MaxwellCircuitEditor-onlinehelp

Contents-1TableofContents1.UsingtheMaxwellCircuitEditorSchematicEditor................................1-2TheSchematicEditorWindow.....................1-2Components....................................1-4DedicatedElements.............................1-4CommutatorBarandCommutatorBarModel.........1-4Winding.......................................1-5PassiveElements...............................1-6Diode&DiodeModel............................1-7Capacitor(CAP)................................1-9Resistor(Res)..................................1-9Inductor(IND)..................................1-10MutualInductance(IndM)........................1-10CurrentControlledSwitch(SW_I)..................1-11VoltageControlledSwitch(SW_V).................1-12Transformer...................................1-13Probes........................................1-14Ammeter......................................1-14Voltmeter.....................................1-14VoltmeterwithOnePinGrounded(VoltmeterG).......1-15CurrentandVoltageSources......................1-15MaxwellCircuitEditorOnlineHelpContents-2DCCurrentSource..............................1-16ExponentialCurrentSource.......................1-17PulseCurrentSource............................1-19PiecewiseLinearCurrentSource..................1-21Frequency-ModulatedSinusoidalCurrentSource.....1-22SinusoidalCurrentSource........................1-23DCVoltageSource..............................1-24ExponentialVoltageSource.......................1-25PulseVoltageSource............................1-27PiecewiseLinearVoltageSource..................1-29Frequency-ModulatedSinusoidalVoltageSource.....1-30SinusoidalVoltageSource........................1-31PlacingComponentsintheMaxwellCircuitEditorSchematic1-33AssigningComponentPropertiesinMaxwellCircuitEditor1-34CallbackScriptingUsingPropHostObject............1-35OpeningtheOnlineHelpforCircuitComponents.......1-36SettingUpanExternalCircuit......................1-37AddtheCircuitElements..........................1-37ConnecttheCircuitElementsinSeries..............1-39ExporttheNetlist................................1-39SavetheMaxwellCircuitEditorProject..............1-40AssigntheExternalCircuit........................1-40RenamingaSourceinMaxwellCircuitEditor..........1-41ApplyingtheCommutatingBarElement..............1-43UsingtheMaxwellCircuitEditor1-11UsingtheMaxwellCircuitEditorToopenMaxwellCircuitEditor:•ClickStartProgramsANSYSElectromagneticsMaxwell16.0Windows64-bitMax-wellCircuitEditor.ThefollowingmenusareavailableinMaxwellCircuitEditor:RelatedTopics:SchematicEditorMaxwellCircuitEditorComponentModelsPlacingComponentsintheMaxwellCircuitEditorSchematicAssigningComponentPropertiesinMaxwellCircuitEditorFilemenuEditmenuViewmenuProjectmenuDrawmenuSchematicmenuMaxwellCircuitmenuToolsmenuWindowmenuHelpmenuMaxwellCircuitEditorOnlineHelp1-2UsingtheMaxwellCircuitEditorSchematicEditorTheSchematiceditoristheAnsofttoolforcreatingcircuitschematics,ordesignsforatransientsolutiontype.Adesigngraphicallyrepresentsandcapturestheelectricalstructureandcharacteris-ticsofacircuit.Youcreatesuchadesignbystartingtheschematiceditorandplacingcomponents,ports,connectors,andwiresintoadefaultemptyschematic.TheSchematicEditorWindowTheSchematicEditorwindowallowsyoutoplacecomponentsandwirethemtogether.Youcanmovecomponentsbysimplyselectinganddraggingthem.Copyandpastecanbeusedoncompo-nentsandtheirwireswithintheschematiceditor.Asyouplacethecursornearapinofacomponent,itchangesfromanarrowtoanX.Thisindicatesthattheschematiceditorisinthewiringmode.Inthewiringmode,clicktostartdrawingawire.Clickagaintoendthewire.MaxwellCircuitEditorOnlineHelpUsingtheMaxwellCircuitEditor1-3Commonlyuseditemssuchasports,n-portblackboxes,grounds,andpageconnectorscanbeplacedintheschematicbyclickingtheirtoolbariconsorbyusingtheDrawmenu.Viewcontrolstozoomin,zoomout,andfitthedrawingtotheeditorwindowareavailableontheViewmenu,andontheshortcutmenuthatopenswhenyouright-clickinaschematic.Thearrowkeysscrolltheviewup,down,left,orrightinsmallincrements.Thepageupandpagedownkeysscrolltheviewupordowninlargerincrements.Ifyouscrollsofarthatnoobjectsareintheview,selectFitDrawingfromtheViewpull-downontheMaxwelltopmenubar(orpressCtrl+D)tore-centertheentiredesign,resizedtofillthewindow.MaxwellCircuitEditorOnlineHelp1-4UsingtheMaxwellCircuitEditorComponentsAnumberofcomponentsareavailableintheCircuitsimulator.ToviewtheComponentswindowintheprojecttree,clicktheComponentstab.(TheProjecttabisvisiblebydefaultwhenyoufirstopenMaxwellCircuitEditor.)Toexpandacomponentsubgroup,double-clickitsbookicon.Toreadaboutaspecificcomponent,double-clickitsinformationiconintheHelptopictree.ThefollowingtypesofelementsareavailableinMaxwellCircuitEditor:•DedicatedElements•PassiveElements•Probes•SourcesOncecomponentsareplacedintheschematicforaproject,theyappearintheprojecttreebeneaththeProjectComponentsbranch.ThemostrecentlyplacedcomponentsalsoappearundertheMostRecentlyUsedbranchintheprojecttree.YoucanalsosetFavoritesthatcanbeaccessedfromtheprojecttree.RelatedTo