Users can safely simulate dangerous and damaging effects with VSim to avoid damage to equipment and risk of harm to people. For example, high-energy microwaves can degrade performance or even damage RF devices but are easily and safely simulated with VSim. Users can simulate potentially harmful effects like controlled plasma discharges without damaging expensive prototype devices or risking safety.
Users can access VSim packages to simulate application areas including electromagnetics, microwave devices, plasma acceleration and plasma discharges. Each package provides extensive examples that demonstrate the use of the tool as well as provide a starting point for user analysis.
Users “pay as they go” within the APA framework and purchase HyperWorksUnits (HWUs), tokens to gain on-demand access to a wide range of tools including statistical, database, visualization and simulation tools within the APA environment.
The computation required to perform complex simulations in practical time remains a primary limitation for many simulation tools, so Tech-X addressed these concerns to speed up VSim simulations. The VSim software is written as scalable parallel modules that can scale to tens of thousands of processor cores, allowing users to model more complex geometries and physical effects while still completing simulations in reasonable time.
Electromagnetics engineers can use the VSim tool to improve analysis and reduce analysis time. Engineers would do well to take a close look at the VSim tool as well as the breadth and depth of tools available within the APA environment.