Can the Magnetics Designer be used to simulate electric motors, i.e. DC permanent magnet or switched reluctance motors?
Magnetics Designer was not designed with this in mind, although you may find a way. We recommend using IsSpice4, which is much better suited to simulating motors and electro-mechanical systems. ICAP/4Windows currently contains motor models and its library of motor types is always expanding. Q. Is the regulation calculated by efficiency or by the vector result of the leakage impedance, primary and secondary resistance and load power factor, as might be required for voltage transformer design. Magnetics Designer does not calculate regulation but you can set up the User Data buttons to make a calculation of Pcopper/Output power. The power losses take into account the resistance and if you the square wave option, the added losses due to harmonics in the waveform. Generally speaking, it is best to leave this calculation for SPICE to perform, especially in light of the second order effects related to the load. This is true more so for high frequency designs.
