The popup menus contain items that can be used to perform the design, change properties and views, customizations, viewing of the results, etc. Each of the major menu items are briefly explained below. Several of the items in the menus are also available in the toolbars which have identical icons for easy recognition. However, not all the menu items have icons on the toolbars and these features have to accessed via the menu. |
Additional icons and items added may not be shown in this section, new items also have tool tips that appear in the status bar and can be easily recognized.
File Menu
The File menu contain the standard file opening and saving commands.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
1 |
New |
Creates a new design document for modification and saving |
2 |
Open |
Opens a design file that has already been saved |
3 |
Close |
Closes the present design file |
4 |
Save |
Saves the present design file |
5 |
Save As |
Allows saving of the present design file with a different file name |
6 |
Prints the current document |
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7 |
Print Preview |
Previews the item that is selected for printing |
8 |
Print Setup |
Printer configurations |
9 |
Page Setup |
Page configuration |
Edit Menu
You can enable mouse specified rectangular selection copying in the Edit menu.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
1 |
Copy |
Copies the selection to clipboard |
2 |
Enable mouse capture in GL mode |
Copies the user selected rectangle to clipboard if enabled and rotation is disabled |
View Menu
The View menus enable application customization. Please adjust the look and feel of the application according to your preference.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
1 |
Toolbars |
Allows showing/ hiding of toolbars in Samarium and interface customizations |
2 |
Status Bar |
Show/ hide the status bar |
3 |
Application Look |
Set the 'look' of the application |
Display Menu
The Display menu controls the Main display screen and the OpenGL engine. Several OpenGL specific features can be enabled and customized from here. The Display properties menu item opens the display property pages for full customization. The OpenGL information button will tell you details of the OpenGL capabilities in your computer. Features such as lighting, zooming, etc. can be controlled and customized from this menu.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
Icon |
1 |
OpenGL Information |
Use this to see the OpenGL support offered by the graphics video card |
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2 |
Initialize engine |
Automatically done, creates and initializes the drawing engine |
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3 |
Enable display engine |
Enables the Open GL engine to process drawings |
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4 |
Perspective projection |
Perspective or Orthogonal projection |
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5 |
Smooth shading |
Enable smooth shading |
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6 |
Enable depth testing |
Enable depth testings for 3-d objects |
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7 |
Enable culling |
Prevents the drawing of the "inner" or non-visible side of 3-d objects |
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8 |
Enable fog |
Enable fog (for presentation, effects, etc.) |
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9 |
Enable clipping plane |
Allows the motor axial cross section to be viewed by injecting a clipping plane |
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10 |
Show origin markers |
Show the x-y-z origin |
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11 |
Antialiasing |
Enable antialiasing (smoothing) |
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12 |
Accumulation buffer |
Enable buffer for smoothing |
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13 |
Lights |
Enable lights and other properties/ settings |
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14 |
Zoom |
Enable zoom and other properties/ settings |
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15 |
Pan |
Enable pan and other properties/ settings |
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16 |
Enable rotation |
Enable/disable mouse rotation |
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17 |
Display properties |
OpenGL properties |
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Model Menu
The model menu opens the input data property pages as well as defines what is shown on the screen and what is not. It controls the line 2-D, or 3-D modes, and certain features in each of these modes. Different parts of the motor can be shown or hidden. The motor model can be customized using the Model properties menu item.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
Icon |
1 |
Input data |
Brings the input data property pages for motor design |
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2 |
Line drawing |
Show the line drawing |
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3 |
2-D mode |
Show the 2-d drawing if available |
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4 |
3-D mode |
Show the 3-d drawing if available |
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5 |
Wireframe mode |
Draw in wireframe mode |
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6 |
Show points |
Show the points generated for the motor model |
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7 |
Show radii |
Show the motor diameter and slot radii for visualization and correction |
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8 |
Stator |
Show the stator object |
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9 |
Liner |
Show the liner objects |
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10 |
Winding |
Show the winding objects |
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11 |
Skew sections |
Show the stator with skew or with sections) |
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12 |
Cylindrical OD |
Show the stator OD without skew if the stator is skewed (for example, stator OD has been machined down) |
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13 |
Magnets |
Show the magnet objects |
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14 |
Rotor hub |
Show the rotor object |
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15 |
Rotor shaft |
Show the shaft object |
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16 |
Model properties |
Control the color, density, etc. of the motor model from here |
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The model menu has several additions such as exploded view of the motor sub-assemblies, textures, etc.
