Symbol

Description

Main

Choose the main motor type

Rotor

Choose the rotor type

Notes

Notes (can never be private)

Sub-notes

Additional notes (can be private)

Private

Turn on to make Sub-notes private and prevent printing

Line drawing

Performs the line drawing routines

2-D model

Creates a 2 dimensional model of the motor

3-D model

Creates a 3 dimensional model of the motor

Analytical design

Perform an Analytical design with the input data

Symbol

Description

Nss

Number of stator slots

Dso

Stator outer diameter

Dsbi

Stator back iron diameter

Dsi

Stator inner diameter

So

Slot opening

Twi

Tooth width towards slot opening

Two

Tooth width towards back iron

Lstk

Stator axial stack length

Skew

Stator skew in terms of slots

Parallel slot openings

Enable the slot opening to be parallel

Ptt

Tooth pole tip thickness

Pta

Tooth pole tip angle height

R1

Radius at tooth tip and air gap

R2

Radius at tooth tip and tooth tip angle

R3

Radius at tooth tip and tooth

R4

Radius at tooth and slot bottom

Tlam

Stator lamination axial thickness

Nrm

Number or rotor magnets

g

Air gap height per side

Lm

Magnet radial thickness

Arcm

Magnet pole span

Lw

Magnet width

Dpm

Axial length of the permanent magnet

Lrbi

Rotor back iron thickness

Dsh

Shaft diameter

Ang

Rotor angle

Symbol

Description

Vs

Drive supply voltage

Ipk

Drive peak current limit

Rq

Resistance of power device

Vq

Voltage drop across power devise

Rd

Resistance of reverse diode

Vd

Voltage drop across reverse diode

Use semiconductor...

Use the parameter while computing current waveforms

Stator lam material

Stator lamination material from steel database

Rotor hub material

Rotor hub material from steel database

Nrtd

Rated speed of the motor

Nnl

No-load speed of the motor for graphing

Commutation

6 Step or Sine commutation

Symbol

Description

Magnet

Magnet material name

Temp

Magnet default temperature

alpBr

Coefficient of flux density degradation with temperature

Dens

Magnet density

Br

Remanent flux density

Hc

Coercive magnetic field

Hci

Intrinsic coercive magnetic field

Hsat

Magnet saturation magnetic field

MGOe

Energy product

Name

Name of the magnet

Manufacturer

Manufacturer of the magnet

Mlkg

Magnet internal leakage coefficient

Mtemp

Magnet operating temperature

Frng

Magnet fringe coefficient

Exp

Magnet waveform exponent

Waveform type

Magnet waveform type

Symbol

Description

Type

Auto or custom winding diagram

Cnx

Wye or delta connection

Temp

Winding temperature

Liner

Slot liner thickness

Nts

Number of turns per coil

Span

Span of the coil in terms of slots

Strands

Number of wires in hand (for parallel connection)

Wire

Database name

Size

Wire diameter

Insulation

Insulation diameter

Coil

Coil number

A St

Phase A starting slot

A End

Phase A ending slot

A Sp

Phase A coil span

B St

Phase B starting slot

B End

Phase B ending slot

B Sp

Phase B coil span

C St

Phase C starting slot

C End

Phase C ending slot

C Sp

Phase C coil span

Symbol

Description

Layer

Hole layer number

No. of holes

Number of holes in the layer

Radius

Hole radius

Center X

x coordinate of the circle center

Center Y

y coordinate of the circle center

Angle

Angle between hole centers

Use this layer

Use or do not use this layer

Symbol

Description

Kr

Resistance coefficient

Kl

Inductance coefficient

Kmlt

Mean Length of Turn (MLT) coefficient

Kstr

Stray loss coefficient

Ksfi

Stator iron stacking factor

Krsfi

Rotor iron stacking factor

Kcog

Cogging torque coefficient

Flkg

Flux leakage coefficient

Elkg

Back emf leakage coefficient

Marc

NOT USED

Sensor error A

Sensor phase AB (A) error

Sensor error B

Sensor phase BC (B) error

Sensor error C

Sensor phase CA (C) error

Friction

Friction torque coefficient

Exp

Friction torque exponent with speed

Kst

Core loss in stator teeth coefficient

Ksbi

Core loss in stator back emf coefficient

m

Core loss frequency exponent

n

Core loss flux density exponent

Nps

Number of points for over all motor simulation

Nsec

Number of section in axial direction when applicable

Nnt

Number of points in speed-torque curves

Nbemf

Default back emf measurement speed

Ipkbwtol

Peak drive current detector tolerance

Fpwm

PWM drive frequency

Symbol

Description

Liner overhang

Overhang of liner outside stator

Winding overhang

Overhang of winding outside liner

Shaft overhang

Overhang of shaft outside hub

Shaft offset

Shaft overhang offset (enables shaft to be longer on one       side of motor)

Symbol

Description

Rden

Resistance denominator to compensate for wire diameter     reduction due to stretching

Kalgn

Aligned winding coefficient

Aligned winding

Aligned or unaligned winding

Lc

Coil axial length

Lc_oset

Coil offset in axial direction

Test turns

Test turns for concentrated winding

Coil angle

Coil side angle for concentrated winding

Coil offset

Angle between coil sides for concentrated coils

Slotless

Choose the type of slotless coil

Parallel magnetization

Enable or disable parallel magnetization (other option is       radial magnetization)

Layers are in Series

Enables D coil layers in series