Current

1. Click Current within the Excitation panel under the EMA3D tab in the Ribbon.

   

   Alternatively, right click Sources in the Simulation Tree and select Current.

   

2. Adjust the properties of the current source in the properties panel. The list of adjustable properties and their definitions are provided in the table at the end of this page.

   

3. Click on the appropriate selection tool (i.e., surface , line , or point body ,) in the top left of the model window to restrict the current source assignment definition.

4. Click on the geometric entity to be excited. It will be highlighted. Note that the geometric entity used for the source should not have a material definition assigned to it.

   

5. Click OK to complete the current source setup.

6. The excited geometry will be recolored in the model window (users may need to click elsewhere in the model window to remove the highlighting). Additionally, for a line source, the flow direction of the current will be denoted by gray arrows on the excited geometry.

   

7. The current source will be added to the Simulation Tree under the Sources node as Current Source. The yellow warning label attached to it indicates that the source needs a signal attached to it.

   

8. Instructions on adding signals can be found here. Once a signal is attached to the source, the yellow warning label will disappear.

   

9. To edit the current source at any time, right click Current Source at any time in the Simulation Tree.

   

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