Open Parallel Electromagnetic – A suite of 2D and 3D open-source electromagnetic simulators solving Maxwell’s Equations in the frequency domain.

Features

  • Full-wave frequency-domain solution of Maxwell’s Equations
  • Advanced finite-element method (FEM) with arbitrary high-order elements
  • Adaptive mesh refinement
  • Parallel processing using the Message Passing Interface (MPI)
  • Extensive worked examples, accuracy demonstrations, and tutorials
  • Licensed under GPLv3 or later

OpenParEM3D

Open Parallel Electromagnetic 3D – A free, open-source electromagnetic simulator for 3D spaces producing electromagnetic fields, multi-port S-parameters, and antenna performance metrics.

Capabilities

  • Arbitrary ports with 2D transmission lines and waveguides (wave ports)
  • Arbitrary 3D spaces driven by 2D multi-mode ports
  • Multi-port S-parameters
  • Field distributions in 3D volume
  • Far-field radiation patterns in 3D and 2D slice reports
  • Antenna gain, directivity, and radiation efficiency
  • Impedance and radiation boundary conditions
  • Surface roughness

OpenParEM2D

Open Parallel Electromagnetic 2D – A free, open-source electromagnetic simulator for 2D waveguides and transmission lines.

Capabilities

  • Calculations
    • propagation constant
    • characteristic impedance
    • dielectric loss
    • conductor loss
    • surface roughness loss
    • field distributions
  • Dominant and higher-order modes
  • Arbitrary cross section

Documents

OpenParEM2D_Users_Manual

OpenParEM2_Theory_Methodology_Accuracy

OpenParEM3D_Users_Manual

OpenParEM3D_Theory_Methodology_Accuracy

builder_Users_Manual

Installation

Source

Source on GitHub

metis-4.0.3.tar.gz

Support

support@openparem.org

News

  • Sept. 18, 2024 – Initial release with v1.0.1.
  • Mar. 6, 2025 – Release of version 2.0 with antenna performance metrics and upgraded adaptive mesh refinement with a new pre-conditioner.