1 May 2016

General :

• Native graphical user interface based on Windows.
• Tight interface to CST DESIGN STUDIO™ and CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®.
• Transmission line modeling method for fast and accurate simulation of TEM propagation modes.
• Hybrid method combining the transmission line analysis with the 3D full wave analysis.

Harness Structure Modeling :

• Easy definition of complex harness topology from scratch.
• Import of harness definition files via NASTRAN or STEP AP212 (KBL) format.
• Interactive cable editing dialogs for generic cables like single wires, twisted cables, coaxial cables, and ribbon
  cables.
• Definition of cable groups (any combination of generic cables)
  Consideration of solid or braided shields in combination with any of the above cable types.
• Advanced definition and modeling of ground reference structures
  Import of 3D CAD data from SAT, Autodesk Inventor®, IGES, VDA­FS, STEP, ProE®, CATIA 4®, CATIA 5®,CoventorWare®, Mecadtron®, Nastran or STL.
• Built­in library of common cable types, with shareable user­defined library.
• Advanced navigator and selection manager.
• Various and powerful graphic views.
• Parametric cable definition .

Harness Electric Modeling :

• Automatic meshing and extraction of 2D transmission line parameters.
• Modelling all kinds of relevant cable types in any combination (single wire, ribbon cables, twisted pair, shielded
  cables).
• Consideration of skin effect, proximity effect and dielectric loss in time and frequency domain.
• Consideration of transfer impedance for braided shields in time and frequency domain.
• Export of equivalent SPICE circuits.
• Export of radiation simulation data for EMI analyses.

Circuit Simulator :

• Schematic editor for passive and active device definition.
• Fast circuit simulation in time and frequency domain.
• Import of SPICE equivalent circuits (Berkley SPICE syntax).
• Support of IBIS models.
• Import and export of S­-Parameter data via TOUCHSTONE file format.
• Parameterization of termination circuitry and parameter sweep .

3D Full Wave Solver :

• Co­simulation with CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®.
• Automatic transfer of impressed common mode currents on cable bundles from circuit simulator.
• Automatic transfer of induced voltages on cable bundles to circuit simulator.
• Advanced solid modelling of the definition of scattering or antenna structures.
• Import of 3D CAD data by SAT, Autodesk Inventor®, IGES, VDA­FS, STEP, ProE®, CATIA 4®, CATIA 5®,CoventorWare®, Mecadtron®, Nastran or STL files for the definition of scatter and antenna structures.
• Plane wave excitation (linear, circular, elliptical polarization)
  Ideal voltage and current sources for antenna excitation.
• Accurate and efficient time domain solvers, based on the Finite Integration Technique (FIT) or on the Transmission­Line Method (TLM).
• Fully automatic creation of hexahedral grids in combination with the PERFECT BOUNDARY APPROXIMATION (PBA)®, THIN SHEET TECHNIQUE (TST)™ or octree­ based meshing.
• Calculation of various electromagnetic quantities such as electric fields, magnetic fields, surface currents, voltages.

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.
• 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.