ANSYS Electromagnetics Suite 17.

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This file contains important information regarding the installation and use of
ANSYS Electromagnetics products. When appropriate, late-breaking information is
provided herein that could not be included in the software documentation.

Legal Notice Correction:

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The copyright year displayed in the About ANSYS® Electromagnetics Suite 17.1.0
window accessed from Help>About ANSYS Electronics Desktop and from File>About
SIwave™ and the copyright year shown in some documentation files should be © 2016
instead of © 2015.

Operating System Support

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For a complete listing of supported operating systems, go to
http://www.ansys.com/Support/Platform+Support

Included Applications
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This installation includes the following applications:
- ANSYS Electronics Desktop 2016.1
o HFSS
o HFSS 3D Layout
o HFSS-IE
o 2D Extractor
o Q3D Extractor
o Maxwell
o Simplorer
- ANSYS Simplorer 2016.1
- ANSYS SIwave 2016.1

Installation
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For details on the various installation options, including non-graphical
installations, view the installation guide located in the Documentation directory
of this distribution. A PDF reader is required.

This release may be installed alongside previous releases of ANSYS software.

To start the installation, run autorun.exe. A graphical installation shell appears.

- View Installation Guide: Opens the installation guide. NOTE: PDF reader required.
- Install Electromagnetics Suite: Installs ANSYS Electromagnetics Suite on this
machine.
- Install Distributed Simulation Technologies (Windows only): Opens a new menu with
various distributed simulation technologies.
- Install Common Libraries: Installs a superset of materials, components, and other
libraries on this machine or in a network location.

ANSYS Electromagnetics Suite 17.1

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Summary of Enhancements and Defect Corrections

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HFSS
- SF138: Cable Modeling Feature
- SF878: Causal Huray Surface Roughness Model
- SF881: New Dielectric IE Region Solver
- SF884: Savant/EMIT Integration Toolkits
- SF930: Windows to Linux cluster job submission and monitoring
- SF945: Finite Array Beam Angle Toolkit supports multiple ports/modes/terminals
- SF1126: Performance Improvements for Curvilinear Element Meshing
- SF1168: Messages and progress indicators on status bar
- SF1265: Additional antennas in Antenna Design Kit added
- SF1266: Misc Enhancements in Antenna Design Kit
- SF1430: New Human Bodies 3D Components
- DE117500: Error corrected in distributed IE solver
- DE119043: Profile shows that interpolating sweep converged, and passivity error
tolerance is now met
- DE119379: Domain solver now converges
- DE119382: IE solver: Distributed solver no longer fails with the attached project
using multi-machines
- DE119383: Terminal Renormalization with Expressions
- DE119462: Far field is now correct when External Data Link for Planar geometry is
used
- DE119724: FEM design, curved hybrid Po region, curvilinear mesh - inaccurate
field results
- DE119968: DDM and TDM pjts no longer fails on a new Windows cluster
- DE120561: Iterations require lesser amounts of RAM for PO regions with
curvilinear elements enabled
- DE120563: Weird error info on non-existing entities no longer appears
- DE121194: Finite Array Beam Toolkit no longer causes Desktop to crash
- DE121200: Interpolating sweep error corrected
- DE121226: Project with half space boundary condition no longer generates a
"solver failed" error
- DE121447: Far fields report no longer crashes during generation
- DE121614: Now supports renaming ports for 3D components
- DE122065: Distributed direct solver issues for large projects corrected
- DE122127: fDDM solution no longer fails: Rank 0 mpi_BcastFile
- DE122142: UI validation is corrected
- DE122156: Far field results with and without FEBI now match
- DE122198: SAR Setting dialog Std is up to date
- DE122342: Results for FEBI Touching PO Region are now accurate
- DE122463: Teraspeed: HFSS no longer crashes on Windows 10 & Windows HPC Server
2012 (not reproducible on Windows 7)
- DE122470: IE Region no longer ignores FMM setting
- DE122649: hfsshpc_pack error with 8 CPU + 1 GPU corrected
- DE122734: Field output from EMIT datalink toolkit is now correct for IE designs
with terminal ports
- DE122747: Derivatives on symmetric problem are now symmetric
- DE122755: Realized Gain is now handled in Optimetrics
- DE122762: Automotive Cable Bundle Cable Toolkit now launches
- DE122791: Output average SAR voxelization information
- DE122801: Closing or modifying a file no longer crashes HFSS
- DE122885: 3D Component Library: Update Surface Mount Component Inductor Model
- DE123100: Distributed excitation solver now works when IE region is presented
- DE123197: Radiation Pattern is now correct when selecting "Use local coordinate
system"
- DE123337: Finite array beam angle calculator no longer gives an error for driven
terminal design
- DE123603: Mesh operation on febi no longer crashes
- DE123672: Mesh reuse for components is now applied
- DE124013: Far-field tuning is now accurate
- DE124294: Documentation added in the Savant toolkit help concerning geometry not
aligned with global coordinate axes
- DE124297: An informational message indicates which objects will be unavailable
as a Huygen's Box in the Savant export
- DE124299: User-defined Huygen's box definitions are flagged whose min and max
coordinates are reversed
- DE124322: ANSYS no longer falsely reports "Normal completion of simulation on
server"
- DE125185: HFSS Antenna toolkit of ACT now functions correctly when the material
property was edited

