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Ansys Maxwell & Motor-CAD 2026 R1
Massive Speed-Up (up to 10x)
Maxwell 2D Magnetic Transient Solver
• Addition of First Order element option
(now available in both 2D & 3D solvers)
• Solver speed-up
• Enhanced meshing and setup improvements
More Accurate & Flexible AFM Design in
Motor-CAD
• Thermal module support (Beta)
• Skewing & adaptive rotor template
• Demagnetization calculation extended to 3 methods
• NVH force computation
• Ability to calibrate with Maxwell 3D
Ansys Maxwell & Ansys Motor-CAD – What's New
Improving Efficiency Calculations
• Enhanced AC loss analysis in Motor-CAD
• Advanced SVPWM excitation workflow with Y-
connected solid windings in Maxwell
• Improved Motor-CAD -> Maxwell efficiency maps
Additional Features/Capabilities
• Consolidated installation experience for AEDT &
Motor-CAD
• Automation – PyMotorCAD consolidated scripting
technology
• Thermal Analysis Enhancements
• Faster analysis with improved multi-static solver in
Motor-CAD, and more!
