New features presentation

Guiding your Technical Innovation

New features presentation

A step toward 2D unification

I. Geometry and Mesh improvements II. News in physical description III. New comfortable post-processing functions

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Part I Geometry and Mesh improvements

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Improvement of CAD import

Updated with the new Acis R21 SP1 (ProE wildFire 5,)

CAD import process improved to take into account users feedback.

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Overlays compatibility
Overlays compatible with last version of SPEED (SPEED 2009)
All the SPEED library (BPM IM DCM SRD)

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Infinite box
Improved management of infinite box:
To set invisible To complete the infinite box (2D & 3D): Linked mesh!

Especially useful for 3D CAD import!

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Automatic geometry rebuilt

Rebuilt of geometry

2D & 3D models In pre and post-processing environment

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Part II News in physical description

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News in physical description

Visualization of magnetic material curve Enables a quick estimation and validation of the material characteristic

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Circuit coupled thin conducting region

Conducting region with virtual thickness

V1

V2
Circuit coupling
I1 M1 B1

Z1

Possibility to define holes

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Circuit coupled thin conducting region

Application example cases: EMC analysis of
a planar transformer a ship hull a airplane body a car body

Results:
Magnetic field Current density distribution Impedance
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Flux and Simulink co-simulation

Ideal for drive & control applications

Flux Flux
Electromagnetic Electromagnetic & thermal FEA analysis & thermal FEA analysis

True co-simulation between Flux and Simulink New 2D, 3D & Skewed Transient applications
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Solving improvements
Solving acceleration thanks to:
Multi-core computation Pre-resolution acceleration Faster sparse matrix construction

A first step towards a parallel solver:

Main finite element tasks Multi-core architecture 1
Construction of the matrix Construction of the matrix Integration Integration

Non linear Non linear loop loop

Assembly Assembly Solving the linear system Solving the linear system

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Solving improvements

Main field of improvement:

All 3D cases Circuit coupling Study case with many coils or solid conductors Steady state AC magnetic applications

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Error criterion
Question: If I want to improve my solution, where should I refine the mesh in priority? 2 methods:
To display areas where the energy is varying To check the local balance of conservation laws

Flux 10.4 provides:

Global monitoring of error Local chart of error Error criterions for all application:
Magnetic, Thermal, Electric Static, Transient and Harmonic 2D, 3D and Skewed
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Error criterion
Application example :2D asynchronous motor
Coarse mesh

Fine mesh

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Solver improvements: error criterion

Application example : 3D massive ring

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Part III New comfortable post-processing functions

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New comfortable post-processing functions

Get your results without effort in a few clicks:
Isolines and Isovalues:
Automatic display Sharpness adjustment slider

Full Device Reconstruction Animations Groups of region for display

New local post-processing:

Boundary arrows Vectors along a Path

Choice of the units for the display in post-processing:

For local and global quantities Predefined US or SI systems User-defined units

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New comfortable post-processing fonctions

Automatic report
Direct access to the main features and results
General data Screenshots Geometrical properties Mesh properties Physical properties Spatial properties Solving properties Post-processing properties Curves

Easy-to-use HTML file

Miscellaneous
Full Automatic Report Macro 3D Curves Importation of curves Superimposition of 2D Curves

Learn more about Flux 10.4 post-processing with our video

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New Flux Online FAQs

A new service as an extension of your maintenance contract An efficient service:
24/7 available Regular updates: the data base includes all standard FAQs collected by our support team Submit your own question to increase the data base and share it with the Flux users community. We'll give you a fast answer!

Subscribe to the new FAQ answers! Simple access and easy to use:
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Flux 10.4 download available on the GATE. This platform will be soon enriched with new contents:
macros, videos,

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Enjoy
More information in the Release Note
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