- Akademische Forschung und Lehre
- Geräte des KIT
- Mitarbeiter des KIT
- Studierende des KIT (auch auf privaten Geräten)
- siehe Lizenzbedingungen
-
ANSYS EM Suite
-
Computer Aided Design of Electronic Systems (EDA)
ANSYS Electronics Simulation Software are modules from the ANSYS product family for the design of electronic and electromechanical systems.
- Contact Person:
- Services:
- Links:ANSYS Home
ANSYS EM Suite
* Info about the new ANSYS licensing model: to use ANSYS EM Suite, the "Use Electronics Pro, Premium, Enterprise product licensing" must be activated in ANSYS Electronics Desktop (version 2020 or higher) (under Tools > General Options > General > Desktop Configuration > Product Licensing).
ANSYS Electronics Simulation Software are modules from the ANSYS product family for the design of electronic and electromechanical systems. The following products are available in SCC:
- Maxwell 2D and Maxwell 3D
simulate electromagnetic fields for the design and analysis of two- and three-dimensional systems such as motors, generators, transformers and other electromechanical systems from aerospace, automotive and other industries. Maxwell is based on the finite element method and calculates static as well as transient electromagnetic and electric fields in the time and frequency domain. Integrated in Maxwell is the module RMxprt, especially for modeling rotating electrical machines.
Maxwell can be coupled with the products Simplorer, ePhysics and Optimetrics (see below). The model creation is done CAD-like via a graphical user interface. It can be run under Windows, Linux and Solaris. - PExprt
is a development and design software for magnetic components like inductors, transformers etc.. It calculates in combination with Maxwell the optimal dimensions of the components and their shaping, air gaps and windings. PExprt is available for Windows. - Simplorer
allows the development and analysis of complex systems from various fields such as electrical and electromechanical systems, consideration of thermal and electromagnetic phenomena and hydraulic components. Components can be integrated in circuits. Simplorer runs under Windows. - ePhysics
is an addon to Maxwell 3D and is a multiphysics solution that couples electromagnetic processes with thermal processes and mechanical stresses. Like Maxwell , ePhysics runs on Windows, Linux and Solaris. - Optimetrics
is also an add-on to Maxwell, adding functionality such as optimization, parameterization, design sensitivity and statistical analysis.
ANSYS HF Electromagnetics Simulation Software
The ANSYS HF product family includes the following modules:
- HFSS (High-Frequency Structure Simulator)
allows high-frequency analyses to describe high-frequency wave propagation for antennas and electronic assemblies, and is intended for electromagnetic design and optimization of structures. HFSS can be run under Windows and Linux. - Q3D Extractor
is a parasitic 3D extraction software that performs 2D and 3D simulations of electromagnetic fields and automatically generates an equivalent SPICE circuit model for use in Nexxim. - Designer
is a software for schematic generation and design management - SIwave
is a simulation software for printed circuit boards and a design platform for power and signal integrity and EMC analysis of electronic assemblies - Nexxim
is a circuit simulation software for linear and nonlinear frequency analysis
License scope
150 ANSYS Academic Research EM (incl. ANSYS Maxwell, ANSYS Simplorer Advanced, ANSYS RMxprt, ANSYS PExprt and ANSYS Optimetrics)
150 ANSYS Academic Research HF (incl. ANSYS HFSS, ANSYS Q3D Extractor, Designer, Nexxim and ANSYS SIwave)
640 parallel processes
Examples and documentation
Examples, product description and manuals, and tutorials are accessible through the Online Help. In the Help subdirectories of the installations there are partly also PDF documents. Additional training material is also available from ANSOFT's Online Technical Support.
If you are interested in further documentation and the programs, please contact the support staff.
License restrictions
The following conditions must be met:
- The analysis work performed with the Academic Program(s) must be non-proprietary work.
- Licensee and its Contract Users must be or be affiliated with an academic facility. In addition to its employees and Contract Users, Licensee may permit individuals who are students at such academic facility to access and use the Academic Program(s). Such students will be considered Contract Users of Licensee.
- The Academic Program(s) may not be used for competitive analysis (such as benchmarking) or for any commercial activity, including consulting.
