1 May 2016

Frontend Module :

• For functionality and CAD/EDA import filter, see technical specifications of the CST STUDIO SUITE®.

Electrostatic Solver :

• Isotropic and (coordinate­dependent) anisotropic material properties.
• Support of hexahedral meshes as well as linear and curved tetrahedral meshes.
• Sources: potentials, charges on conductors (floating potentials), uniform volume­ and surface­charge densities,capacitive field grading.
• Force calculation.
• Capacitance calculation.
• Electric / magnetic / tangential / normal / open / fixed­potential boundary­ conditions.
• Perfect conducting sheets and wires.
• Discrete edge capacitive elements at any location in the structure.
• Adaptive mesh refinement in 3D.
• Higher order representation of the solution with tetrahedral mesh.
• Automatic parameter studies using built­in parameter sweep tool.
• Automatic structure optimization for arbitrary goals using built­in optimizer.
• Network distributed computing for optimizations, parameter sweeps and remote calculations.
• Coupled simulations with Mechanical Solver from CST MPHYSICS STUDIO®.
• Equivalent Circuit EMS/DS Co­-Simulation for constant material properties.

Magnetostatic Solver :

• 3D­ and 2D­ problem support.
• Isotropic and (coordinate­dependent) anisotropic material properties.
• Nonlinear material properties.
• Laminated material properties.
• Support of hexahedral meshes as well as linear and curved tetrahedral meshes.
• Sources: coils, permanent magnets, current paths, external fields, stationary current fields, current ports.
• Discrete edge inductances at any location in the structure
  Force and force density calculation.
• Apparent and incremental inductance calculation.
• Flux linkages.
• Electric / magnetic / tangential / normal / open boundary­conditions.
• Rotational periodicity for 2D problems.
• Adaptive mesh refinement for 2D and 3D solver.
• Higher order representation of the solution with tetrahedral and triangular meshes.
• Automatic parameter studies using built­in parameter sweep tool
  Automatic structure optimization for arbitrary goals using built­in optimizer.
• Network distributed computing for optimizations, parameter sweeps and remote calculations.
• Coupled simulations with Mechanical Solver from CST MPHYSICS STUDIO.
• Equivalent Circuit EMS/DS Co­Simulation for constant and nonlinear material properties.

Stationary Current Solver :

• Isotropic and (coordinate­dependent) anisotropic material properties.
• Nonlinear electrical conductivity properties.
• Temperature dependent materials with coupling to CST MPHYSICS STUDIO.
• Electric contact resistance.
• Support of hexahedral meshes as well as linear and curved tetrahedral meshes.
• Sources: current paths, potentials, current ports, coil segments.
• Conductance calculation.
• Discrete edge resistances at any location in the structure.
• Perfect conducting sheets and wires.
• Electric / magnetic / normal / tangential boundary ­conditions.
• Adaptive mesh refinement in 3D.
• Higher order representation of the solution with tetrahedral mesh.
• Automatic parameter studies using built­in parameter sweep tool.
• Automatic structure optimization for arbitrary goals using built­in optimizer.
• Network distributed computing for optimizations, parameter sweeps and remote calculations.
• Coupled simulations with Thermal Solver from CST MPHYSICS STUDIO.
• Equivalent Circuit EMS/DS Co­-Simulation for constant material properties/

LF Frequency Domain Solver :

• Isotropic and (coordinate­dependent) anisotropic material properties.
• Temperature dependent materials with coupling to CST MPHYSICS STUDIO.
• Support of hexahedral meshes as well as linear and curved tetrahedral meshes.
• Electroquasistatic analysis.
• Magnetoquasistatic analysis (eddy current approximation).
• Full wave analysis.
• Sources for electroquasistatic analysis: potentials.
• Sources for full wave and magnetoquasistatic analysis:
  coils, current paths, voltage paths, external fields ,current ports.
• Impedance calculation.
• Force calculation.
• Perfect conducting seets and wires.
• Lumped R, L, C elements at any location in the structure
  Surface impedance model for good conducting metals.
• Electric­ / magnetic­ and open­ boundary­ conditions.
• Adaptive mesh refinement in 3D.
• Higher order representation of the solution with tetrahedral mesh.
• Automatic parameter studies using built­in parameter sweep tool.
• Automatic structure optimization for arbitrary goals using built­in optimizer.
• Network distributed computing for optimizations, parameter sweeps and remote calculations.
• Coupled simulations with Thermal Solver from CST MPHYSICS STUDIO.

LF Time Domain Solver :

• Isotropic and (coordinate­dependent) anisotropic material properties.
• Magnetoquasistatic analysis (eddy current approximation), 3D­ and 2D­ problem support.
• Electroquasistatic analysis.
• Nonlinear material properties (within the magnetoquasistatic analysis).
• Iron Loss computation.
• Support of linear and curved tetrahedral meshes.
• Sources for the magnetoquasistatic analysis: coils, coil segments, current paths, voltage paths, permanent magnets, external magnetic source field.
• Sources for electroquasistatic analysis: potentials.
• Magnetoquasistatic analysis: perfect conducting sheets and wires
  Electric / magnetic boundary­conditions.
• Higher order representation of the solution with tetrahedral mesh .
• User defined excitation signals and signal database
• Adaptive time stepping for 3D models.
• Rigid body motion for 2D models with overlapping rotation and translation.
• Periodicity boundary condition (translation) and subvolume (rotation).
• Demagnetization monitors.
• Network distributed computing remote calculations.

Post Processing :

• 2D and 3D field vizualisation.
• Integration and vizualisation of fields along arbitrary paths
  Flux integration.
• Force and torque calculation.
• Capacitance­ / inductance / conductance calculation.
• Export of electromagnetic field data.
• Advanced reporting facilities

Automation :

• Fully parametric 3D modelling.
• VBA macro language.
• OLE automation server.
• Template based post processing.
• Automatic, multi­ dimensional parameter sweeps.
• Automatic structure optimization for arbitrary goals using built­in optimizer.

Documentation :

• CST STUDIO SUITE® ­ Getting Started
• CST EM STUDIO® ­ Workflow and Solver Overview.
• Online Help System, including step­ by­ step tutorials

Minimum Hardware Requirements :

• Intel® Xeon® based PC, 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended), DVD drive, at least 30 GB of free hard disc space (60 GB recommended).
• Fully OpenGL compliant graphic card.
• Windows 7, Windows 2008 Server R2, Windows 8, Windows 2012 Server, Windows 8.1, Windows 2012 Server R2 and Windows 10.
• All solvers support RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.x, 6.x and 7.x. and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.x. Some features may not be available, however.
• Hardware recommendation depends on your application. If in doubt, please contact your local sales office for further information. For further details, please see our hardware recommendations.

General :

• CST EM STUDIO® is a configurable tool with a choice of 5 solver modules. The standard configuration is one full process with the static solver bundle and one additional frontend. Floating and node­locked licenses are available. Please contact your local sales office for further information.
• Note: some solvers or features may be available for hexahedral or tetrahedral meshes only.