HFSS 3D Layout
- SF178: Phi mesh error feedback
- SF867: Phi mesh robustness improvement
- DE118649: Explicit cutout take precedence over antipads
- DE118242: The field plot on bonding wires is now displayed
- DE118747: "edge port geometry is no longer valid" error message no longer appears
during validation
- DE118756: Tools > Layout Links menu item is now present when HFSS 3D Layout
Design has focus
- DE118721: Import of ODB++ file : ../layout def now contains correct paths
- DE118761: anstranslator no longer crashes while importing attached IPC file
- DE118778: aedt2016- pin groups are no longer lost when copying and pasting a
design
- DE118779: aedt2016- pin group port reference is no longer lost after cutout
subdesign
- DE118942: HFSS no longer crashes upon opening file
- DE119310: EDB : cannot SIwave simulation by original EDB
- DE119525: mesherproc no longer executes unnecessarily
- DE119768: Warnings stating Nets '' and 'VSS' are physically connected correctly
appear
- DE119901: The createlinevoid script command now works
- DE119919: Now able to reorder component pins for mapping S-parameter models
- DE119979: Complex port impedance is not ignored in HFSS 3D layout
- DE120248: New electronics_desktop_gui increments now work for EDB
- DE120273: AWR Link defect fixes
- DE120327: S-parameter model in imported EDB no longer creates a Circuit Element
upon Save-Close-Reopen
- DE120402: .Net API now supports addition of SIwave or LNA Setup types
- DE120549: Dragging a polygon shows the correct mirror placement
- DE120779: Linux SIwave in 3D layout errors have been fixed
- DE120850: SC addin now includes refdes names
- DE120809: I/O failures no longer occur when S-parameters are written to .oa file
- DE120892: NPort CircuitElement port order is now correct
- DE120998: NPort model with SolveIndependent now netlists for LNA
- DE121618: PEM results are now correct with NPort or Library component
- DE121686: Extents dialog now appends units when dimensional factors without units
are used in EDB API
- DE121781: Ports now remain after EDB merge
- DE121788: AEDT no longer crashes during port removal (all nets) in HFSS 3D Layout
- DE122298: Cosim HFSS 3D Layout design now finds ports during analysis
- DE122549: Reports are now present after saving and closing a 3D Layout project
- DE122632: Crash no longer occurs in IEnumerable.ToList() after
IEnumerable.Count() called
- DE122907: AEDT no longer crashes when running TraceArithmetic UDO
- DE123005: gds import with tech/xml no longer fails
- DE123548: Passivity is now correctly enforced in Interpolation Sweep
Desktop
- DE119460: Imported component can be viewed normally now
- DE119690: Editing properties of user defined primitives works correctly now
- DE120970: MSQP optimization no longer fails for reported project
- DE120977: Streamline plot is correctly displayed now
- DE122059: ExportImageToFile script command of reporter module now works correctly
on Linux

MCAD
- DE120009: HFSS page format landscape orientation no longer causes bmp, jpeg, gif,
tiff, and vrml exports to throw fatal error
- DE120920: Validation check process is now improved for certain models
- DE121106: Unselected parameters in parameter tab are no longer being selected
after switch to excitation tab in Create 3D Component dialog
- DE121839: 3D Component coordinate system no longer fails with arrange operations
- DE122486: Editing 3D components no longer unchecks the included component
excitations/mesh op etc.
- DE122543: Model no longer fails to read during meshing if file size is more than
2GB on disk
- DE122544: Invalid error message no longer occurs when editing a definition for a
3D component
- DE123559: Spline polyline with cross section is now orthogonal to path
- DE124115: Inserting an encrypted 3D component no longer fails in Linux

