Maxwell Control Panel

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Section Two

The Maxwell Control Panel

Click on any of the icons below to learn more about its function

This button will exit out of the Maxwell software, but here it will exit out of this tutorial.

About Maxwell

List of existing products

List of regional and international sales and support offices

Configure

Use this panel update the Maxwell resource file called maxwell.ini. Here you can configure screen size, font size, color file, directory structure, and other settings.

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Project Manager

Project List Area

Alias Area

Individual Project Info

Project Manager

Actual directory on the hard drive where the project is located

List of projects in this directory

These buttons will be described in detail on the following slides.

New

Name can be up to 32 characters long

Select project type from pull down menu

Rename

Type in the new name for this particular project

Compress

Compresses each individual file in the project directories selected. This does not create one zip file that contains all project files, it will only compress each file in the project directory.

Compress/Archive

You can archive your projects and increase the amount of hard disk space on your computer. This option will only delete certain solution files, it will not compress any files. For all cases, the geometry, materials, boundaries, sources, and the rest of the problem setup are maintained.

Delete

Select Projects here Add them to the list for deletion

Click on OK to delete the projects. These projects are NOT deleted into the recycle bin; once deleted, they can never be recovered

Copy

The copy process starts with what you have selected for the current project directory. This is the destination directory.

Use these windows to pick what directory you want to copy from.

Pick the project

Choose Model only if you don’t want to copy mesh and field solution. This copies the geometry, materials, sources, and solution setup

The project 1ph_fea is being copied from f:/maxwell_projects/motors to f:/maxwell_projects/actuators and the name is changed to single_phase

Move

Use these windows to pick what directory you want to move from.

Select the project to move

Verify source and destination directories are correct

Reclassify

Use this to reclassify a project from Maxwell 2D version 7 to Maxwell 2D version 8

Search

This utility allows you to search any directory and find projects based on the Project name, who created the project, and any text added in the Notes section of the project.

Specify where to search

Search by:

Name of the project

Who created the project

Text in the Notes section

Refine your search by:

Product and type

Search

For example, say you want to search for Maxwell 2D projects containing the words “single-phase” in the notes section.

single-phase

Search

The results of this search yield the following:

Now you can click on any of the projects and open them.

Project Directories

Project directories are aliases that point to actual directories on your hard drive.

… to this directory on your hard drive. As you can see, the directory name and the alias name need not be the same.These buttons will

be described in detail on the following slides. The alias called

“linear_act” points …

Add Directory

To create a project directory …

Type in or click to choose a directory on your hard drive

F:/maxwell_projects/ind_mot

ind_3ph

Type in an Alias

Use the current directory or make a new one

Add Directory

This new alias “ind_3ph” points to the directory …

F:/maxwell_projects/ind_mot

Edit Directory

Use this window to change an Alias or directory path

Induction_motor

Pick a project directory

Change Alias or Path

Edit Directory

The alias has now changed from ind_ph3 to Induction_motor

The new alias still points to the directory: f:/maxwell_projects/ind_mot

Delete Directory

Pick a Project Directory

All of the Projects in this directory are listed here.

Delete only the alias which means that all of the projects will remain on your computer

Or remove the alias AND all of the projects from your computer. Be aware, there is no UNDELETE. These projects do not go in the Windows trash bin where they can be undeleted at a later time. They are permanently removed from you computer.

Change Directory

Type in the new directory

Or use sub directory listing to change to a new directory

Project Information

The information about this project

The model is displayed here, this is the default view

Project NameCreated by:

Type and Version

Project Information

If the project is terminated without using the Exit button, or if your operating system crashes, it will remain in locked status. You will need to click on Recover the next time you want to open the project.

The Notes section is useful to keep a log of the project status.

20-Nov-00 Variable Reluctance Sensor

Step 1: Solve Parametric problem for nominal case

Step 2: Vary the air gap to determine distance were signal decays one half of nominal case.

Save Notes

How much hard disk space is your project taking.

Open the project to start or continue work

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Translators Panel

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Use options – click Help for details

Translate fileModel translated successfully

Type in directory path

Or use file folder

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Print Manager

Click on Grab Screen and select an area to produce a bitmap file. This is useful when you want to add graphics in a Power Point presentation or a Word document; just use the Edit/Copy and Edit/Paste commands.

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Maxwell Utilities

Click on any of the icons above to learn more about its function

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Utilities - Colors

Use this panel to change the sixteen standard colors as well as the background and foreground color.

You can also load a predefined color map from a standard file, or custom file. For example you can load our standard black or white background.

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Utilities – 2D Modeler

This launches the 2D Modeler. When a license is in use solving a problem, this can be used to pre-process the next simulation.

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Utilities – Plot Data

Use Plot Data to plot equations or signals from a simulation.

Utilities – Plot Data

Plot Data has a very powerful calculator where you can multiply signals, integrate to determine average, and calculate values such as RMS.

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Utilities – Evaluator

Used to create algebraic, trigometric, and piece wise linear functions.

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Utilities – Materials

This is the global material database

Add a materialRenameSteel_M19

Choose Nonlinear

Define B-H

Define otherproperties

Enter the new material

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Maxwell

This completes the training exercise covering the Maxwell Control Panel. Please refer to the training CD for other training examples:

Section 1 Intro FE Method.pptSection 2 Control Panel.pptSection 3 Problem Setup and Solution.pptSection 4 Parametrics and Post Processing Macros.ppt

Or, you can browse our web site at www.ansoft.com. Select Technical Support and register for an account. Here we have Tips and Tactics, Frequently Asked Question, Application Notes and other example problems.

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