| HFSS(tm) v10.0 ==================== Ansoft Corporation 225 West Station Square Dr, Suite 200 Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1119 USA
This file contains important information regarding the installation and
use of HFSS(tm). When appropriate, late-breaking information is provided herein that could not be included in the software documentation. 32-bit System Requirements -------------------------- Minimum System Requirements: Processor: All fully compatible 686 (or later) instruction set processors, 500 MHz Hard Drive Space (for HFSS software): 200 MB RAM: 512 MB Recommended Minimum Configuration (for Optimal Performance): Processor: All fully compatible 786 (or later) instruction set processors, 2 GHz Hard Drive Space (for HFSS software and temporary files): 700 MB RAM: 4 GB 64-bit System Requirements -------------------------- Minimum System Requirements: Supported processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support Hard Drive Space (for HFSS software): 200 MB RAM: 2 MB Recommended Minimum Configuration (for Optimal Performance): Supported processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support Video card: 128-bit SVGA or PCI Express video card Hard Drive Space (for HFSS software and temporary files): 700 MB RAM: 8 GB Supported Operating Systems: - Windows 2000 Professional - Windows XP Professional - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - Windows Server 2003 Installation ------------ This CD contains the following installation options: - Install Software: Use this option to install HFSS(tm) on your local machine. - Install Libraries: Use this option to install the libraries on any machine that HFSS can see from the network. Installing the libraries on a remote machine allows multiple users to share a common HFSS libraries database. - Install WebUpdate: Use this option to install the WebUpdate feature. WebUpdate allows automatic download and installation of updates for HFSS and other Ansoft products that support WebUpdate. Note: If you want to install the HFSS libraries on your local machine, you can do so during the HFSS software installation. Graphics Card Issues -------------------- 1) If you are using the NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR/EX video card on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you should also download Version 40.41 or greater video driver, available for download at http://www.nvidia.com. Technical and Installation Support ---------------------------------- For installation support, please contact Jeff Driscoll at (+1) 845-265-5205. For technical support, please contact the Ansoft support office nearest to your location. The Ansoft support offices can be found by accessing http://www.ansoft.com/contact.cfm Please provide the following information when you contact us: - Your name and affiliation - Version number of HFSS - The type of hardware and operating system you are using - A description of what happened and what you were doing when the problem occurred as well as the exact working of any messages that appeared on the screen HFSS project files (.hfss) are ASCII text and can be sent by e-mail. Version 10.0 Major Enhancements -------------------------- General - Design automatically inserted when opening new project - New project/design automatically closed when opening existing project - Files may be "dragged and dropped" into HFSS, causing them to be opened Modeling: - Fillets and chamfers added - Import of Pro/Engineer model added - Export of STEP and IGES models supported - Models may be drawn using interactive mode or by directly entering information into Properties dialog - DXF/GDS import now similar to that of Ansoft Designer - Latest ACIS version (R14 Service Pack 4) included in HFSS - Healing tools included Meshing - Meshing signficantly improved Solution-related: - 64-bit solving capability added to HFSS 10 on Windows - Parametric analyses and frequency sweeps may now be distributed to multiple computers - Convergence may also be based on output variable - Finite thickness at DC can now be specified - W-elements may now be extracted - Datalink capability added to link near field and far field data from SIwave to HFSS, near field data from Maxwell to HFSS, and ferrite materials from Maxwell to HFSS - Meshes for solution setups can now be retrived from another project/design - Multiple new incident wave types added Post processing - Touchstone header includes information about ports and modes/terminals - Matrix data may be reordered either alphanumerically or in user-specified order - Active S-, Y-, and Z-parameters now calculated - Theta now primary sweep variable - "Quick report" option displays desired quantity for all passes / frequencies - Group delay Optimization - New Sequential Nonlinear Programming (SNLP) optimizer - New integer-based optimizer Scripting - New script queries added throughout the software (view scripting documentation for details) - Script arguments may now be specified when launching a script - HFSS scripts can be executed using Matlab Help - Increased help coverage - Scripting help (including searching the scripting help) may now be accessed directly in the HFSS interface Documentation - Documentation updated to include details on all aspects of HFSS
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