MaxFEM Code

Software for electromagnetic simulation

Status: Beta

Brought to you by: franpena, franpm, maxfem, victorsndvg

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File	Date	Author	Commit
apps	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[3fc203] Add the rest of the updated code.
code	2021-07-20	Fran Pena	[5e7c4f] Allow to read MFM triangular meshes with lnf>0.
config	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[3fc203] Add the rest of the updated code.
help	2021-07-20	Fran Pena	[5e7c4f] Allow to read MFM triangular meshes with lnf>0.
images	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[3fc203] Add the rest of the updated code.
materialsDB	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[3fc203] Add the rest of the updated code.
plots	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[3fc203] Add the rest of the updated code.
setup	2021-07-09	Fran Pena	[f0c776] Adaptation for Python 3.9: change deprecated El...
solvers	2020-07-23	Fran Pena	[81ee4c] Update DLL in solvers/ to a version compatible ...
sources	2020-07-23	Fran Pena	[81ee4c] Update DLL in solvers/ to a version compatible ...
.gitignore	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[d71046] Preparation for publication.
Changelog.txt	2021-07-09	Fran Pena	[f0c776] Adaptation for Python 3.9: change deprecated El...
LICENSE.txt	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[3fc203] Add the rest of the updated code.
README.md	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[d71046] Preparation for publication.
remote-run-data.txt	2020-07-16	Fran Pena	[3fc203] Add the rest of the updated code.

Read Me

README

MaxFEM is a free software for numerical simulation in electromagnetism.

Please open help/b-User Guide/index.html for more information.

Prerequities

MaxFEM requires Python 3 with packages wxPython, vtk and paramiko.

Installation

We recommend to install the binaries.

Binaries for Windows

Download the binaries for Windows.

Building from source

Only if you want to build MaxFEM from source, you will need gfortran and make:
- In Windows, both applications are included in the official MinGW build.
- In Debian-based Linux distributions, they can be found in the official repositories.

Building from source in Windows

In the Command Prompt, go to the MaxFEM installation folder, subfolder code, and run make -f Makefile.windows.
To remove all files obtained from the previous compilation, run make -f Makefile.windows clean.

Building from source in Linux

In a terminal, go to the MaxFEM installation folder, subfolder code, and run make.
To remove all files obtained from the previous compilation, run make clean.

Updating MaxFEM

If you are updating MaxFEM, you must reset the Materials database:
1. Click on menu Project - Configuration and select Reset.
2. Click on manu Materials database and select Reset.

If you want to keep the materials you defined in the old version:
1. Save the file materials.xml located in the HOME MaxFEM folder (see
menu Help - User guide - Graphical Interface - Solvers compilation -
Folder location).
2. Reset the materials database as previously explained.
3. Manually merge your materials.xml with the new one created in the HOME MaxFEM
folder.

Usage

Go to the MaxFEM installation folder, subfolder code, and execute MaxFEM.py.
To explore some examples, first choose an application in the menu Applications and then a sample data in the menu Sample data. Please go to menu Help - User guide - Applications for a description of those examples.

Testing

This code has been tested in the following platforms:
- Windows 10 with Python 3.8, wxPython 4.1, vtk 9.0 and paramiko 2.7. It was built with gfortran 5.3.

Known issues

If you install Python packages using pip install as non-root user, you may need to include the user site-packages directory in the user environment variable Path. See more inforation here.