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Getting Started with EM.Cube

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/* EM.Cube's Modular Architecture */
[[EM.Cube]] brings together several computational modules that can be used to solve a large variety of electromagnetic modeling and RF design problems. Each module revolves around a specific numerical method that is optimized for a certain class of problems or applications. [[EM.Cube]]'s framework is based on total separation of the visual software interface and simulation engines. The numerical solvers communicate with the [[EM.Cube]] application solely through ASCII input and output files. This makes it possible to utilize the same user interface effectively to drive different simulation engines.
At the heart of [[EM.Cube]] is [[Building_Geometrical_Constructions_in_CubeCAD | CubeCAD]], a general-purpose parametric CAD modeling environment. [[EM.Cube]]'s computational modules are all customized variations of [[Building_Geometrical_Constructions_in_CubeCAD | CubeCAD]] equipped with a particular simulation engine. Therefore, they all share the same input utilities (geometry definition and mesh generation) and same output utilities (data visualization and processing). [[Building_Geometrical_Constructions_in_CubeCAD | CubeCAD]] features a powerful 3D CAD modeler with a large selection of native objects (solids, surfaces, curves) and a wide range of object creation, editing and transformation tools. You can import external CAD files with different popular standard formats. [[Building_Geometrical_Constructions_in_CubeCAD | CubeCAD]]'s intuitive, mouse-driven, point-and-clock click and drag-and-drop tools let you quickly build very sophisticated structures either from the ground up or by combining native objects with imported external structures. You can also export your projects to a number of popular CAD formats. [[EM.Cube]]'s Data Manager is a versatile utility for processing and plotting your simulation data either as 3D visualizations overlaid on your physical structure or in the form of a variety of graph types.
In addition to [[Building_Geometrical_Constructions_in_CubeCAD | CubeCAD]], [[EM.Cube]] currently offers six distinct computational modules:
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Besides sharing a common CAD modeler and common data visualization tools, all computational modules also feature follow a hierarchy of common elementsstructure with similar features and attributes as follows:
*Physical Structure
*Computational Domain
*Discretization
*Sources
*Observables
*Discretization
The above attributes are what you normally need to define and specify before you run a computer simulation of a physical problem. First, you have to define the physical structure to be analyzed within a well-defined computational domain. The physical structure and possibly the computational domain need to be discretized using some kind of mesh generator. Next, you have to define a source for exciting your physical structure. Finally, you need to specify appropriate simulation observables to generate data that characterize the behavior of your physical structure. Now you can run the simulation engine, i.e., one of [[EM.Cube]]'s several electromagnetic solvers. The specific contents of each element attribute may vary from module to module depending on the underlying physics. For example, the geometric objects listed under your project's physical structure have different sets of properties in each module. Many Some source types like plane waves and Hertzian short dipoles or some observable types like field sensors, far-field radiation patterns and radar cross section (RCS) are shared among several have identical definitions in all computational modules. Of [[EM.Cube]]'s computational modules, [[EM.Tempo]] serves as a general-purpose electromagnetic simulator than that can handle most types of modeling problems involving arbitrary geometries and complex material variations in both time and frequency domains.
== EM.Cube Installation ==
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! scope="row"| Operating System
| Windows 10
| Windows 8.1 or higher
| Windows 7
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! scope="row"| Processor
| i9 Intel Xeon 3GHz| i7 or i5 Intel Pentium 4 1GHz
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! scope="row"| RAM
| 16GB 32GB | 4GB8GB
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! scope="row"| Graphics Card
| 2GB 8GB NVIDIA QuadroRTX| 128MB OpenGL Compliant4GB NVIDIA Quadro
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! scope="row"| Display
| Ultra HD
| HD (1080p) 96 DPI
| SVGA (1024 x 768) 96 DPI
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! scope"row" rowspan="2"| Other Platforms
| Google Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or later with Javascript and Cookies enabled.
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| Flash Plugin 8.0 or later.
* '''Wizard Toolbar''': This toolbar provides easy access to most of [[EM.Cube]]'s preloaded wizards.
* '''Simulate Toolbar''': This toolbar provides access to most important simulation-related functions and operation such as the mesh generator and the simulation run dialog.
 
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[[Image:Modulebar_new.png|thumb|left|500px450px|The module bar and navigation tree allow you to move among [[EM.Cube]]'s modules and access the properties of the current project's various items in each module.]]
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=== Navigation Tree ===
The Navigation Tree provides all the details of an entire [[EM.Cube]] project. These include the CAD objects and geometric models, material assignments, computational domain and boundary conditions, mesh structureparameters, source information, observable definitions, etc. Besides the menu bar and toolbars, the navigation tree serves as another place from which you can modify most items in your project. Similar to the toolbars, you can undock, move around or hide the module bar and navigation tree.
The contents of the navigation tree vary depending on the selected module. In [[Building_Geometrical_Constructions_in_CubeCAD | CubeCAD]], the navigation tree features two main sections: Geometrical Construction and Data Visualization. The "Geometrical Construction" section holds your geometric objects, while the "Data Visualization" section is used for generation of 3D data visualizations to be displayed in the project workspace. In other modules, the navigation tree typically features five distinct sections:
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[[Image:Newproj1.png|thumb|left|720px800px|EM.Cube's New Project dialog.]]
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