Ansoft Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) released an enhanced version of Maxwell® SV, adding to its existing line of student version (SV) software. Maxwell SV is a free, downloadable, subset of Maxwell 2D, Ansoft's commercial electromagnetic-field simulation software for the design of electromagnetic and electromechanical devices. The software is suitable for engineering students studying topics such as electro-mechanical component, power-electronic and mechatronic design.
The Maxwell SV offers users the same unrestricted two-dimensional ac, dc magnetic and electrostatic-field solvers that are included in the commercial Maxwell 2D. Additional capabilities found in the commercial version are transient simulation, coupled thermal analysis, parametric modeling and automated equivalent circuit generation.
To download the new version of Maxwell SV, go to http://www.ansoft.com/maxwellsv. To learn more about the commercial version of Maxwell 2D, visit http://www.ansoft.com/products/em/max2d.
