High Q structures
• Linear accelerators

All passive components can readily be studied using HFWorks. Below is just a sample list of devices and applications classified by areas:

RF& Microwave
• Antennas
• Connectors
• Filters
• Resonators
• Couplers
• Frequency-selective surfaces
• Band-gap (EBG) structures and meta-materials
• RF coils for MRI

EDA/Electronics
• Signal integrity
• Power integrity
• PCBs and IC Packages
• Chip-Package-Board systems

EMI/EMC
• All EMI/EMC structures
• Simultaneous switch noise (SSN)
• Simultaneous switching output (SSO)
• EM field exposure

The S-parameters module outputs the following results for each study at each frequency:

• Generalized S-parameters matrix
• Re-normalized S-parameters matrix
• Unique impedance matrix
• Unique admittance matrix
• TDR
• VSWR
• Propagation parameters at each port
• Impedances at each port
• Electric field distribution
• Magnetic field distribution
• Specific absorption rate distribution

The Antennas module outputs the following results for each study at each frequency:

• All antenna parameters including gain, directivity, efficiency, axial ratio, input impedance, etc
• Far field parameters including radiation patterns
• Generalized S-parameters matrix
• Re-normalized S-parameters matrix
• Unique impedance matrix
• Unique admittance matrix
• TDR
• VSWR
• Propagation parameters at each port
• Impedances at each port
• Electric near field distribution
• Magnetic near field distribution

The Resonance module outputs the following results for each study:

• Resonant frequencies,i.e. Eigen modes
• Dielectric quality factor
• Conductor quality factor
• Overall quality factor
• Electric field distribution
• Magnetic field distribution
• Specific absorption rate distribution

The S-parameters module can help study a large number of RF & microwave devices and address numerous dispersion and matching effects. Below is just a partial list:

• Obtain the vector frequency response of arbitrary 3D circuit/structure.
• Examine the TDR of a structure.
• Design around a resonance.
• Distinguish between common and differential modes.
• Achieve a good matching over a frequency range.
• Study the frequency response of a structure.
• Account for both dielectric and conductor losses.
• Study the fidelity of a high frequency structure.
• Achieve or avoid a mode conversion.
• Study the signal integrity of a structure.
• Examine both propagating and evanescent modes.
• Examine both fundamental and higher order modes.
• Optimize pole-zero placement of a filter.
• Study the effect of material and dimension on the circuit and field parameters.

The Antennas module can help study a large number of antenna structures and address numerous far-field and near-field effects. Below is just a partial list:

•Obtain the vector frequency response of an arbitrary 3D antenna structures.
•Obtain the radiation pattern of an antenna over a frequency range.
•Compute the resonant frequency of an antenna.
•Eliminate the reactance of an antenna.
•Maximize the ratio of the radiation resistance to ohmic resistance of an antenna.
•Achieve a good matching over a frequency range.
•Respect the power rating of a transmitting antenna to avoid sparking and arcing.
•Optimize the noise rejection of a receiving antenna.
•Study the effect of radomes on the antenna parameters.
•Obtain all antenna parameters including gain, directivity, efficiency, axial ratio, input impedance, radiation resistance, etc.
•Account for both dielectric and conductor losses.
•Study the fidelity of an antenna.
•Minimize the side lobes.
•Study the EMI/EMC of a structure.
•Study the effect of material and dimension on the antenna and field parameters.
•Study the effect of the environment on the antenna performance, especially the ground.
•Design efficient radomes to protect and hide the antenna.
•Design radar absorbing materials (RAM).

The Resonance module can help study a large number of RF & microwave devices and address numerous resonance and loss effects. Below is just a partial list:

• Design a resonator around a specific resonant frequency.
• Predict dielectric breakdown in a dielectric resonator and avoid it.
• Compute conductor and dielectric quality factors separately.
• Account for both conductivity and surface roughness of a conductor wall.
• Design high Q structures.
• Properly dimension the resonators in of multi-pole filters and optimize pole-zero placement.
• Adjust circuit housing to push resonances out the operational band and have a resonance-free structure.
• Compute the specific absorption rate (SAR) in microwave heating applications.
• Predict if a given design will resonate and locate resonance areas.
• Study the effect of material and dimension on the resonant frequency and the field distribution.

Yes, HFWorks has TDR capabilities.

Yes. In addition to conductivity, you may define a surface roughness of the conductor.

No. Simulating at discrete frequency point may take a long computational time. For faster simulation time, you should use HFWorks's Fast Frequency Sweep (FFS) feature.

Yes.

Yes, HFWorks has both adaptive and manual meshing.

Yes.

No worries. HFWorks allows you to run a ports-only solution which, as you may expect, is much faster than full 3D solution.

Yes.

MotorWizard is a template-based motor design software which is completely integrated inside SOLIDWORKS. It allows SOLIDWORKS users to build and analyze different electric machine designs.
It makes the study of the electric machines flexible and easy by giving access to a wide range of customizable dimensions and parameters that fully define the design of the electric machines. Equipped with integrated analytical and finite element-based solvers, the process of electric motor design becomes readily effortless, accurate and quick.

• The performance and speed of simulation have been improved.
• DQ inductance calculation has been added to the results section.
• Two templates of permanent magnet motor with inset magnets have been added.
• The automatic winding section has been improved to include more configurations of the double-layer winding.
• The manual winding option has been improved.
• Efficiency map calculation based on Maximum Torque Per Ampere (MPTA) has been improved.

Currently, only radial permanent magnet motors are supported by MotorWizard.

The following permanent magnet motor templates are available in MotorWizard:
• Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Motor.
• Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Motor with segmented magnet.
• Bread Loaf Permanent Magnet Motor.
• Inset Permanent Magnet Motor.
• Buried-Type Permanent Magnet Motor.
• Spoke-Type Permanent Magnet Motor.
• Outrunner and Inrunner Rotor Configurations.

MotorWizard uses the maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) approach to estimate the performance of the machine at different speeds.

MotorWizard provides two types of analyses. Most results are based on pure finite element analysis. However, MotorWizard utilizes semi-analytical analysis to provide performance analysis results such as efficiency map and torque speed curve. The semi-analytical method uses both FEA and analytical methods. The analytical method uses the famous dq model of the machine.

MotorWizard provides the analysis of machines with square-wave signal excitation which corresponds to brushless DC motor (BLDC) operation and sine wave excitation which corresponds to permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) operation.

The following results are available in performance analysis section:
• Torque vs Speed,
• Input and output powers vs Speed,
• DQ Voltage vs Speed,
• DQ Current vs Speed,
• Core Losses vs Speed,
• Copper Losses vs Speed,
• Efficiency Map, etc.

MotorWizard offers an option to automatically create different winding configurations such as single- or double-layer, concentrated or distributed, full pitched or shorted pitch easily.

We believe that MotorWizard automatic winding section offers many diverse winding configurations which you may benefit from. If more is required, then you can apply your desired winding configuration using the manual winding table provided by MotorWizard. However, you make sure that your desired winding has a balanced configuration.

Yes.