Outputs Menu
The Outputs menu is used to access the output data generated after the completion of a successful design run. The data can only be seen in the Data window. Graphs can be called from here or from the Main window for several motor parameters and performance at rated speed. Speed-torque curves can also be generated from here. Winding diagram for slotted motors and all the winding display options are available in this menu.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
Icon |
1 |
View input data |
See the input data for motor design |
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2 |
Converted input data |
See the input data in SI units (all computations internally are done in SI units) |
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3 |
Quick output data |
Quick output sheet |
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4 |
Full output data sheet |
Input data as well as output data in one sheet |
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5 |
Summary quick sheet |
Smaller summary of outputs |
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6 |
Materials |
Prints material information in the Data window |
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7 |
Clear window |
Hide data from data window |
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8 |
Winding |
Show winding and winding diagram (not applicable for slotless motors) |
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9 |
Back emf graphs |
Graphs of back emf |
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10 |
Current graphs |
Graphs of current |
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11 |
Torque graphs |
Graphs of torque |
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12 |
Rated performance |
Rated speed performance graph) |
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13 |
Speed-torque curves |
Speed vs. torque curves with associated data |
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Tools Menu
The Tools menu allows customization of the logger, status bar, and other parts of the Samarium GUI. The databases used by Samarium can be inspected from here using the database inspector. Fourier analysis can be performed on several of the motor waveforms.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
Icon |
1 |
Units |
Set units or converts from one unit system to another |
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2 |
Export data |
Export Analytical design data, exports the motor model, and export in dfx format for direct use in CAD software |
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3 |
Analytical optimization |
Pseudo optimization options (temporarily) |
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4 |
Enable tool tips in dialogs |
Toggles the tool tips in certain dialogs that defines the items |
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5 |
Warning levels |
Enables warnings when input errors are encountered. |
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6 |
File information |
Shows the version and build of the currently open design file for clarity |
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7 |
Refresh status window |
Refreshes the status window (not required usually) |
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8 |
Close all graphs |
Close all opened graphs for the design document in focus |
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9 |
Database |
Database options are here (present version does not support database editor) |
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10 |
Analytical design properties |
Set the global analytical design properties here |
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11 |
Logger properties |
Set the Samarium logger properties here |
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12 |
Data window properties |
Set the Data window properties here |
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13 |
Status bar properties |
Set the Status bar properties here |
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14 |
Windows tools |
Access to some commonly used Windows applications |
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Two-dimensional mesh generation is controlled from this menu.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
Icon |
1 |
Generate mesh input data |
Generates the required input data for mesh generation |
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2 |
View mesh input data |
Displays the mesh input data |
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3 |
Display input data nodes |
Shows the input data nodes |
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4 |
Display input data node numbers |
Displays the input data node numbers |
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5 |
View text labels |
Labels the different portions of the mesh |
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6 |
View raw mesh input data |
View the mesh input data in final form |
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7 |
Generate Delaunay mesh |
Starts generation of the Delaunay mesh |
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8 |
Mesh thread priority |
Set the priority of the mesh generation thread here |
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9 |
Pause mesh generation thread |
Pause/ resume the mesh generation thread |
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10 |
Terminate mesh generation thread |
Stops the mesh generation thread (mesh data is lost) |
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11 |
Check mesh integrity |
Check the mesh for possible errors |
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12 |
Clear all mesh data |
Clear all mesh data from memory |
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13 |
Start FEA after mesh generation |
Starts finite-element analysis automatically after mesh generation |
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14 |
Show generated mesh |
Displays the generated mesh |
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15 |
Show mesh sources |
Show the mesh sources (magnets and exited coils) |
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16 |
Show mesh materials |
Marks the different materials in the mesh |
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17 |
Show rotating objects |
Show the rotating and stationary objects in the mesh |
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18 |
Mesh parameters |
Additional mesh parameter for visualization |
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19 |
Mesh summary |
Displays summary of mesh generation |
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20 |
Regenerate mesh display lists |
