EMC Plus and Charge Plus Quick Start Page

This page contains quick start information for EMC Plus and Charge Plus. These products are available exclusively from Ansys, Inc. We have a PDF guide to download at this link.

The products have major releases every six months. The major release installation download of the products is available from the Ansys Customer Portal. Both Ansys EMC Plus and Ansys Charge Plus install from the same executable. They are also available to download below on this page.

2024 R2 Windows Installer

The 2024 R2 Service Pack 1 Installer is below. EMA recommends uninstalling your current version of EMC Plus and Charge Plus before installing this Service Pack. Discovery does not need to be re-installed if it is the 2024 R2 version. If this is your first time installing EMC Plus and Charge Plus on a machine, this installer has everything you need.

Download 2024 R2: EMC_Plus_and_Charge_Plus_2024R2_SP1.zip

Check which version of EMC Plus or Charge Plus is installed

Check which version you have installed by navigating to the main Discovery settings menu, navigating to Add-Ins, and looking under “Description”

2024 R2 SP1 Linux Installer

There is a solver-only (no graphical interface) version of EMC Plus and Charge Plus only available at the download link below. The FEM and FDTD solvers each have their executable and dependencies compiled and packaged for Linux distributions. The Linux installer is no longer available as part of the Windows installer download link. The latest Service Pack 1 is available below with support for additional older NVIDIA GPUs and support for older Linux OS distributions.

Download 2024 R2 Linux: EMC_PLUS_CHARGE_PLUS_LINUX_ANSYSv8.1.9.tar.gz

In the above installer, you will find both Linux FDTD versions for multi-GPU or CPU machines and the brand new Linux FEM version compatible with CPU machines only.

The 2024R2 Linux Installation Guide is available here: LinuxInstallationGuide2024R2.pdf.

Ansys Support for EMC Plus and Charge Plus

Check with the Ansys Support Coordinator (ASC) at your company to identify who provides support for your location. Most likely it will be provided by Ansys directly. Regional contact options are listed here.

If supported via Ansys directly, submit a support request via the Ansys Customer Portal: support.ansys.com. If supported by an Ansys Channel Partner contact your channel partner directly.

Useful Tips: When inquiring about support, have your Ansys customer number ready in advance (learn how to retrieve your customer number here). Many useful training and instruction resources are available via the Knowledge Resource Search, found on the home page of the Ansys Customer Portal or via the Ansys Resource Center.

Tutorials

Tutorials are available by clicking on the (?) menu in the “Other” section of the ribbon, next to “Settings”. Additional tutorials that have been recently developed and are not yet in the help tutorials are available for download below.

Additional unpublished demos are available at this link.

2024R1 Service Pack 1 Release Notes

  • Improved Windows GPU solver compatibility with older GPUs
  • Resolved .NET error when export s-parameter data from plot window.
  • Resolved 3D Field Probe Fails to Generate Results Node in Sim Tree
  • Air Chemistry Bug Fixes
  • Now possible to assign antenna port sources to a circle (line assign)
  • Now possible to do body selection for Artemis mesh groups
  • Now possible to change the Bulk Current Probe Direction for Antenna Port Circle Assign
  • Current source UI has been simplified
  • Resolved Field import shouldn’t allow XML files
  • Resolved Fluid_Null source not being assigned
  • Resolved Extruded Mesh and Small Length Scale Incorrectly meshes
  • Resolved Components shorting themselves on EDB import
  • Resolved Creating materials within rad-hard workflow causes an error
  • Resolved Distributed Field Probe does not sample correctly in Subgrids and Variable Grid
  • Resolved EDB Import does not import all the geometry for PCBs
  • Resolved EDB imported seams have 0 elements in .emin
  • Resolved EDB Trace Geometry Import Errors
  • Now Hide Domain mpi divisions when using the GPU version of the solver
  • Resolved EMC Environment applied to SE seems to give the wrong answer
  • Resolved EMI Receiver Red Box Error
  • Resolved Freq. Dependent and Anisotropic materials output incorrect mesh indices
  • Resolved Frequency dependent material tool produces inconsistent fits
  • Removed the need for EMA_FEATURE=ema3d.Cable;ema3d.Charge Environment variable.
  • Now possible to Hide mesh settings when Artemis is selected
  • Resolved If the domain changes, the field probe cannot be made larger than the OLD domain
  • Now Include hdf5.dll and hdf5_cpp.dll in output directory
  • Resolved Inconsistent Voltage Probe Time Stepping
  • Resolved Indexing for sub-grid is not correct
  • Resolved KBL Error & Occasional Crash
  • Resolved Mesh Deconfliction when using variable grid appears to not be working
  • Resolved Mesh display for subgrid not working
  • Resolved MHARNESS current/voltage probes – numeric entry field does not work
  • New Feature – EMC Limit Curves are included by default (MIL&DO-160)
  • Added Nexxim Shunts which didn’t get merged in time for original release
  • Now possible to have dB scale in plots while having linear X-axis scale (frequency)
  • Resolved Radiation Hardening 2D Plots Missing Names in Results Dropdown 2024R2
  • Added Ray-tracing probe API
  • Removed the Subgrid Icon in the Ribbon
  • Added Set ANS_ENABLE_ARTEMIS_ST = 1 env variable in installer
  • New Feature: Show the total number of cells somewhere in GUI
  • Resolved Stale D1Gaussian Zero Crossing with AutoConfigure False
  • Resolved Standalone Nexxim appears to not function
  • Resolved Strange DFT result when plotting a sinusoid
  • Updated the Charge Solver to the latest release
  • Updated error dialog for antenna port assigned on subcell-sized sheet
  • It is now possible to Verify Nexxim Input Files Are Generated Correctly

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