Maxwell SV Getting Started: A 2D Electrostatic Problem - LES

Getting Started: A 2D Electrostatic Problem
from menus and can be plotted a number of ways. For instance, you can display a plot of
equipotential contours or you can graph potential as a function of distance.
• Use the calculators. The post processor allows you to take curls, divergences, integrals,
and cross and dot products to derive special quantities of interest.
The commands shown on the Executive Commands menu must be chosen in the sequence in
which they appear. For example, you must first create a geometric model with the Define Model
command before you specify material characteristics for objects with the Setup Materials command.
A check mark appears on the menu next to the completed steps.
These steps are summarized in the following flowchart:
1-4 Introduction
Select solver and drawing type.
Draw geometric model and
(optionally) identify grouped objects.
Assign material properties.
Assign boundary conditions and sources.
Compute other
quantities during
solution?
No
Generate solution.
Yes
Set up solution criteria and
(optionally) refine the mesh.
Inspect solutions, view solution
information, display field plots, and
manipulate basic field quantities.
Request that force, torque,
capacitance, inductance,
admittance, impedance, flux
linkage, conductance, or
current flow be computed
during the solution process.