Has anyone used Shark to design an electric motor? I have a new design for hybrid axial flux brushless machines. I have the solid model files and will have to export them to software that does finite element analysis for electromagnetics, such as Ansys Maxwell 3D, Comsol, Magsoft Flux, Infolytica, etc. Problem is, some of that software costs over $50,000. Some is a couple grand a month to lease.

I recall my search for solid modeling software before finding Shark. Most was well out of my price range, and did a lot of things I do not need. Some was cheap and not powerful enough. It was a huge relief to find SharkFX. I would love to find something parallel to this in the electromagnetic modeling arena.

Got any ideas?

Thanks,

~ S

I have been looking into software, and contractors that know how to use it. I figure it will be best to know something about the software even if I do pay someone else to use it. So far that assumption is proving very true. By knowing what to ask for, I could greatly reduce overall costs.

I did find COMSOL, which is the only FEA multi physics software that I found that will run on my iMac. It's still quite spendy, around $25,000-$30,000 or so for what I need to do, but it's a nice find considering it runs on a Mac. There are Windows and Linux versions too.

It's still too early to tell if this is viable for me. I have demo version and hope to run it through some useful trials.

BTW, they charge an extra $2,995 for the module that will import CAD files, including ACIS format, and convert them to COMSOL format. I was told that money goes to Dassault. Hmm... It'd be nice to export from Shark directly into the COMSOL format. Might sell a few copies of Shark to do just that. I know a guy in the injection mold making business who uses ViaCAD for just viewing CAD models that get sent to him.

~ S

Did you see:

http://simulatemore.mscsoftware...lectromagnetic-analysis/

Hello Tem.

The company i work for ([URL="http://www.co-ax.com"]Mller coax AG[/URL]) is producing pneumatically and eletromagntically driven valves.
[for example series MK ...]
When applying voltage to the Elektro-Magnet (we produce it ourselves)
the resulting Force is used to move an (iron) inner part to open or close
the valve (depending on design).

For optimising the Magnet we use [URL="http://www.ansys.com/Products/Simulation+Technology/Systems+&+Multiphysics/Multiphysics+Enabled+Products/ANSYS+Maxwell"]Ansys Maxwell[/URL].

Our main focus is on eletromagnetic field simulation (distribution and force).

Depending on the needs you can simulate also whole circuits and lots more
with Ansys.

Roland