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Getting Started Guide
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Getting Started Guide
Chapter 1 – Welcome to MagNet
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Welcome to MagNet Welcome
MagNet provides state-of-the art visualization to help you easily build 2D and 3D models for magnetostatic, time-harmonic, transient or transient with motion analysis. Infolytica’s leading edge technologies transparently generate the finite element mesh and quickly provide accurate field solutions. The structures which can be simulated with MagNet include: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Machines: DC, universal, 3-phase IM Actuators Solenoids Loudspeakers Transformers Sensors Recording heads
Learning MagNet
Your MagNet documentation package consist of this Getting Started Guide and a set of Tutorials in an electronic media format (i.e. PDF files), and also includes a comprehensive Help system.
Getting Started Guide ? ? Installation instructions Introduction to modeling
Tutorials ? ? ? Magnetostatic, Time-harmonic, and Transient 2D and 3D tutorials Transient 2D with Motion Tutorial Transient 3D with Motion Tutorial
Additional help is available by visiting the following sections of our web site’s Online Customer Support Center (OCSC): ? ? ? ? ? Documentation Center -- an integrated and centralized source of up-to-date documentation for all Infolytica products Case Studies -- information to help you develop the best solution for your design. Free Add-ons -- allows you to take advantage of Infolytica's powerful scripting engine without requiring any knowledge of programming. Learning Center -- a repository of materials to help those looking to learn more about electromagnetic theory. Samples Library -- device samples for use with your Infolytica software package.
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Chapter 2 – Installation Instructions
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Installation Instructions Overview
This chapter contains instructions for: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Installing MagNet Obtaining a permanent license for MagNet Installing a MagNet node-locked license Installing the License Server Installing a floating (network) license for MagNet Connecting a node to the license Server Where to contact Customer Support
The system requirements are provided on the next page. Note that MagNet requires Microsoft? Visual Basic?, Scripting Edition (VBScript) to run. The MagNet setup program will install VBScript on your computer. MagNet is shipped with a temporary license. To obtain a permanent license, please follow the instructions listed on page 4. Note Warnings begin to appear 14 days before the temporary license expires.
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Installation Instructions System requirements
Minimum system requirements 32-bit
Operating System ? Windows? 2000, XP or ? Server 2003 Hardware Requirements ? 500 MHz microprocessor ? 512 MB of RAM ? 500 MB free disk space
64-bit
Operating System ? Windows? 2000, XP or ? Server 2003 (x64 Edition) Hardware Requirements ? 1.8 GHz microprocessor ? 512 MB of RAM ? 500 MB free disk space
Recommended system requirements 32-bit
Operating System ? Windows? XP Professional Hardware Requirements ? Any recent Intel or AMD CPU ? 1 GB of RAM1 ? 1 GB free disk space2 ? Video card with stable OpenGL drivers
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64-bit
Operating System ? Windows? XP Professional x64 Hardware Requirements ? Any recent Intel EM64T or AMD AMD64 CPU ? 1 GB of RAM1 ? 1 GB free disk space2 ? Video card with stable OpenGL drivers
1 GB RAM is sufficient for average 3D problems, 2 GB RAM is recommended for 3D Time Harmonic & Transient problems. Note for 32-bit: Under certain circumstances, it is possible to enable the operating system to allow programs to access more then 2GB of RAM (if needed). Please consult the Microsoft website for further details. Note for 64-bit: Please consult with your sales or support representative as certain modeling situations will require more than 2 GB of RAM. 2 Free disk space required varies with problem size (for temporary storage of solution files). The disk space requirements must be met in two locations: ? The drive that contains the MagNet installation folder ? The drive that contains the designated “Temp” folder. Note Please see your system administrator for information on changing the location of the “Temp” folder.
To further enhance your MagNet experience…
? ? ? The AMD Athlon, Athlon64 or Opteron CPUs are preferred because of better performance than Intel Pentium IV, Pentium D or Xeon CPUs for floating point operations. ATI Radeon series or the NVIDIA GeForce series are examples of suitable video cards. Note to Laptop users: It is recommended that you accept to Turn Off Display Acceleration when prompted during the MagNet installation.
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Installation Instructions Installing MagNet
The procedure is identical, whether you are installing MagNet as a new system or as an update.