Regenerates the mesh only for display purpose without affecting the mesh data (if you change colors, etc.) |
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21 |
Mesh properties |
Define mesh generation properties here including mesh order, mesh density, etc. |
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Finite Element Analysis Menu
FEA is started and controlled from here.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
Icon |
1 |
Start finite-element analysis |
Initiate Finite-element analysis |
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2 |
FEA thread priority |
Set the thread priority here |
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3 |
Pause FEA thread |
Pause/resume the finite-element analysis thread |
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4 |
Terminate FEA thread |
Stops the finite-element analysis thread |
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5 |
Force FEA to false convergence |
Forces the FEA engine to converge falsely to finish computations |
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6 |
Clear all FEA data |
Clear all finite-element analysis data |
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7 |
Play success sound |
Play a music clip after successful FEA completion |
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8 |
FEA summary |
Displays summery of finite-element analysis |
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9 |
FEA data output |
Displays output data in the Data window |
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10 |
Graphs |
See the steel curves for the lam and rotor hub here |
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11 |
Recompute post processing |
Computes all FEA post processing data again |
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12 |
FEA properties |
Set all FEA properties here including tolerance values, iterations, spline extrapolation, etc. |
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Fields Menu
The resulting fields from FEA can be viewed from here with some additional tools.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
Icon |
1 |
Enable 3-d view |
Enables the fields to be displayed in 3-dimensions |
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2 |
Show/hide legend |
Show or hide the field legend box |
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3 |
Use intelligent limits |
Extends the min and max limits of computed results |
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4 |
Use exact field interpolation |
Plots the field exactly, pixel by pixel, using the basis functions. This can be very slow and is very slow for partial motor models. |
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5 |
Refresh field plots |
Redraws the screen |
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6 |
Invert colormap |
Inverts the colormap so that the negative is used |
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7 |
Hide current field plot |
Hides the current field |
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8 |
Hide |
Hide separate model objects |
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9 |
Scalar potential |
Choose to plot the scalar potential, Az, from which all other fields are obtained |
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10 |
Magnetic field |
Choose to plot the different magnetic fields |
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11 |
Magnetic flux density |
Choose to plot the different magnetic flux densities |
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12 |
Permeability |
Choose to plot the different permeability |
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13 |
Contours of Az |
Show/hide contour lines of the scalar magnetic potential, Az |
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14 |
Arrow plots |
Choose to plot different arrow plots here |
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15 |
Field graphs |
Graphs of certain FEA fields |
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Multirun Menu
The Multirun can be controlled from here.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
Icon |
1 |
Enable multirun FEA |
Allows Samarium to run multiruns |
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2 |
Thread |
Start, stop, pause, etc., and clear multirun data |
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3 |
Multirun summary |
Displays summary of the multirun after completion |
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4 |
Multirun data output |
Displays multirun data in the Data window |
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5 |
Recompute multirun post processing |
Recomputes all post processing data for every step in the multirun as well as final post processing |
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6 |
Recompute multirun final post processing |
Recomputes only multirun final post processing |
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7 |
Forward |
Steps forward in the multirun |
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8 |
Backward |
Steps backward in the multirun |
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9 |
Graphs |
Allows several post processing parameter to be visualized in Graph |
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10 |
Crear temporary work files |
Deletes are intermediate FEA multirun work files on hard disc that are created to reduce memory usage |
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11 |
Multirun properties |
Control the multirun properties from here |
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Window Menu
The layout and position of the windows can be controlled from here.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
1 |
New window |
Opens another window for the active document |
2 |
Cascade |
Arrange windows so they overlap |
3 |
Tile |
Arrange windows as non-overlapping tiles |
4 |
Arrange icons |
Arranges icons at bottom of the window |
Help Menu
Help, contact, and licensing information can be obtained from here. The expiration date of your software may be found under the "License information" menu item. Please check this information as soon as you install the license and please do not use Samarium after this date.
No. |
Menu Item |
Description |
1 |
Help topics |
List help topics |
2 |
What's this |
Use mouse for help |
3 |
License information |
Details regarding the license of the installation |
4 |
About Samarium |
Displays the program information, version, and copyright |
5 |
Splash screen |
View the splash screen shown at Samarium startup |
6 |
Samarium homepage |
Uses the default browser to navigate to the Samarium homepage via the internet |
7 |
Check for updates |
Opens the Version page in the default browser to check if a newer version is available |
License information
