MAGNETISiM

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Documentation

Start with the first steps, then follow the tutorials in order. Each tutorial is a short PDF with screenshots of every step.

Getting started

Your first design in four steps

  1. 01

    Install FEMM 4.2 (build of 21 April 2019) from femm.info. Where IT rules block installers, a portable FEMM is fine.

  2. 02

    Download MAGNETISiM, unzip it to a folder with a short path, such as C:\MAGNETISiM, and start it. Nothing is installed on the system.

  3. 03

    Set it up once: accept the license, point to FEMM and choose your library and autosave folders.

  4. 04

    Open a built-in example. They come with precomputed results, so you can explore before you simulate.

Next

Tutorials 01 and 02 walk you through the installation and the first steps with screenshots.

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Tutorials

Step-by-step tutorials

Thirteen short guides, from installation to reading the results. They were made with MAGNETISiM 1.0: the current version adds features and some screens look different, but the steps and the results still apply.

Setup

  1. 01

    How to install

    Get MAGNETISiM and FEMM ready on your computer.

    PDF 0.3 MB
  2. 02

    First steps

    The interface and the essential tools for a first project.

    PDF 1.0 MB

Core and material

  1. 03

    Create a magnetic core

    Model a custom core geometry and define its properties.

    PDF 0.4 MB
  2. 04

    Create a magnetic material

    Add a magnetic material and configure it.

    PDF 1.2 MB

Windings

  1. 05

    PCB windings

    Design planar windings on a printed circuit board.

    PDF 0.6 MB
  2. 06

    PCB winding tools

    The helper tools for PCB windings.

    PDF 0.4 MB
  3. 07

    Round windings

    Configure round-wire windings.

    PDF 0.5 MB
  4. 08

    Round winding tools

    The helper tools for round windings.

    PDF 0.4 MB

Simulation and results

  1. 09

    Magnetic simulation setup

    Set up the magnetic simulation.

    PDF 0.7 MB
  2. 10

    Matrix viewer, part I

    Read the impedance matrix results.

    PDF 1.0 MB
  3. 11

    Matrix viewer, part II

    More on the impedance matrix results.

    PDF 0.9 MB
  4. 12

    Circuit viewer

    Read the circuit results.

    PDF 1.0 MB
  5. 13

    Power loss viewer

    Read the winding and core losses.

    PDF 1.3 MB

Worked example

A full design, step by step

The walkthrough presented at the 1st Annual Meeting of the CEIMM on 23 April 2026: one magnetic component designed and simulated from start to finish.

Open the PDF 7.0 MB