Quick Specs
Fast calculations and streamlined data input processes leave time for Motor-CAD users to explore more motor topologies and fully assess the impact of advanced loss effects in the initial stages of an electromechanical design.
Ansys Motor-CAD
Electric Machine Design Software
Ansys Motor-CAD is a dedicated electric machine design tool for fast multiphysics simulation across the full torque-speed operating range.
Fast Multiphysics Simulation Across a Full Torque-speed Operating Range
Motor-CAD enables design engineers to evaluate motor topologies and concepts across the full operating range, to produce designs that are optimized for performance, efficiency and size. Motor-CAD software’s four integrated modules—EM, Therm, Lab, Mech—enable multiphysics calculations to be performed quickly and iteratively, so users can get from concept to final design in less time.
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Extensive Range of Parametrized & Customizable Templates
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Full Operating Range Design
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Built-in EM, Thermal and Mechanical Solvers
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Transient & Steady-State Temperature Calculations of Components
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Template-based magnetic topologies -
2D FEA coupled with analytical solution -
DXF and scriptable geometries -
CFD, FEA and empirical correlations
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Template-based cooling topologies -
Temperature dependent Duty-Cycle -
Multi-slice skew -
Efficiency and loss maps calculations
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3D Coupled Thermal-Fluid Network -
Linear structural 2D FEA -
Steady-state and transient thermal
JULY 2024
What's New
Ansys Motor-CAD is now offering electric machine engineers the ability to innovate even more on their motor designs with the new adaptive template capability and achieve higher accuracy with the high fidelity efficiency mapping.
New Cooling Methods
Explore new cooling approaches and model your motor design more accurately by introducing three new cooling options commonly used in the automotive sector. You can now explore new cooling possibilities that were not previously available.
Upgraded Workflows
Increase flexibility to innovate quickly and easily with additional enhancements to the adaptive template geometry capability. The embedded Python commands allow users to customize templates and add custom geometry parameters. Users can also build up their IP library.
Enhanced Electromagnetics
Model eccentricity in induction motor designs. You can now calculate the static and dynamic eccentricity and study the effect on noise, vibration, and harshness. The hybrid FEA method now calculates both proximity and skin effect losses. This is also available for Litz wire.
MOTOR-CAD CAPABILITIES
Integrated Multiphysics Analysis Software for Electric Motor Design
With decreasing development cycles, motor designers need to make design decisions quickly, and with certainty that they will not face problems down the line. Fast calculations and streamlined data input processes leave time for Motor-CAD users to explore more motor topologies and fully assess the impact of advanced loss effects in the initial stages of a design.
Motor-CAD software’s intuitive, template-based setup and embedded multiphysics expertise simplifies the design process and reduces reliance on multiple teams for specific electromagnetic, thermal or mechanical experience — so motor designers can keep more control over their designs.
Key Features
Motor-CAD delivers high-fidelity, 2D/3D analysis capability enabling users to analyze end-effects, demagnetization, core loss, hysteresis and other advanced electromagnetic phenomena, calculate the thermal envelope for operation and design complete motor cooling systems
- Template-Based Electromagnetic and Thermal Design
- Electromagnetic-Thermal-Control Coupling Simulation
- Design for Field Weakening
- Temperature Dependent Continuous-Torque and Peak-Torque Simulation
- Manufacturing Effects and Housing Interfaces.
- Ratio-Based Optimization
- Magnetic Force Analysis
- Rotor Stress Analysis
MOTOR-CAD RESOURCES & EVENTS
Featured Webinars
On Demand Webinar
Multiphysics Optimization of Electric Motor NVH Behavior
Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) are essential aspects that must be considered when designing and optimizing a motor. Using Ansys Motor-CAD with Ansys optiSLang, we show how to optimize the motor’s noise alongside the motor’s electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical requirements. As the design matures, structural information from Ansys Mechanical can improve the rapid analytical structural model, increasing the fidelity of the solution while maintaining the speedy solution times that allow fast design optimization.
On Demand Webinar
Rapid Electric Motor Design — Evaluation of an Induction Motor Against the Performance Specification
Learn how Ansys Motor-CAD can rapidly evaluate a candidate induction machine design using multiphysics analysis against the complete specification, including continuous torque/speed characteristics and drive cycle efficiency.
Webinar Series
Electric Machine Development Platform Webinar Series
This webinar series showcases solutions spanning all aspects of electric machine design - be it concept design and development, cooling system development, noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), or system-level optimization.
Ansys software is accessible
It's vital to Ansys that all users, including those with disabilities, can access our products. As such, we endeavor to follow accessibility requirements based on the US Access Board (Section 508), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and the current format of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT).