Introduction

Since its inception in 1985, ELECTRO™, the 2D/RS electric solver from INTEGRATED Engineering Software has set the standard for electric field design software. ELECTRO™ combines the advantages of both the Boundary Element Method (BEM) and Finite Element Method (FEM) field solvers.

Fast and accurate, ELECTRO™ calculates electric field strength, force, torque, transmission line parameters and capacitance.

ELECTRO™ is the only clear choice for applications requiring large open region analysis and exact modeling of boundaries. Here INTEGRATED takes the lead by providing HYBRID field solutions using Boundary Element Method (BEM) and Finite Element Method (FEM) simultaneously to exploit the strengths of both methods.

Features

  • Intuitive and structured interface which maximizes productivity for experts and beginners alike
  • Static, phasor and transient analysis modes
  • Simulation of non-linear conductivity and permittivity
  • Ability to assign constant or non-uniform charge distributions to surfaces
  • Electrostatic force and torque calculations
  • Transmission line parameter and capacitance calculations
  • A variety of display forms for plotting scalar and vector field quantities including: graphs, contour plots, arrow plots, profile plots, streamline plots and vector loci plots
  • High quality 3D graphics and text utility for preparation of reports and presentations.
  • Data exportable to formatted files for integration with spreadsheets and other software packages
  • Batch processing that allows unattended solution of multiple files
  • Powerful parametric feature which allows definition of variable parameters to be stepped through for the analysis of multiple “what-if” scenarios, facilitating design optimization
  • A wide array of post processing options for design evaluation and optimization
  • Self adaptative meshing or optional user refinement
  • CAD healing utilities for automatic correction of drafting errors
  • Large library of dielectric and conductive materials to whichadditional materials can be easily added
Benchmarks:
Benchmark Problems for Simulating Electric Fields Near Sharp Corner

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“Your customer support is superior, and I’m am very pleased with the capability of ELECTRO, especially with all your help learning all the facets available!”

“ELECTRO is by far the best software I have used. It incorporates user-friendly graphics with a rigorous analysis method to produce output that can be graphically or numerically displayed.”

“I thought you would like to know that I have tested the impulse feature, and it works really well. I have checked the results with a similar new feature in one of your competitors’ software package, and ELECTRO’s results have very good agreement for significantly less effort. Thank you again for your help.”

“I find ELECTRO™ 2D an indispensable tool for optimizing my designs of medium voltage cable connectors, terminations and bushings. It is fast, reliable and flexible.”

“For our purposes, ELECTRO™ is actually the preferred software tool for every-day engineering. It is important to have software that is very quick and easy to learn and this product is more than capable of handling the large models we require.”