Maxwell
- SF127: Motion eccentricity
- SF744: RMxprt: Icepak project creation
- DE118076: Inconsistency in 2D RZ magneto-transient surface force density plot
- DE118612: Electrostatic project does converge, and Max(E) no longer diverges
(Mesh points now pull to surface on adaptive refinement)
- DE120307: WB coupling now works if there's translational master/slave in the
design
- DE120399: Maxwell eddy 2D no longer hangs when using an HPC license to solve
frequency sweep
- DE120740: Direction of J and B is now correct after 1 period in claw pole
generator
- DE120891: Matlab process no longer hangs in background and blocks multiple
circuit import attempt
- DE121272: Maxwell 2D new TDM no longer fails with error: Communication failure.
System error no: 109, error description:Unknown error
- DE121446: TDM job no longer fails on a new Windows cluster with Platform MPI and
tight integration: Maxwell 3D
- DE121495: TDM jobs no longer fails on a new Windows cluster with Platform MPI and
tight integration: Maxwell 2D
- DE121353: solvedhc mapping is now correct for object-based demag link when motion
is involved and/or non-zero initial position
- DE121551: Maxwell 3D eddy solver now runs faster with thermamodifier
- DE122312: Symmetry multiplier now works in eddy solver
- DE122568: In Maxwell 2D/3D Eddy Current, resistance and inductance appear are now
correct for helical coil having individual solid turns and setting N>1
- DE122739: Force calculation is now correct for Maxwell 2D link to LMS
- DE123726: Core loss with Lam and Conductivity for Normal B component is no longer
too high with Cylindrical Coordinate sys
- DE124189: Distributed frequency sweep analysis solver no longer crashes when
using the circuit editor
- DE124950: Eddy current/frequency sweep: Solution is now calculated only for
frequencies

Circuit/Nexxim
- SF629: Support .pkg files for package parasitics in IBIS simulations
- SF630: Support reserved keyword DLL_PATH in IBIS-AMI simulations
- DE118843: Issue Netlisting AMI model specific properties (The "\" character was
not treated as plain text)
- DE119505: Dynamic link project now pushes excitations for changed parametric
value of linked project
- DE123114: Messy component symbol in Linux after creating a new symbol, exporting
it, and importing it
- DE120130: Performing Linear Network Analysis of Dynamically Linked Q3D models no
longer causes Nexxim solver to stop
- DE120276: Dynamic link now correctly maps ports from HFSS 3D Layout into Circuit
symbol

Q3D Extractor
- DE121365: Q3D DC inductance value fixed
- DE121931: Python Scripting of Validation Checker in Q3D now works
- DE122467: Q3D solver no longer crashes for Atmel touch screen design
- DE122842: The matrix result with specific reduce matrix process is now correct
- DE123619: Q3D touch screen project now opens more quickly
- DE124423: Q3D reduced matrix result now has correct row/column labels after
parallel reduction
- DE125105: Parallel matrix reduction operations now produce accurate results

Simplorer
- SF691: Added new functionality to “check model size” and added support for the
new Simplorer Entry product
- SF1031: Simplorer now supports the entire Modelica Standard Library
- DE118913: Fixed an undo-redo related crash in the Modelica editor
- DE119479: The example_car VDA example was updated to use new symbols
- DE119738: Fixed a crash when extracting an advanced IGBT model
- DE119887: Fixed a pin issue with automatic sub-sheet creation
- DE120119: Simplorer can now import FMUs with non-standard XML encoding
- DE120134: Fixed an FMI Import issue with certain FMUs
- DE120367: Fixed a Device characterization netlisting issue
- DE120690: Fixed an NDSRC initialization failure
- DE121161: Corrected an equation in the documentation for Induction Machine with
Squirrel cage Rotor
- DE121625: Fixed an issue where Simplorer hangs during simulation when WB is open
- DE121935: Fixed an issue with saving an in progress Average IGBT characterization
- DE122242: Fixed an issue with the file open dialog for ACT in Desktop

