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External simulation tools¶

KQCircuits supports exports to following external simulation tools:

  • Ansys HFSS and Q3D Extractor

  • Sonnet

  • Gmsh and Elmer

  • Creating simulation object
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  • Ansys export
    • Ansys scripts
      • Main scripts:
      • Optional scripts:
      • pyEPR
  • Sonnet export
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  • Run and export in one line
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