EXPLANATION OF THE MACHINE TOOLBAR ITEMS
TOOLBAR NAME DESCRIPTION
DOCUMENTATION:
MAG_HELP LISTS THE EXPLANATION OF THE TOOLBAR ITEMS
HOW_TO DESCRIBES THE PROCESS OF GENERATING A MODEL
AND PERFORMING AN ANALYSIS and POST PROCESSING
Contains listing of example parameter files.
STATOR_H DEFINES THE PARAMETERS TO GENERATE A slotted STATOR
RSLOT_H DEFINES THE PARAMETERS TO GENERATE A
RECTANGULAR slotted STATOR
ROTOR_H DEFINES THE PARAMETERS TO GENERATE A PM ROTOR
UTILITY:
FITPLOT RESIZES THE PLOT BASED ON NODES
PICK_NOD GENERATES A NEW SUBSET of NODES FROM THE
DEFINED NODE SET. THE "PICKER BOX"
IS DISPLAYED TO SELECT THE METHOD OF NODE
SELECTION.
PICK_ELE GENERATES A NEW SUBSET of ELEMENTS FROM THE
DEFINED NODE SET. THE "PICKER BOX"
IS DISPLAYED TO SELECT THE METHOD OF ELEMENT
SELECTION.
SHOMODEL SELECTS THE IRON NAD MAGNETS NAD PLOTS WITH
MATERIAL NUMBERS ON
PLOT_WINDING SELECTS WINDING AND STATOR IRON AND PLOTS
PLT_FORM PLOTS CURRENT FORM TO BE USED IN SPECFYING
THE CURRENT TO THE WINDING
GEOMETRY GENERATION:
BUILD3D BUILDS COMPLETE 3D MODEL FROM THE PARAMETER FILE
WHICH IS PROMPTED TO THE USER (MUST BE ENCLOSED
IN SINGLE QUOTES)
PMROTOR BUILDS 2d PM ROTOR. PARAMETERS MUST
ALREADY BE LOADED FROM THE PARAMETER FILE
R_SLOT GENERATES A 2d rectanular slotted STATOR.
PARAMETERS MUST ALREADY BE LOADED FROM
THE PARAMETER FILE
STATOR GENERATES A 2d uniform tooth shank STATOR.
PARAMETERS MUST ALREADY BE LOADED FROM
THE PARAMETER FILE
WINDING Builds the winding for 2D or 3D models.
A winding file is required. An
example winding file is mach2.wnd
The winding file extention must be .wnd.
The macro b_wndsc.mac contains definitions
of the input arguments.
DELE_WND DELETES WINDING DATA, SO THAT CURRENTS CANNOT
APPLIED
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS:
EVEN_BC APPLIES EVEN PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
TO THE SIDE OF THE MODEL (USED FOR EVEN
NUMBER OF POLES). THIS MUST BE USED PRIOR
TO USING THE <ROTATE> TOOLBAR ITEM.
ROTATE ROTATES THE ROTOR AND CONNECTS IT TO THE
STATOR MODEL. User is prompted for the angle
of rotation, which is a mechanical angle, measured
from the +X axis in a CCW direction.
LOAD APPLIES THE CURRENTS TO THE STATOR. PHASE
DEFINITION IS CONTAINED IN THE PARAMETER FILE
(see <HOW_TO> ). User is prompted for the
ELECTRICAL ANGLE AND PEAK AMPERAGE
SOLUTION:
SOLUTION PERFORMS a single SOLUTION
SOLVE_ROT Generates a series of solutions
using the winding/current data.
Forces are saved for a subsequent
mechanical transient analysis.
User is prompted for starting mechanical
angle, ending mechanical angle, number
of solutions and the peak amperage.
See rotsols.mac for more documentation.
POST PROCESSING:
TORQUE COMPUTES TORQUE IN THE AIR GAP
AND DATA FOR THE B_RADIAL AND FOURIE ANALYSIS
OF THE AIR GAP FLUX DENSITY
MUR COMPUTES MUR FOR THE MODEL
_MMF ONCE A PATH HAS BEEN DEFINED, THIS COMPUTES THE
MMF FOR THE DEFINED PATH
B_VECTOR PLOTS FLUX DENSITY VECTOR
H_VECTOR PLOTS Field Intensity VECTOR
NUMBERING FLAGS:
The "_ON" turns the numbering/color on, "_OFF" turns
the numbering/color off.
Other macros:
BH Data Macros:
MATERIALS:
M14 M15 M19 M2 M22 M27 M36 M4
M43 M45 M47 M50 M54 M6
These are used by entering the preprocessor or solution and entering at the
command line
m14,2
m14,5