These short videos will help you get a quick start using our software. Click the view button to open a new tab and watch the video in FlashPlayer. The videos are arranged from simple introductions to detailed tutorials. Use the navigation bar below to jump to a topic. The following video provides an overview of our website to help you pick a software package for your application.
| Choosing software
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| Installation: How to download, install and activate software for trials and purchases.
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| Quick introduction: 2D calculations with TriComp: Step-by-step example to test the software activation and to illustrate the basic steps in a 2D field solution.
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| Quick introduction: 3D calculations with AMaze: Step-by-step example to test the software activation and to illustrate the basic steps in a 3D field solution.
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Finite-element solution procedure:The logical steps of a finite-element solution and how they relate to the programs and files of the solution package.
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Installing a text editor: Integrating the ConText editor with Field Precision software.
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Help resources: Calling the instruction manual, example library, software tips blog, listing files, help via E mail.
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Package components and program launcher: Materials included in the package, setting up a data file structure, running examples and using the program launcher.
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2D mesh concepts Part A: Basic concepts for 2D mesh generation: regions, elements, facets and nodes. Filled and open regions.
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2D mesh concepts Part B How Mesh works. Foundation mesh. Rules for order of mesh regions.
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Mesh drawing editor Part A Starting a mesh in the graphics mode. Outlining the solution volume. Starting new regions. Inserting and editing vectors. Saving a DXF file.
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Mesh drawing editor B Starting a drawing from a DXF file. Setting region properties. Filled and open regions. Saving the MIN file. Creating the mesh.
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Mesh drawing editor Part C: Loading an MIN file. Setting the foundation mesh. DXF import from CAD programs.
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Mesh input file: the power of scripts: Relationship of the drawing editor, MIN file and Mesh program. Advantages of scripts in technical work. Modifying meshes with a text editor.
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Running Mesh: Script structure, advanced capabilities, viewing meshes, saving meshes, MOU and LS files.
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EStat – setting up and running a field solution: Creating an EStat input file. Running the solution. Structures of the input and output files.
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3D mesh concepts: Basic concepts for 3D mesh generation: solution volume, foundation mesh, parts and regions, order of parts, surface fitting.
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Building a simple assembly with Geometer: Create a MetaMesh script by interactively assembling parts in Geometer.
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Tuning the MetaMesh script and making a mesh: Working with the script in a text editor, specifying surface fitting, generating the mesh.
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Magnum – solving magnetic fields in three dimensions: Biot-Savart integral. Division of current into applied (coils), material (iron) and surface currents of permanent magnets.
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Magnum – field solutions with iron. Magnetic flux density, magnetic field and magnetic permeability. Differential equations to find fields with iron currents. Steps in the Magnum calculation.
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Magnum – free-space magnetic field calculation: using MagWinder to create large current element sets. Dividing assemblies into coils and parts. Information in the CDF and WND files.
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