1. Insert the MagNet CD into the drive. 2. From the Windows START menu, select Run. 3. In the Open text box of the Run dialog, type the following:
D:\setup.exe (where D is the name of the CD drive). The MagNet Setup program is initiated. 4. Follow the instructions given by the Setup program. Note Copies of MagNet are shipped with a temporary license. To change your licensing options, you need to run the Client ID program to obtain a permanent license. Please see “Obtaining a permanent license for MagNet” on page 4. If the Microsoft Scripting Setup program prompts you to re-boot the computer after installing VBScript and JScript, or after installing DCOM, do not re-boot at that time. Please wait until the MagNet Setup program prompts you to re-boot. If this is an update, the Setup program automatically creates backups of your material library files. This allows you to keep a copy of a library file that contains customized or new materials, specific to your models.
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Installation Instructions Obtaining a permanent license for MagNet
A permanent license can be node-locked (single-user) or floating (network-based). To obtain a permanent license, you must run the Client ID program. The Client ID program displays information about your computer that you must send to Infolytica Customer Support. The client information provided by the Client ID program will be used by Infolytica Corporation in the preparation of a permanent license file. The Client ID program can be run during the Setup program or after installation of MagNet. ? For instructions on installing a node-locked license, please see “Installing a MagNet node-locked license” on page 5. ? For instructions on installing a floating license, please see “Installing a floating (network) license for MagNet” on page 6.
To obtain a permanent license
Note During installation, the following prompt is displayed. If you clicked Yes, proceed to step #2.
1. From the Windows’ START menu, navigate to All Programs --> MagNet, and then click
“Run Client ID Program”. The Client ID dialog appears.
2. In the Client ID dialog, do one of the following:
Click “Send E-Mail” -- This action opens your default e-mail account and automatically places the contents of “Client Information” into the body of the e-mail message. ? Click “Copy To Clipboard” – This action requires that you open your e-mail account and paste (press CTRL+V) the contents of the “Clipboard” into the body of the e-mail message. 3. Important -- Add the following information to the e-mail message: ? Your name ? Your affiliation (e.g., company name) ? The version of MagNet you have installed (e.g. MagNet 6.23) 4. Send the e-mail to your Customer Support representative. (please see “Where to contact Customer Support” on page 9 for the appropriate e-mail address. For example, if you reside in Canada or the United States, you would send the e-mail to support@https://www.doczj.com/doc/f510670491.html,).
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Installation Instructions Installing a MagNet node-locked license
Note This procedure assumes that you have obtained a permanent license (MagNet.lic) from Customer Support and placed it in a temporary folder (e.g., C:\Temp). If you still haven’t requested a permanent license, please see “Obtaining a permanent license for MagNet” on the previous page.
1. From the Windows’ START menu, navigate to Programs/MagNet, and then click “Client
License Administrator”. The ClientLicenseAdmin dialog appears.
2. Select the option ”Use a Local License”. 3. In the License File text box, type the path (e.g., C:\Temp\MagNet.lic), or browse to the
location of the license file that you have received from Customer Support. 4. Click the Configure License button. 5. At the “Backup and replace File?” prompt, click Yes. The new license file is installed.
Installing the License Server
This procedure installs the Infolytica License Server on the computer designated as the server in a network environment.
1. Insert the MagNet CD into the drive. 2. From the Windows START menu, select Run. 3. In the Open text box of the Run dialog, type the following:
D:\LicenseServer\setup.exe (where D is the name of the CD drive). The License Server Setup program is initiated. 4. Follow the instructions given by the Setup program. Note Once the setup is complete, you will need to run the Client ID program on the server to obtain a permanent floating license. Please see “Obtaining a permanent license for MagNet” on the previous page.
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Installation Instructions Installing a floating (network) license for MagNet
The following instructions describe how to install a floating (network) license on a license server. Note This procedure assumes that you have obtained a permanent floating license (MagNet.lic) from Customer Support and placed it in a temporary folder (e.g., C:\Temp). If you still haven’t requested a permanent license, please see “Obtaining a permanent license for MagNet” on page 4.
1. From the Windows’ START menu, navigate to Programs/Infolytica License Server, and then
click “Infolytica License Server”. The License Server Admin window appears. 2. Click the Add/Update button. 3. From the Open dialog, locate the permanent license file (e.g., C:\Temp\MagNet.lic), then click Open. 4. In the License Server Admin window, click Close. If the License Server is not already running and you are prompted to start it, click Yes.
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Installation Instructions Connecting a node to the license Server
Note This procedure assumes that you have obtained a permanent license (MagNet.lic) from Customer Support and installed it on the license Server. Please see “Installing a floating (network) license for MagNet” on page 6.