SIwave
- SF723: Solver Enhancements for Better MF Solver Support
- SF727: Display RLGC data in spreadsheet format
- SF729: Support Multiple Groups at BGA
- SF730: DC Tree Support - Connected components
- SF952: TPA - support pin groups for plane extents
- SF1087: Transition to full-resolution DC power map export to Icepak
- SF1185: Flag non-symmetric S-parameter matrices as warnings or errors
- SF1203: Allow large Er materials when SIWAVE_SKIP_STACKUP_CHECK env is set
- SF1215: Account for minor releases when setting SIwave install dir env for
solvers
- SF1220: Update Murata capacitor and inductor libraries
- SF1304: SPICE and n-port S-parameter inclusion in CPA/PSI simulations
- DE110943: DC simulation result no longer shows excessive current flow and vias no
longer appear in plots for two different nets
- DE117319: scenario_10-Lindbergh.siw: no longer fails with exit code 1
- DE117558: Improved quality of created polygons
- DE118663: Siwave rs from Windows to Linux now works
- DE118882: Fixed a CPA simulation failure due to a disconnect between vias and
small pads
- DE118956: About EMDesign(R17 SIwave) BondWire direction issue
- DE118988: SIwave solver no longer crashes for Q3D-DDM
- DE119056: SIwave-Icepak now accounts for Air in stack up
- DE119316: Bondwire collision error and solve fail
- DE119354: Sides plot is now shown after SIwave NF simulation
- DE119513: Corrected issues with Natural convection settings for Icepak models
- DE119611: The progress bar of the validation check no longer stalls
inappropriately
- DE119753: Corrected false flagging of DC-shorting errors of planes with non-
functional pads when multiple processors are used
- DE119791: Pads are no longer moved to unexpected layer
- DE120384: Flipping the color scale now works as expected
- DE120675: SIwave-PSI solver now supports metal conductivity
- DE120759: SIwave-CPA no longer outputs Maxwell CG matrices instead of Spice
matrices
- DE120896: RLCG_Consolidated file are now the same on Windows and Linux
- DE121018: Resistance and Inductance matrices are no longer empty in
RLCG_Consolidated.txt file
- DE121041: SIwave-PSI: Enforce DC and Causality flag is no longer missing in the
XML file
- DE121427: SIwave-CPA simulation now works correctly
- DE121518: Nvdia quadro K 6000 HFSS Direct solver is now activated in dielectric
resonator example
- DE121628: Die selection is now remembered on subsequent invocation of CPA
simulation launch dialog
- DE121835: STMicro: TPA_NG no longer crashes
- DE121842: Corrected transfer of board outlines with arcs from SIwave to Icepak
- DE121877: Corrected SYZ results
- DE123778: SIwave - XFL import no longer crashes

Known Issues and Limitations

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The following items describe specific issues known at the time of release.
Workarounds for these items, if available, are included in the respective
descriptions. Inclusion in this document does not imply the issues and limitations
are applicable to future releases. Go to the ANSYS Customer Portal
(https://support.ansys.com/portal/site/AnsysCustomerPortal) for information about
service packs and any additional items not included in this document.

HFSS
- DE121916: Cannot create monostatic RCS far field plot from transient analysis

HFSS 3D Layout
- DE119699: Fix to search both the imaginary die pad layer and its original
placement layer for pad under bondwire end points
- DE124925: Rectangle object CornerRadius ignored in meshing
- DE122071: No TDR time domain plot for SIwave sweep in 3D Layout
- DE124934: TDRz of differential excitation requires step time strictly greater
than 1/(2*fmax)
- DE123278: N-port has no associated data for EDB generated by a SIwave export
- DE125973: Negative polygons are breaking the mesh. If there are negative
polygons, the workaround is to use this environment variable:
ANS_MESHER_PROC_GEOMETRY_HEALING=0

Maxwell
- DE122343: Error when creating a second Icepak project
- DE123920: Numeric keypad not fully supported in extension wizard
- DE124474: Initial mesh crash even geometry validation pass
- DE124795: Cannot create Icepak project for axial flux double-sided rotor
- DE125050: nssm-1 fails due to temperature divergence
- DE125248: Ansys ACT core crash when opening extension (wizard)
- DE119515: 3D transient when using TDM solver, results can be wrong if winding has
a non-zero inductance

Simplorer
- Users need to upgrade their licenses to R17.1 license in order to run the
simulation