Sauna V5.0 New Features
Circular Assemblies Are Now Supported
Figure 1: Circular board with traces and components
Circular and Rectangular Holes Are Allowed
Figure 2: Assemblies with rectangular and circular holes
Circular Assemblies Can Be Sliced
Figure 3: Sliced circular assemblies
Hole Center Can be External to Assembly
Figure 4: Holes with external center point
Combine Circular, Rectangular and Poly Shapes
Figure 5: Complex shape created by combining circular, rectangular, poly
Circular Assembly
- Easy to create, largely the same procedure as for rectangular assemblies
- Circular assemblies can be sliced to create partial circles, pie
shapes, etc.
- Easy to add float resistors, flow length automatically adjusted when the
assembly is sliced or a hole added
Assembly Holes
- Rectangular and circular holes are allowed
- Hole can be centered or offset
- polar mesh is used when the hole is large (tube shape)
- hole center can be outside the assembly
- easy to resize and reposition holes
- assembly holes reduce the need to perform slicing and also reduces
the number of assemblies (useful for Sauna Standard users)
Miscellaneous
- Option to display numerical wattage for resistors
- New method for distributed wattage when resizing plate or boards
- wattage / face_area is kep constant
- when plate size changes, the wattage is increased or decreased proportionally
- New Toolbox calculations for heat transfer from isolated plates
- round and annular plates
- rectangular plate with hole
- Complete Sauna User Manual is available through the Windows Start Menu
Limitations
- Sauna V5.0 is primarily useful for modeling circular circuit boards
- Modeling cold plates, cans and wires is possible, but is reserved for
experienced users
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