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Introduction to Feko
Feko is a comprehensive electromagnetic solver with multiple solution methods that is used for electromagnetic field analyses involving 3D objects of arbitrary shapes.
About This Manual
The Feko User Guide is part of the Feko documentation and is an extensive reference guide to using Feko.
Purpose of This User Guide
The Feko User Guide provides guidance, best practices and comprehensive technical information regarding the key concepts in Feko.

Welcome
Release Notes
See what's new in the latest release.
Get Started
The Feko Getting Started Guide contains step-by-step instructions on how to get started with Feko.
Examples
The Feko Example Guide contains a collection of examples that teaches you Feko concepts and essentials.
Introduction to Feko
Feko is a comprehensive electromagnetic solver with multiple solution methods that is used for electromagnetic field analyses involving 3D objects of arbitrary shapes.
- Feko Overview
  Feko is a comprehensive computational electromagnetics (CEM) software product used widely in the telecommunications, automotive, aerospace and defense industries.
- Feko Applications
  Feko is applicable to a wide range of applications in electromagnetic engineering.
- How to Get Started
  If you are new to Feko, take the following steps to learn about Feko.
- About This Manual
  The Feko User Guide is part of the Feko documentation and is an extensive reference guide to using Feko.
  - Purpose of This User Guide
    The Feko User Guide provides guidance, best practices and comprehensive technical information regarding the key concepts in Feko.
  - Document Conventions
    The Feko User Guide, makes use of a number of conventions to help you quickly learn about Feko.
  - Feedback
    We value your feedback regarding the Feko components and the documentation.
CADFEKO
CADFEKO is used to create and mesh the geometry or model mesh, specify the solution settings and calculation requests in a graphical environment.
POSTFEKO
POSTFEKO, the Feko post processor, is used to display the model (configuration and mesh), results on graphs and 3D views.
EDITFEKO
EDITFEKO is used to construct advanced models (both the geometry and solution requirements) using a high-level scripting language which includes loops and conditional statements.
Feko Solution Methods
One of the key features in Feko is that it includes a broad set of unique and hybridised solution methods. Effective use of Feko features requires an understanding of the available methods.
Optimisation in Feko
Feko offers state-of-the-art optimisation engines based on generic algorithm (GA) and other methods, which can be used to automatically optimise the design and determine the optimum solution.
Feko Utilities
The Feko utilities consist of PREFEKO, OPTFEKO, ADAPTFEKO, the Launcher utility, Updater and the crash reporter.
Description of the Output File of Feko
Feko writes all the results to an ASCII output file .out as well as a binary output file .bof for usage by POSTFEKO. Use the .out file to obtain additional information about the solution.
Feko Application Macros
A large collection of application macros are available for CADFEKO and POSTFEKO.
Scripts and Application Programming Interface (API)
CADFEKO and POSTFEKO have a powerful, fast, lightweight scripting language integrated into the application allowing you to create models, get hold of simulation results and model configuration information as well as manipulation of data and automate repetitive tasks.
Appendix
Reference information is provided in the appendix.

Purpose of This User Guide

The Feko User Guide provides guidance, best practices and comprehensive technical information regarding the key concepts in Feko.