- Notwithstanding any terms of the Agreement to the contrary, Academic Program(s) may be accessed and used by Licensee at the Designated Site or any other location within a 50 mile radius of the Designated Site, provided that such location is within the same country as the Designated Site. Such limitations apply to any access and/or use of the Academic Program(s), including, but not limited to, access via a VPN connection or through license borrowing.
Basics
Maxwell on the parallel cluster of the SCC
The ANSYS Electronic Desktop application is installed on the bwUniCluster. The operation of this cluster is subject to a job management system that optimally allocates resources to each job. Therefore, large computational jobs should be started under this system.
Start on the bwUniCluster (uc2)
A modular concept is used on the Linux clusters of the SCC. To use ANSYS EM, you must first load the appropriate module. You get all available software modules by selecting
module avail
typing. To load the module of the current version of ANSYS, type the following on the bwUniCluster:
module load ansys
You can also load the module with the desired version number, such as.
module load ansys/2020R1
After that ANSYS Electronic Desktop "Maxwell" can be executed with the following script "run_maxwell.sh":
#!/bin/sh
#SBATCH --nodes=1
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=20
#SBATCH --partition=single
#SBATCH --time=2:00:00
#SBATCH --mem=170gb
## setup environment
module load cae/ansys/2020R1
## run Maxwell
ansysedt -ng -Monitor -Logfile maxwell.log -machinelist num=$SLURM_NPROCS -batchsolve Model.aedt
To submit the script to the job management system, run the following
sbatch run_maxwell.sh
The Maxwell job is started in the directory with the Model.aedt file as input file. A node with 20 processors and 170 GB of main memory is requested. The result files are stored in the Model.aedtresults subdirectory.
ANSYS EM Suite Installation Guide
KIT users can download the software directly from our ftp server:
ftp://ftp.scc.kit.edu/pub/campus/
ftp ftp.scc.kit.edu
user: anonymous
password: email address
In the subdirectories of "ANSYS%Version%" you will find the corresponding installation files in TAR, ZIP or ISO format:
LINX64 ................... Linux, 64 Bit
WIN64 .................... Windows, 64 Bit
A 32 bit version is no longer available.
If you want to install only the product "ANSYS Electromagnetics Suite", you need the following installation file
ELECTRONICS_%Version%_%WIN/LIN%X64.zip
If you want to integrate "ANSYS EM Suite" into the Workbench of ANSYS, you have to install the ANSYS Suite first. For this you also need the ISO files provided on the FTP server. During the subsequent installation of "ANSYS EM Suite" you must then confirm the integration with ANSYS.
Proceed as follows during the installation:
- Download the TAR or ZIP files from the appropriate directory.
- Unpack each of the packages in a separate folder.
- Under Windows, then start the autorun.exe file (right-click and select "Run as administrator").
On Linux, type INSTALL -noroot. - After the installation, a window will appear where you have to specify the license server. Here you enter
for SERVER 1: SCCLIC4.SCC.KIT.EDU
for SPECIFY SERVER TCP/CP PORT NUMBER: 10550 - You can also enter the two linesafterwards in the subdirectory admin in the file redirect.lic:
SERVER SCCLIC4.SCC.KIT.EDU ANY 10550
USE_SERVER
Documentation
The documentation is available online. For access (also to the Customer Portal), you must create an account with Ansys. Please ask for the Customer Number beforehand. A local installation(WINX64 / LINX64) is also possible.
Version 2023R1:
On the ftp server https://ftp.scc.kit.edu/pub/campus/ANSYS/ANSYS2023R1/Documentation/ you will find the following files:
- ansysproductpdfdocv212.zip manuals and installation guides ( list )
- ansysreleasedoc.7z version documentation
- ANSYS_Inc._Installation_Guides.pdf
- Info about the individual installation packages.
Version 2022R2:
On the ftp server https://ftp.scc.kit.edu/pub/campus/ANSYS/ANSYS2022R2/Documentation/ you will find the following files:
- ansysproductpdfdocv222.zip manuals and installation guides ( list )
- ansysreleasedoc.7z version documentation
- ANSYS_Inc._Installation_Guides.pdf
- Info about the individual installation packages.
From the campus network you can also update directly via
CIFS: \\sccfs.scc.kit.edu\Service\SCC\sccfs-ftp\pub\campus\ANSYS resp.
NFS: sccfs.scc.kit.edu:/Service/SCC/sccfs-ftp/pub/campus/ANSYS.