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Flux Starting Guide
Several short videos to start with Flux.

Welcome
User guide
The user guide gives information about principles and how to use Altair® Flux® 2026.
What's New
See the release notes of the last and previous versions, with the necessary information on new features.
"How to" Documents
See a list of documents to understand how to use certain features.
Altair Flux Videos
Several youtube videos about how to use Altair Flux and several tip and tricks
Flux Supervisor
The Flux supervisor allows to run projects, examples, pythons scripts; to configure user preferences; to access tools...
Flux
Flux is a finite element software for low-frequency electromagnetic and thermal simulations. Both, 2D and 3D solutions are available...
Flux Skew
Flux Skew is a module dedicated to the analysis of rotating electric machines with skewing, allowing a straightforward geometric and physical description in 2D and the consideration of continuous or step skewing effects.
Material Identification
The Material Identification tool is based on the Altair Compose environment and allows determining from measurements the parameters and coefficients required to create a material in Flux.
Altair Material Datacenter (AMDC)
AMDC is a comprehensive material database maintained by Altair and partner suppliers of engineering materials. Ready-to-use, Flux-compatible models may be obtained directly from this database for a growing number of materials.
Material Manager
Flux has a material manager with its own material base.The user can create his own material base and import them into the Flux models to be studied.
Flux e-Machine Toolbox
FeMt is a application in Flux dedicated for Electric Machine which permits to compute and postprocess results like efficiency maps.
Flux Examples
See the lists of examples 2D and SKEW with all available documents, as well as all project and python files.
Flux in SimLab Examples
See the list of SimLab examples using the Flux and Mipse solvers, with all available documents, *.slb databases, and all script files.
Mementos
See a list of Memento documents to understand certain Flux features.
Macros
Flux proposes several macros enabling doing actions that are not yet implemented in Flux.
PyFlux Documentation (Beta version)
This documentation deals with the Jython script used in Flux and allows to understand the various structures of entities and functions, and use it in user scripts for example.
Flux installation guide
This document provides instructions for Flux installation on supported platforms.
Flux Starting Guide
Several short videos to start with Flux.

Since version 2026, Flux 3D and Flux PEEC are no longer available.

Please use SimLab to create a new 3D project or to import an existing Flux 3D project.

Please use SimLab to create a new PEEC project (not possible to import an existing Flux PEEC project).

/!\ Documentation updates are in progress – some mentions of 3D may still appear.

Flux Starting Guide

Several short videos to start with Flux.

Start in Flux

For beginners, here are the following videos to be able to start in Flux:


Getting Started	Flux Environment	Flux Overview
Discover Flux supervisor environment Find where to find Flux examples and tutorials: basic examples and technical tutorials Define the main options: language, memory settings,... Access to help, documentation and more videos	Discover Flux environment Discover the main steps to follow to simulate in Flux	Flux captures the complexity of electromagnetic and thermal phenomena to predict the behavior of future products with precision. Flux offers a full range of physical models to simulate the low frequency behavior of electromagnetic devices.

Note: More Resources: Find all Flux videos here.

Discover Flux Capabilities

To discover Flux capabilities, here are some basic examples:


Brushless IPM motor basic example in Flux 2D	Linear actuator basic example in Flux 3D
An electric motor basic example: Brushless IPM motor design using Flux 2D Dedicated motor template “overlay” used to easily create and mesh the device Learn how to design a motor in Flux 2D in less than 10 minutes!	An actuator basic example: Linear actuator design using Flux 3D FEA Using 3D freehand drawing context “Modeler”

Note: For more examples, please go to the supervisor in Open example area (see Summaries).