Contents
1 Introduction 4
2 Installing 2D electric-field software 6
3 First 2D electrostatic solution 11
4 Electrostatic application: building the mesh 19
5 Electrostatic application: calculating and analyzing fields 26
6 Electrostatic application: meshing and accuracy 30
7 Magnetostatic solution: simple coil with boundaries 38
8 Magnetostatic solution: boundary effects and automatic operation 45
9 Magnetostatic solution: the role of steel 50
10 Magnetostatic solution: when steel gets complicated 56
11 Magnetostatic solution: permanent magnets 64
12 Adding 3D software 70
13 3D electrostatic example: STL input 73
14 3D electrostatic example: mesh generation and solution 77
15 3D electrostatic application: getting started 81
16 3D electrostatic application: extrusions 87
17 3D electrostatic application: mutual capacitance 94
18 3D magnetic fields: defining coil currents 102
19 3D magnetic fields: free-space calculations 109
20 3D magnetic fields: iron and permanent magnets 117