1. From the Windows’ START menu, navigate to Programs/MagNet, and then click “Client
License Administrator”. The ClientLicenseAdmin dialog appears.
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Select the option ”Use a license Server”. In the Server name text box, type the name of the Server (e.g., Vader). Click the Configure License button. At the “Backup and replace File?” prompt, click Yes. The node is now connected to the Server’s floating license.
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Installation Instructions Where to contact Customer Support
Canada and the United States
Infolytica Corporation Telephone: Fax: E-mail: (514) 849-8752 (514) 849-4239 support@https://www.doczj.com/doc/f510670491.html,
Europe
Infolytica Limited, UK Telephone: Fax: E-mail: +44 (0) 1865 408 190 +44 (0) 1865 407 778 support@https://www.doczj.com/doc/f510670491.html,
Japan
Adtech Co., Ltd., Tokyo Telephone: Fax: E-mail: (03) 5325-4711 (03) 5325-4713 support2@ad-tech.co.jp
India
AT&S ECAD Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Telephone: Fax: E-mail: 91-80-2656-5587 / 2656-8628 91-80-2656-0212 vijayaraj.j@https://www.doczj.com/doc/f510670491.html,
International
(except Europe, Japan, and India) Infolytica Corporation Telephone: Fax: E-mail: (514) 849-8752 (514) 849-4239 support@https://www.doczj.com/doc/f510670491.html,
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Chapter 3 – Model building with MagNet
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Model building with MagNet Introduction to model building
A MagNet model is made from a geometric model to which boundary conditions and excitations are assigned. After the model is solved, field plots and numerical results are available for viewing. The finite element mesh of the model can be customized to increase solution accuracy.
Modeling flowchart
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Model building with MagNet Geometric modeling
A MagNet model is made from geometry to which materials, boundary conditions, and excitations are assigned. The geometric model is constructed from three basic building blocks: ? ? ? Edges Surfaces Components
Edges
Edges are lines and arcs. They are drawn on the construction slice in the View window.
The construction slice is a two-dimensional editing plane that can be moved forward and backward in space. Edges drawn on the construction slice move with the slice and remain in view until there are intentionally removed by the user.
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Model building with MagNet
Surfaces
Edges are drawn to create surfaces. Surfaces are swept to create three-dimensional components. A surface must be “closed” before it can be swept to create a component.
Components
Components can be swept in a positive or negative direction: ? ? For an arbitrary length In a circular arc through any angle
By drawing and sweeping surfaces, additional components are added to form an entire model.
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Model building with MagNet Drawing edges
Edges are drawn using the Draw toolbar and either the mouse pointer or the Keyboard Input bar. You can draw lines, arcs, or circles.
Edges are drawn on the construction slice. Note Edges are saved with the model even if the user has not swept the geometry before closing.
Lines
Using the mouse pointer
Lines are drawn as polylines. That is, line drawing is continuous until you press ESC or doubleclick the mouse.
Using the Keyboard Input bar
Lines are entered as coordinate pairs. The last coordinate entered becomes the start coordinate of the next line. To stop drawing, or to begin a new line, press ESC on your keyboard.
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Model building with MagNet Arcs
Note When drawing an arc using the mouse pointer or keyboard, MagNet automatically adjusts the end point to have the same radius from the center point as does the start point.
Using the mouse pointer to draw an arc
Three different methods exist, when using the mouse pointer, for drawing arcs in MagNet. ? ? ? Arc (Center, Start, End) Arc (Start, Center, End) Arc (Start, End, Center) Arcs are drawn in a counter-clockwise direction. Holding the Ctrl key down, while drawing the arc, inverts the direction of the arc. The arc is still created counter-clockwise; it is only the start and end points that are inverted. A “rubber-band” line follows the movement of the mouse pointer.
Note
Using the Keyboard Input bar to draw an arc
Arcs are drawn by entering three coordinates in the following order: ? ? ? Center point Start point End point
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Model building with MagNet Circles
Note After a circle is drawn, MagNet automatically segments the circle into two arcs.
Using the mouse pointer to draw a circle
Two different methods exist, when using the mouse pointer, for drawing circles in MagNet. ? ? Circle (Center, Radius) Circle (Radius, Center)
Note
A “rubber-band” line follows the movement of the mouse pointer.
Using the Keyboard Input bar to draw a circle
Circles are drawn by entering two coordinates in the following order: ? ? Center point Point on the radius of the circle
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